Category: Scholarships & Funding

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a student who would like to do a PhD on Biomedical Sciences education, specifically on the topic of international and transnational education. The PhD is funded through a partnership with the Zhejiang-Edinburgh Institute in China. The student can have a broad STEM (biology, medicine, sciences) or educational background (or psychology, sociology, etc.), but will be keen to contribute to biomedical education.

The PhD is fully funded, situated primarily in Edinburgh, and open to international students. The original deadline was 3/29/24 but has been extended. Please send any questions about the program to Dr. Jacqueline Dohaney at j.dohaney@ed.ac.uk

Join us on Wednesday, April 10, 12 to 2 p.m. ET, for a virtual career fair highlighting ORISE internship and fellowship programs in life, health and medical sciences for college students, recent graduates and postdocs!

The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) Foundation offers an MCAT® Fee Relief Program as part of its Changing the Face of Medicine initiative to make medicine more diverse. The MMA Foundation will offer a limited number of grants each year to reimburse students for their out-of-pocket costs for MCAT® registration. Funding preference for this program is to students from racial and ethnic populations underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population. These grants are available to eligible students on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional inquiries, contact Kristen Gloege at kgloege@mnmed.org

The MMA Foundation works with physicians and in communities across Minnesota to advance optimal health and health equity. This grant program is made possible through donations from physicians and other friends of medicine.

The Fred Hutch Postbaccalaureate Scholar Program is for individuals who would benefit from research experience and training to ensure that they are competitive when applying to biomedical PhD programs while providing them the tools to ensure their success in the lab. Individuals from populations underrepresented in the scientific workforce, including historically excluded or minoritized groups, are encouraged to apply. For any questions, please contact postbac@fredhutch.org

Cohen Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) is offering clinical research internship opportunities in 6 different pediatric sub-specialty areas: Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, Nephrology, Neurology, Infectious Disease, and Neonatology. Students may apply for an internship position in any or all of these 6 pediatric sub-specialty areas.  The application deadline for the Gap Year internships is Sunday, March 3^rd.  Students are strongly encouraged to apply early since interviews will be offered on a rolling basis for some programs.   Applicants will be notified of their application status by mid-late March or early April.  Questions specifically regarding this announcement can be directed to AAdesman@northwell.edu.

The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (ODEIB) is gearing up to welcome the 6th cohort of fellows for the 2024 Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) Program, which will be held June 13, 2024 – July 27, 2024 in Washington, DC at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM).

ARCHES is a residential summer pre-health pathway program that is sponsored by the Dean for Medical Education at GUSOM. The opportunity offers six weeks of intensive research experience, clinical shadowing and community based learning activities that focus on health equity challenges that are prominent in the Washington DC area. Program fellows receive focused mentorship from research faculty and current medical students while engaging in professional development activities and career exposure seminars. Additionally, a $4,000 stipend is provided to each scholar for their participation in the program.

PARE is a research initiative to provide highly talented and motivated junior and senior undergraduate Latinos with a rich experience in healthcare and biomedical research. This intensive 10-week summer research program aims to improve the quality of healthcare by providing students with practical knowledge of research studies and its importance in the healthcare field.  Students will be paid a stipend for their participation.

The Division of Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) funds a select number of Medical Career Design (MCD) Fellowships to allow recent college graduates the opportunity to explore many aspects of a medical career — research, clinical practice, education, advocacy and leadership.

Each MCD fellow spends two years as an essential member of our research and clinical teams, mentored by our thought-leading faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. CHOP’s Division of Orthopaedics was ranked #1 in the country by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-24.

Each fellow will be provided an annual stipend of $45,000 in year one and $50,000 in year two.

The American Heart Association – Minnesota is pleased to offer a scholarship for undergraduate students in 2023.   The Helen N. & Harold B. Shapira Undergraduate Scholarship was established in 1969 to assist…