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OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

DIVISION OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS

Extramural Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities for Students

 

SPONSOR WEBSITE/CONTACT TYPE
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology www.aaaai.org
(414) 272-6071
Summer Fellowship Grants for students (research)
American Academy of Dermatology www.aad.org Awards for Young Investigators (research for dermatologists in training)
Summer Internship and Mentor Program for Minority Medical Students
American Academy of Family Physicians www.aafp.org AAFP sponsors several grants for medical students which provide travel funds to the National Conference of Family Practice
Research Externship Matching Grants Program (medical students)
Resident Repayment Program (repayment of 75% of the interest on educational loans)
American Academy of Microbiology www.asmusa.org Sustaining Member Undergraduate Research Fellowship
ASM Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship
Sustaining Member Student Travel Grants
American Association for Cancer Research www.aacr.org Scholar in Training Awards (travel grant for postdoctoral and student presenters of papers at the AACR annual meeting)
American Association of University Women www.aauw.org Dissertation Fellowships (doctoral candidates)
Career Development Grants for Students
Selected Professions Fellowships (one year of support in either 3rdor 4th year of study for minority medical students)
American Brain Tumor Association www.abta.org Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org Master's and Doctoral Scholarships in Cancer Nursing
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists www.acog.org Undergraduate Medical Education Awards
American College of Sports Medicine www.ascm.org ACSM Grants (graduate students, new investigators and senior investigators to support basic, applied and clinical research in the areas of sports medicine and exercise science)
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org Medical Scholars Program Awards (1 year of research support for medical students)
Physician Scientist Training Awards (3 years of support for doctoral portion of MD/PhD degree)
American Digestive Health Foundation www.gastro.org AGA Student Research Fellowship Awards
American Federation for Aging Research www.afar.org
(212) 752-2327
Hartford/AFAR Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program (aging research at one of four National Training Centers or in a few instances at the home institution)
Glenn/AFAR Scholarships (3-month scholarships for MD and PhD students)
Merck/AFAR Research Scholarships for Medical Students in Geriatric Pharmacology
AFAR Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program
American Federation for Medical Research Foundation www.afmr.org/awards.html Trainee Travel Grants (for presenters and first authors of an abstract submitted to Experimental Biology 2000; medical students, graduate students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows)
American Foundation for Urologic Disease www.afud.org Summer Medical Student Fellowship
American Gastroenterological Association www.gastro.org Student Research Fellowship Award (undergrad., medical, graduate students)

Student Abstract Prizes
American Liver Foundation www.liverfoundation.org Student Research Fellow (undergrad., MD or PhD student)
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org/research Lung Health Research Dissertation Grants (doctoral students)
American Medical Association Foundation www.ama-
assn.org/AMAfoundation
Seed Grant Research Program for medical students and residents
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Scholarship for 2001 (junior or senior MD student)
Rock Sleyster, MD, Memorial Scholarship for 2000 (medical students who plan to specialize in psychiatry)
Johnson F. Hammond, MD, Memorial Scholarship for 2000 (for MD students entering journalism)
American Nurses Foundation www.nursingworld.org ANA Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowships
American Occupational Therapy Foundation www.aotf.org Student Awards
Dissertation Research Awards
American Otological Society (317) 630-8966 Fellowship and Medical Student Training Grants (training of students and residents in sciences related to Otosclerosis and Meniere's Disease)
American Parkinson Disease Association www.apdaparkinson.com George C. Cotzias Memorial Fellowships (MD working on Parkinson Disease)
Medical Student Summer Fellowships
American Physiological Society www.faseb.org/aps/ The Society sponsors many different awards, ranging from several hundred to $33,500 (APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics)
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry (medical students, residents, and post-resident fellows from underrepresented minorities)
American Psychological Association www.apa.org APA Minority Fellowship Program and National Institute of Mental Health (graduate students from under-represented minorities in mental health research or neuroscience)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics www.faseb.org/aspet ASPET Graduate Student Travel Award
American Society of Hematology www.hematology.org Summer Medical Student Scholarship Program
Travel Awards for ASH annual meeting
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (202) 289-9806 Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships (research on aging)
Arthritis Foundation www.arthritis.org
(212) 984-871
New York Chapter
Doctoral Dissertation Award
Summer Student Fellowship 2001
National Office
Doctoral Dissertation Award (not for lab research)
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics www.apgo.org APGO, in conjunction with various companies, sponsors a variety of grants/awards in several areas, including academic training fellowships & scholars awards for 3rd and 4th year medical students
Bristol-Meyers Squibb (212) 546-5013 Fellowship Program in Academic Medicine for Minority Students
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration www.hrsa.gov/bhpr Predoctoral Training in Primary Care
Cancer Research Institute www.cancerreearch.org pre-doctoral
Council for High Blood Pressure Research (American Heart Association) (214 ) 373-6300 Marion Roussel Hypertension Research Clinical Fellowship Program
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (212) 685-3440 Student Research Fellowship Awards
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation www.cff.org/research.htm Student Traineeships (graduate or medical students)
DeBakey Medical Foundation 1 Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX
77030
Fellowships and scholarships in medical education and graduate training
Emergency Medicine Foundation www.acep.org Medical Student Research Grant
Epilepsy Foundation of America www.efa.org Predoctoral research training fellowship (PhD students)
Health Sciences Student Fellowships (graduate students)
Fight for Sight www.preventblindness.org Student Fellowships (undergraduate, medical and graduate students)
Foundation for Physical Therapy (703) 684-5984 Postprofessional Doctoral Scholarships (doctoral students)
Helene Fuld Health Trust (nursing) (212) 681-1237 Nursing Fellowship
Grass Foundation (781) 843-0219 Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience (late predoctoral or early postdoctoral applicants)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.hhmi.org/
grants/announce.htm
Pre-doctoral (PhD) Fellowships in Biological Sciences
Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
Research Scholar (medical student)
Robert Wood Johnson www.rwjf.org nurse fellows
Susan G. Komen Fund www.komen.org Dissertation Fellowships
Lifeline Foundation (vascular) (978) 526-8330 Undergrad
Life and Health Insurance Medical Research Fund (202) 624-2422 MD/PhD Scholarship
Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org Gina Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowships (undergraduate, medical or graduate students)
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation www.josiahmacyfoundation.org Minority Summer Research Fellowships
Medical Student
Training
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation www.myasthenia.org Viets Fellowships (current medical students or medical graduate students)
Nursing Fellowships
Nat'l Cancer Center (516) 349- 0610 Predoctoral Fellowship
Nat'l Hemophilia Foundation www.hemophilia.org
(
212) 328-3741
Nursing Excellence Fellowships in Hemophilia
National Medical Fellowships www.nmf-online.org 2000-01 Gerber Fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition
National Medical Fellowships www.nmf-online.org The Josiah Macy, Mr. Substance Abuse Fellowship Program for Minority Medical Students
Nat'l Research Council http://national-academies.org/osep/fo Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Minorities
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
NY Academy of Medicine www.nyam.org
(
212) 822-7204
Glorney-Raisbeck Medical Student Grants in Cardiovascular Research
David E. Rogers Fellowship Program
Louis L. Seaman Medical Student Research Grants in Microbiology
Oncology Nursing Foundation (412) 921-7373 22 research grants in nursing oncology involving patient education, etc.
ChironTherapeutics research fellowship (nursing postdoc)
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. Research Fellowship (nursing postdoc)
Ortho Biotech Research Fellowship (nursing postdoc)
Ethnic Minority Bachelor's Scholarships
Immunex Bachelor's Scholarships
Oncology Nursing Certification Corp. Bachelor's Scholarships
Robert Pierce Scofield Bachelor's Scholarships
Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation Master's Scholarships
Ethnic Minority Master's Scholarships
Glaxo Wellcome Oncology Master's Scholarships
Oncology Nursing Foundation Master's Scholarships
Oncology Nursing Foundation Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program
Pharmacia and Upjohn Master's Scholarship
Sandoz Oncology Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program
Oncology Nursing Foundation Doctoral Scholarships
Pharmacia and Upjohn Ann Olson Memorial Doctoral Scholarship
Thomas Jordan Doctoral Scholarship
Parkinson's Disease Foundation (212) 923-4778 Summer Fellowships (medical students and undergraduates)
Pediatric AIDS Foundation www.pedaids.org
(
310) 395-9051
Student Intern Award
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation (973) 983-0480 Student Scholarships
Pharmaceutical Research Manuf. Of America Foundation www.phrmaf.org Medical Student Fellowships for Careers in Clinical Pharmacology
Medical Student Research in Pharmacology or Clinical Pharmacology
Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Pharmaceutics
Advanced Predoctoral Fellowships in Pharmaceutics
Fellowships for Advanced Predoctoral Training in Pharmaceutics/toxicology
Nicholas J Pisacano, MD Memorial Foundation, Inc. www.njpmf.org
(606) 269-5626
Pisacano Scholars (Medical Students)
RSNA (Radiological Society of NA) www.rsna.org Medical Student/Scholar Program
Medical Student Department Grant Program (matching funds)
Sarnoff Fellowship Program www.sarnoffendowment.org Medical Student Cardiovascular Research
Sigma Delta Epsilon www.gac.edu/People/
orgs/gwis
Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sigma Xi www.sigmaxi.org/giar/
guidelines.htm
Student & Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plasma Research
Smithsonian emailsiofg@sivm.si.edu
(202) 287-3271
- Predoctoral Fellowships (for dissertation)
- 10-week grad. Student Fellowship for Independent Research
- in animal behavior/pathology
Society of Nuclear Medicine Education and Research Foundation (312) 880-4416 Student Fellowship Awards
Starry Foundation 70 Pine St.
New York, NY 10270
Medical/nurses Training Grants
United Negro College Fund www.uncf.org - UNCF/U.S. Healthcare Scholarship (for medical students)
- The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative (graduate and postdoctoral levels)
Wilderness Medical Society (719) 572-9255 - Medical and Graduate Student Fellowships
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grants in Women's Health www.woodrow.org Graduate Fellowships