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External Research Opportunities

These external opportunities are primarily for medical students looking for funded research during the summer between their first and second years of medical school. If applicable outside of the M1 summer, it will be tagged as such.  Students are encouraged to enter keywords into the search bar to find opportunities of interest.

External Medical Student Research Opportunities

ASTRO Medical Student Fellowship Award
ASTS Presidential Student Mentor Grant
Cardiovascular Disease & Hematology Program (RADIANCE)
Campagna Scholarship
Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
Emergency Medicine and Emergency Care Research Guided Experience (EMERGE)
EMF/SAEM Medical Student Grants
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program
Global Health Delivery Intensive (GHDI)
Harvard Ophthalmology Research Scholars Program
Health Innovations Scholar Program
Heart, Lung, and Blood (HLB) Summer Research Program
HHS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
International Student Humanitarian Grant Program
JACK's Summer Scholars for Neonatal Medicine Students
James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (RISE) Fellowship Program
Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF)
MS Medical Student Mentorship Program
Medical Students Summer in Oncology at Anderson Research (SOAR)
MSK Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
MSTAR - Medical Student Training in Aging Research
National Student Injury Research Training Program
NMF Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP)
Northwestern PM&R Summer Externship
OhioHealth Summer Research Externship Program
Pathways in Emergency Medicine Summer Fellowship
PIER Internship
PROMISE (PennState Research training in Oncology and Medicine to Inspire Student Engagement) Program
Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP)
Simon Kramer Summer Externship in Radiation Oncology
Summer Clinical Thoracic Research (SCORE-ThOr) Program
Summer Clinical Otolaryngology Research (SCORE-Oto) Program
Summer Clinical Ob/Gyn Research (SCORE-Ob) Program
Summer Program for Undergraduate Rising Stars (SPURS)
Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research (SUPER) Summer Training Program
USC/CHLA Summer Oncology Research Fellowship Program (SORF)
Value-based Health Care Summer Research Internship
Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Summer Research Program (VASRP)
William B. Bean Student Research Award

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Office of Medical Student Research
Amy Thompson, MD, PhD
Director, Office of Medical Student Research
Medical Sciences Building 4556C
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0526
Email: amy.thompson@uc.edu

Diana Mullenix
Program Director, Office of Medical Student Research
CARE/Crawley Building E870
3230 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0555
Email: diana.mullenix@uc.edu