Medical Student Research Opportunities
Written by Clara Sun
It’s no secret that research experience is valuable as a medical student. Fortunately, there are many summer research opportunities for medical students across the country, usually targeted towards students between their M1 and M2 year. Stipends, housing, networking & mentorship opportunities, meeting like-minded peers, and diving deep into your research project are all great reasons to apply to a summer research program.
The list below was created with the help of students from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. It’s not an exhaustive list; new opportunities are offered every year! I recommend looking out for other research opportunities through Inside the Match, social media accounts and websites of medical schools & specialty-specific societies, and asking your research mentors.
Research Opportunities:
Anesthesia: Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship
Autism: Organization for Autism Research Graduate Research Grant
Biomedical: MGH Summer Research Trainee Program
Cancer: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's Summer Research Program
Cardiothoracic: AATS Summer Intern Scholarship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic: Harvard VRIP Summer Research
Endocrine, GI, Kidney: NIDDK New York Summer Fellowship
Endocrinology: NIDDK Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes
ENT: Myers' Family Diversity Summer Travel Fellowship in Otolaryngology Medical Students
Ethics: FASPE Medical Fellowship
General: AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
Genetics: NAMDC Gateway to Mitochondrial Medicine Fellowship
GI: SAGES - Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
GI: Vanderbilt Medical Student Research Training Program
Interventional Radiology: SIR Summer Research Grant
Multiple Sclerosis: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Neurosurgery: NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
Neurosurgery: Allegheny Summer Internship Program
Oncology: Memorial Sloan Kettering Summer Fellowship Program
Oncology: Summer Training for Medical Students
Ophthalmology: Health Equity Ophthalmology Summer Program - University of Michigan
Ophthalmology: Scholars in Ophthalmology Program at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School
Orthopedic Surgery: Hospital for Special Surgery Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
Orthopedic Surgery: University of Texas at Austin - Value-Based Health Care Summer Research Internship
Orthopedic Surgery: Silberstein Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Fellowship
Peds Onc: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Pediatric Oncology Education Program
PM&R: Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students
PM&R: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab PM&R Summer Externship
PM&R: Medical Student Summer Clinical Externship
Psychiatry: AACAP Research Fellowship in Substance Abuse and Addiction
Psychiatry: AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Pulmonology: Cincinnati Children's Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship
Rad Onc: ASTRO Minority Summer Oncology Fellowship
Regenerative Medicine: ENGAGE - National Center for Regenerative Medicine
Surgery: University of Michigan Leagues Fellowship
Trauma: INSIGHT
Urology: AUA Urology Care Foundation Summer Medical Student Fellowship
