| Yearlong Fellowships
Yearlong Fellowships
Sub-Speciality Fellowships
Additional Funding Opportunities
Important information about yearlong support:
The UCSF cycle deadline is January 15th. The funding agencies that offer appropriate fellowships have deadlines ranging from November to April. In most cases, the fellowships cannot be activated until the following July. Many students find that the process of selecting a research sponsor, deciding on a project, writing a proposal, and arranging for the required letters from the Dean and your sponsor takes about 2 months.
If you would like help in choosing a sponsor or in identifying the funding agencies most appropriate for your project, consult Drs. Lowenstein (lowenstein@medsch.ucsf.edu) or Beattie (mary.beattie@ucsfmedctr.org).
Yearlong Dean's Fellowships: Intensive training research fellowships for UCSF School of Medicine students. Fields include: biomedical, clinical and translational, and social science research. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
Pathways to Discovery Research Fellowship. The Pathways to Discovery Fellowship provides funding for students pursuing a year of fulltime, biomedical research based here at UCSF. The fellowship provides a stipend of $23,000, and is intended to support high-quality work in any area of biomedical science, basic or translational research. Up to five Pathways fellowships will be awarded each year. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
PACCTR Yearlong Fellowship: Intensive training research fellowships for UCSF health science students designed to provide a detailed exposure to clinical research. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
Philip R. Lee (PRL) Fellowship: Named in honor of Philip R. Lee, UCSF Chancellor, Assistant Secretary for Health in the Johnson and Clinton Administrations and founder of the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. Consistent with Dr. Lee’s career and ideals, the PRL Fellowship seeks to prepare students to play a leadership role in shaping health and health care policy and in conducting policy-relevant research. As part of the Pathways Funding Agency, PRL Fellowships will be available for year-long and quarter projects. A broad range of projects may be supported by the PRL program. Proposals for advocacy, systems-change, and policy projects are welcomed. Projects should be evidence-based, and they may include research but research is not necessary. Projects related to health or health care disparities and projects that involve issues related to individuals historically under-represented in the health sciences are particularly welcomed as these have been a life-long focus of Dr. Lee’s work. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Fellowships: Offered to non-UCSF medical students.
PACCTR International Research in Africa: A mentored International Clinical Research Fellowship pilot program for medical students established by UCSF Medical School and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
Linker Fellowship in Biomedical Research. The Linker Fellowship provides funding for students pursuing a year of full-time, biomedical research based here at UCSF. The fellowship provides a stipend of $23,000, and is intended to support high-quality work in any area of biomedical science, although there is a preference for basic or translational research. Up to two Linker fellowships will be awarded each year. The application process is identical to that for the Pathways to Discovery Fellowship. Applications are due January 15, 2011.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Fellowships. $27,000 stipend, $5,500 research allowance (for supplies) and a $5,500 fellows' allowance. These are one-year, with a possibility of a second year extension, that support primarily lab-based, basic science research projects. Typically, the research is done at your home institution; however, students can work with investigators in other medical schools. Applications are due January 2011.
HHMI-National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Cloisters) . Annual salary of $27,000, payment of moving expenses and health benefits. This is a program jointly supported by the HHMI and the NIH. Basic, translational or applied biomedical research is conducted at the NIH. The lab and project are chosen after arrival at the NIH. Students live in the Cloister, a community on the NIH campus. All Scholars must live at the Cloister. Moving expense reimbursement is provided. Applications are most likely due in January 2011. Please check back.
NIH-Clinical Research Training Program. $29,400 stipend, health insurance and payment of moving expenses to and from Bethesda.This program also involves research done on the NIH campus in one of their clinical research programs. Research may have some laboratory aspects as well.Applications are most likely due in January 2011. Please check back.
General Clinical Research Centers-NIH. This program started in 2000. Research must be done within the home institution and must be a study which is being conducted within one of the Clinical Research Centers at that institution. There are three CRCs at UCSF, the GCRC at Parnassus, the GCRC at SFGH and the Pediatric CRC at Parnassus. Students can review the existing research protocols at any of our CRCs and propose to work with the Prinicpal Investigator. There is also an educational curriculum which each institution must develop, including formal classwork in clinical research methods, study design, biostatistics, human subject protection and the ethical use of animals in biomedical research.
Subspecialty fellowships are offered in research targeted areas...
- (cardiovascular disease)
Applications are most likely due in January 2011. Please check back.
- (kidney disease)
To enable selected medical students with an interest in either basic
or clinical research to spend from 10-52 weeks engaged in continuous
full-time research. The mentor must be an ASN member and must submit
a program of study for the applicant. An award period can be a summer,
semester, academic year, or any other 10-52 period of continuous full-time
research. Applications are most likely due in March 2011. Please check back.
- (diabetes)
The American Diabetes Association offers multiple funding programs with multiple deadlines. These are available to students and trainees in Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy
- (epidemiology)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides third-
and fourth-year medical students with a 10-12 month placement at the
CDC offices in Atlanta, GA. Fellows carry oumut epidemiologic analyses
in a wide range of public health issues, including parasitic diseases,
cardiovascular health, birth defects, foodborne diseases, and air pollution
and respiratory health.
Please check back.
The Year-off Program is designed to provide an opportunity to conduct
biomedical research in the resource-rich environment of the NIH to those
who are enrolled in graduate or medical school and intend to return
to their degree-granting institution within one year. No deadline,
applications are accepted continuously.
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a required evaluation must be received within one week of your submission (read below) |
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- Drs. Lowenstein and Beattie. To arrange an appointment, email .
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- The student and faculty mentor must work together to develop a specific research plan. The faculty mentor is expected to give the student considerable assistance with the research plan portion of the application. In addition to discussing the project with the student and providing appropriate references, the mentor is expected to read and help write this section with the student.
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- Upon submission of your online application (link below), your mentor(s) will receive an automatically-generated email containing a request for their online evaluation, a copy of your application, and a link to a webform they will use to submit their evaluation of your application. THIS REQUIRED EVALUATION IS DUE ONE WEEK AFTER YOUR SUBMISSION. Be sure to warn your mentor(s) in advance so that they have at least three weeks to prepare.
- The mentor’s endorsement form includes:
 evaluation of the applicant
information re: the mentor’s plans for training the applicant
the mentor’s training experience
a request for submission of an NIH-Style Biosketch (including current support; maximum length 4 pages)
A copy of human or animal research approvals must also be submitted if necessary for the proposed research. (Please note that all human or animal research protocols must be fully approved at the start date of the fellowship or the fellowship will be revoked.
- of the mentor endorsement form as a courtesy to your mentor(s). The direct link to the mentor endorsement form is not available. Mentor's will receive the link via the email automatically generated by the submission of your application.
- complete and upload the online
- We must receive the application form by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline in order for your application to be considered.
- Your application via the webform will include:
Related Coursework
Mentor(s) Contact Information
A Research Plan Summary (should not exceed 250 words)
If you are requesting funding for international work or programs, host information and information related to preparation for international work
Personal Statement (should not exceed 300 words, or approximately one single-spaced page) answering the question, "why do you want to do research?"
Research, Project, or Travel Plan Title (should not exceed 255 characters, including spaces)
If you are requesting funding for research, policy work, curriculum design and/or development, or other projects, a Research or Project Plan (which is limited to 2,100 words or less or approx. two single-spaced pages, including:
a) Research question or Project Objective
b) Background and Literature Review
c) Study or Project design.
If you wish to apply for both the quarterly fellowship and yearlong fellowship, you will be directed to fill out both sections by the online application so that you can revise the Research Plan to maintain feasibility given the shorter timeline.
Research Plan Citations (should not exceed 700 words, or approximately one single-spaced page)
A copy of human or animal research approvals must also be submitted if necessary for the proposed research. (Please note that all human or animal research protocols must be fully approved at the start date of the fellowship or the fellowship will be revoked.)
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the instructions below include only those directly related to the application process. If you receive a PACCTR award, you will also complete the program including curricular and other elements. To prepare the best possible application, visit the PACCTR program website here before you begin the application
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a required evaluation must be received within one week of your submission (read below) |
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- Joel Palefsky. To arrange an appointment, contact PACCTR Program Manager, .
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- The student and faculty mentor must work together to develop a specific research plan. The faculty mentor is expected to give the student considerable assistance with the research plan portion of the application. In addition to discussing the project with the student and providing appropriate references, the mentor is expected to read and help write this section with the student.
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- Upon submission of your online application (link below), your mentor(s) will receive an automatically-generated email containing a request for their online evaluation, a copy of your application, and a link to a webform they will use to submit their evaluation of your application. THIS REQUIRED EVALUATION IS DUE ONE WEEK AFTER YOUR SUBMISSION. Be sure to warn your mentor(s) in advance so that they have at least three weeks to prepare.
- The mentor’s endorsement form includes:
evaluation of the applicant
information re: the mentor’s plans for training the applicant
the mentor’s training experience
a request for submission of an NIH-Style Biosketch (including current support; maximum length 4 pages)
A copy of human or animal research approvals must also be submitted if necessary for the proposed research. (Please note that all human or animal research protocols must be fully approved at the start date of the fellowship or the fellowship will be revoked.
- of the mentor endorsement form as a courtesy to your mentor(s). The direct link to the mentor endorsement form is not available. Mentor's will receive the link via the email automatically generated by the submission of your application.
- complete and upload the online
- We must receive the application form by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline in order for your application to be considered.
- Your application via the webform will include:
Related Coursework
Mentor(s) Contact Information
A Research Plan Summary (should not exceed 250 words)
If you are requesting funding for international work or programs, host information and information related to preparation for international work
Personal Statement (should not exceed 300 words, or approximately one single-spaced page) answering the question, "why do you want to do research?"
Research, Project, or Travel Plan Title (should not exceed 255 characters, including spaces)
If you are requesting funding for research, policy work, curriculum design and/or development, or other projects, a Research or Project Plan (which is limited to 2,100 words or less or approx. two single-spaced pages, including:
a) Research question or Project Objective
b) Background and Literature Review
c) Study or Project design.
If you wish to apply for both the quarterly fellowship and yearlong fellowship, you will be directed to fill out both sections by the online application so that you can revise the Research Plan to maintain feasibility given the shorter timeline.
Research Plan Citations (should not exceed 700 words, or approximately one single-spaced page)
A copy of human or animal research approvals must also be submitted if necessary for the proposed research. (Please note that all human or animal research protocols must be fully approved at the start date of the fellowship or the fellowship will be revoked.)
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