* These fellowships are available only to UCSF Medical Students.

• Overview
• Message for Sponsors/Mentors
• Application

Overview

The Genentech Foundation is offering two short-term research fellowships of $3750 each. UCSF medical students who are currently in the second or third year and who are planning to carry out full-time research for three or more months may apply. You do not need to enter a five-year program to obtain one of these short-term fellowships. The Genentech Foundation has not specified the type of research to be funded, and applications for research in any field appropriate to medicine will be accepted. The fellowships may be used during any continuous three-month period between May 1 and May 1 of the following year.
Short-Term applications are due April 15, 2008.

The Genentech Foundation is also offering a $23,000 research fellowship ($19,000 stipend, $4,000 for registration or other education-related expenses). Second- and third-year UCSF medical students who are planning to carry out full-time research for an entire year may apply. The fellowship may be activated as early as July 1 or as late as September 1.
Yearlong applications are due January 15, 2009.

Message for Sponsors/Mentors:
Please note the following points with regard to the help you provide to students who are submitting research proposals under your supervision:

1. The research should be hypothesis-driven with specific research questions to be answered within the time frame allowed. If two or more students are working on the same project, each of their roles needs to clearly delineated.

2. The project should not be purely descriptive unless there is very limited literature in the field of inquiry. For example, projects that are limited to only collecting information about attitudes, opinions or practices of healthcare providers, without any plan for studying an intervention, are generally not approved for funding.

3. The writing of the proposal should convey scientific rigor and provide sufficient detail to allow the reviewers to understand the nature of the question(s) being pursued, relevant background, methodology, and potential relevance/impact. In particular, the methods section should provide a clear and detailed description of analytic approaches, including statistical methods and justification for sample size if applicable.

4. If questionnaires or other written instruments are used in the project, samples need to be included with the proposal.

5. If IRB approval is needed, please submit the IRB application promptly so that approval is obtained before the student’s proposed start date. Lack of IRB approval at the proposed start date for the student will lead to a loss funding, and possibly full cancellation of the student research grant.