Grants for medical residents may fund the practice of medicine in rural areas and third-world countries.
Grants geared toward medical residents can help give them a deeper understanding of their chosen area of practice, gain exposure to medicine in different parts of the world or serve people who are in particular need of medical care. Organizations offering grants include governmental bodies, universities and professional associations.
Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health (VIGH)
Previously funded Fogarty fellows have conducted research in places as far-flung as Kenya and Argentina.
The Vanderbilt University-based Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars-Fellows Support Center offers the International Clinical Research Fellows Program. Applicants may be post-doctoral or post-residency students or current medical residents from either the United States or low- to upper middle-income foreign countries. The fellowship pays for the student to conduct research in a low- or middle-income country for one year. Fellows must collaborate on a research project with an institution in the foreign country. The project must fall within one of the program's supported areas, which include heart-related disease, sleep disorders, ophthalmology, mental conditions, infectious disease and cancer. Fellowship benefits include a stipend of $45,000, a fully funded orientation week, health and evacuation insurance, travel and administrative funding, as well as training and research support funding.
Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars-Fellows Support Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240
615-343-3555
fogartyscholars.org
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Radiology residents may apply for Radiological Society of North America grants.
The Radiological Society of North America offers one-year Research Resident/Fellow Grants to radiology residents who are members of the society. The program's goal is to give early career researchers the opportunity to carry out scientific investigation under the mentoring of an established scientist. The program offers a stipend of $30,000 for research residents or $50,000 for research fellows. Eligible applicants are radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine residents at North American colleges or universities, with research residents having completed an internship year and another six months of residency. Fellowship grant applicants should be in the last year of residency. Applicants must also meet criteria concerning conflict of interest and concurrent and previous grants. Grant applications must be submitted online.
Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
820 Jorie Blvd.
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630-571-2670
rsna.org
U.S. Army
The U.S. Army offers grants to enlisted soldiers completing medical school and residency.
The Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) offers financial aid to enlisted medical students and residents. The program offers residents with $45,000 per year in grant money along with $2,000 per month in stipend funding. Eligible Army personnel must be U.S. citizens finishing an accredited residency. Enlisted residents in the Army Reserves may also take advantage of the Healthcare Professionals Loan Repayment Program, which repays up to $50,000 of medical school debt. The Active Duty Health Professions Loan Repayment Program pays back loans for active duty soldiers. Residents must compensate the Army by serving for the longer of two years or one year for each year of HPSP support.
U.S. Army Health Care Recruiting Station
495 Summer St., Room 112
Boston, MA 02210
617-753-3015
healthcare.goarmy.com
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