Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Pediatric Oncology Student Training - The POST program is designed for graduate and undergraduate medical students who have an interest in pediatric oncology research and would like to experience the field first-hand.  Students train with a pediatric oncology research mentor.  Students must be able to dedicate at least 8 full consecutive weeks to the program and start between May 1 and August 31 (dates may vary depending on the student's scheduled break).  Maximum stipend is $5,000. Application deadline is mid-February.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Summer Medical Student Fellowships (AACAP)  - The AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowships offer a chance for medical students to explore a career in child and adolescent psychiatry, gain valuable work experience, and meet leaders in the child and adolescent psychiatry field. The fellowship opportunity provides up to $3,500 for 12 weeks of clinical or research training under a child and adolescent psychiatrist mentor. Participants are required to attend the AACAP Annual Meeting in October. (Complimentary registration and travel reimbursement for the Annual Meeting are included in addition to the fellowship stipend).  Application deadline is early March.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Student Summer Research Fellowship  - The AANS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship program is open to medical students in the United States or Canada who have completed one or two years of medical school and wish to spend a summer working in a neurosurgical laboratory, mentored by a neurosurgical investigator who is a member of the AANS and will sponsor the student. Several $2,500 fellowships will be available each year. Deadline early February.

American Association for Thoracic Surgery Summer Scholarships in Cardiothoracic Surgery (AATS) - The AATS Summer Intern Scholarship program introduces the field of cardiothoracic surgery to first- and second-year medical students from North American medical institutions. By providing an opportunity to spend 8 weeks during the summer working in an AATS member's cardiothoracic surgery department, the summer intern scholarship provides medical students with insight into the scientific investigation and study of cardiothoracic surgery. A grant of $2,500 is provided to successful applicants to underwrite their living expenses during the eight weeks of guidance at the selected host institution. Additionally, all awardees will receive complimentary registration to the association's Annual Meeting and postgraduate courses that take place in May. Application deadline is early December.

American Brain Tumor Association Jack and Fay Netchin Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program - The Medical Student Summer Fellowships are $3,000 grants to current medical students wishing to spend a summer conducting brain tumor research with esteemed scientist-mentors. The intent of this program is to motivate talented medical students to pursue a career in neuro-oncology research.  The fellowship start date is determined by the mentor and should extend 10-12 weeks over the summer. Application deadline is in January.

American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP) - The MMSAP is an 8–12-week summer research experience for underrepresented minority students in their first or second years of medical school.  The program provides a $5,000 stipend and a travel allowance. Deadline to request a mentor is late-October. Application deadline is mid-January.

American Urological Association – The Urology Care Foundation Summer Medical Student Fellowship Program -  is designed to attract high-caliber medical students to urologic research by engaging them in summer research fellowships alongside world-class urologic scientists.  Awardees receive $4,000 stipends to support them during a ten-week mentored research experience.

Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student Summer Fellowships - The Gold Foundation is accepting applications for the Student Summer Fellowship program. The grant award includes a $4,000 stipend for a 10-week period. Projects that do not meet the 10-week requirement will be prorated accordingly. Medical students may apply for either the Research Fellowship or the Service Fellowship program. Application deadline is March.

ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award - The purpose of the ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship award is to introduce students from backgrounds that are under-represented in medicine to the discipline of radiation oncology early in their medical education.  The experience is designed to expose students to clinical, basic, and translational research questions in radiation oncology.  This is an 8-week program with a stipend provided. Application deadline is early February.

Campagna Summer Research Scholarship in Neurological Surgery - The scholarship supports a 10-week summer semester of research under the supervision of a neurosurgical mentor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and residence expenses in Portland, Oregon. Students in the first or second year of study at an accredited U.S. medical school are eligible to apply. One scholar will be selected annually. Campagna scholars will receive $5,000 for support of travel to and living expenses in Portland. Scholars are eligible for up to $2,500 additional award to support travel to a national neurosurgical meeting to present the results of their research project, under the supervision of their mentor. The OHSU neurosurgical faculty mentor also receives up to $2,500 to cover research expenses. Medical students with a serious interest in neurological surgery are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is in early January.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Summer Oncology Fellowship Program -This program is intended to provide the highest quality experience for first-year medical students pursuing interests in oncology research.  Students are paid up to $600/week for 10 weeks or maximum of 12 weeks. Application deadline to apply is mid-January.

Children's Mercy Hospital Department of Orthopaedics Summer Program- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics' Division of Orthopaedics has funded scholarships for students to do research with orthopaedic staff and faculty. The purpose of this program is to address important questions that affect the health of Children's Mercy patients and to introduce promising students to the fields of pediatric orthopaedics and pediatric rehabilitation.  A stipend is granted to students who devote 30 hours per week during the summer months.  Application deadline is late November.

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CSNS/CNS) Medical Student Summer Fellowship in Socioeconomic Research - This fellowship is open to all medical students in the United States and Canada with an interest in the socio-economic issues that impact the field of Neurosurgery. This is an opportunity for medical students to spend 8-10 weeks conducting supervised research on a socio-economic topic that affects neurosurgery today. Stipend is $2,500.  Application deadline to apply is in April.

CUPID Summer Translational Oncology Program - The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is now accepting applications to the Summer Curriculum in Understanding Population-based Inequities & Disparity (CUPID) program. The CUPID Summer Translational Oncology Program is a laboratory-based research experience designed to introduce rising second year medical students to oncology. The program will run for a total of 8 weeks (dates can be conformed to the academic calendar).

David E. Rogers Fellowship Program- The program, through the New York Academy of Medicine, offers fellowships of $4,000 each, for up to five grants, to support summer projects for first year medical students. Fellowship projects are 10 and 12 weeks and are intended to focus on coupling medicine with the needs of underserved or disadvantaged patients or populations.  The content of the Fellowships might range from clinical investigation through community activities or health policy analysis, to activities linking biomedicine, the social infrastructure, and human need. The deadline for submissions is usually in January.

Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students program-The Endocrine Society offers Summer Research experiences which will deliver enhanced research and career development experiences for students. The Society provides each student with a stipend to participate in research projects under the guidance of a Society member for 8 to 10 weeks during the summer. Application deadline is in January.

Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) - Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowships provide students with a challenging and rewarding experience that exposes them to the opportunities within the medical field of anesthesiology and research.  The fellowship provides medical students with an 8-week research experience within an academic anesthesiology department and a $400 per week stipend. Deadline to apply is late October.

Medical Student Summer Opportunities to Advance Research (M-SOAR) - This program is an opportunity for first-year medical students to spend a summer immersed in a culture of translational science at the NIH. These are full-time research positions within one of the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) in the NIH Intramural Research Program.  Stipends available. M-SOAR students may choose to begin the internship in late to mid-May through early July. Application Deadline in February.

Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship -The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) is offering Student Summer Fellowships to foster an interest among young researchers in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Undergraduate, graduate, and medical students are eligible to apply. * Student summer fellowships are awarded annually * Amount of award is $4,000. The LFA Medical/Scientific Advisory Council will review all applications. Application deadline is early April.

Harvard-Longwood Short-Term Research Training in Vascular Surgery (NIH-T35) - Harvard Medical School is offering student summer research fellowships in vascular surgery. Seven student research fellowships are available for 8-12 weeks of summer research training in molecular and cell biology, biomechanics, coagulation and thrombosis, and angiogenesis, with a focus on clinically relevant problems such as atherogenesis, intimal hyperplasia, prosthetic/host interactions and thrombosis. This training program is designed to provide medical students with initial exposure to vascular surgery research. Stipend available. Application deadline is in mid-January.

Heart, Lung and Blood (HLB) Summer Research Program - The Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program through Case Western Reserve University is designed to engage 12 diverse undergraduates and 8 medical students in state-of-the-art biomedical research in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological and sleep disorders research. Students who belong to groups underrepresented in biomedical sciences are eligible to apply.  Stipend of $1,750 per month provided, minimum of two months.  Application deadline is late March.

National Injury Research Training Program - The Center for Injury Research and Policy in the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital will host its annual Injury Research Program for medical students.  Students selected to participate will receive a stipend to help cover travel and living expenses.  The training period is 8 weeks.  Students will work 40 hours per week from June to early August (some flexibility on these dates is possible).  Application deadline is late-January.

Johns Hopkins Summer Employment - Johns Hopkins University is recruiting qualified medical students to work in their summer program. Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth provides academically talented young students aged 8-16 the opportunity to take rigorous summer courses in mathematics, science, computer science, humanities, and writing. Medical students during the summer between their first and second years are needed for health assistants. The health assistant is responsible for maintaining the medical records of all the students at the site, escorting children to clinics and emergency rooms as needed, and helping to administer prescribed medications and basic first aid to the students. Although the job does not require diagnostic skills, an interest in medicine is certainly an asset. Health assistants regard their summer experience as a challenging, rewarding, and educational opportunity (stipend provided).

KU Cancer Center Jewell Summer Research Training Program - The University of Kansas Cancer Center sponsors a summer research training program for a maximum of four students (college undergraduate, graduate, or medical students).  The project will last for eight weeks, beginning in early June until the end of July, and a stipend of $3,000 is provided.  Students must submit an application and a minimum of 1 letter of recommendation (preferably from mentor or other teacher).  Mentors must be a current Cancer Center Member and must submit a research project for consideration.  It is advisable that a mentor and student interested in working together submit their Project Descriptions and Student applications at the same time.  Notices will go out in January to all Cancer Center members, and the application deadline is late February. Students interested in the summer program should contact Susan Harp at sharp@kumc.edu to obtain an application. Application available in January.

KU Cardiology Department M1 Summer Research Training Program - The University of Kansas Cardiovascular Department is offering a Cardiology summer elective for first year Medical Students with the mission to provide students transitioning from MS1 to MS2 an opportunity to partake in clinically oriented research in Cardiovascular Medicine under mentorship from KUMC faculty, provide exposure to cardiology and scientific research, and boost interest in pursuing a career in academic cardiology. The 8-week summer research fellowship program highlights include one-on-one mentorship from a Cardiology faculty mentor, work with the faculty to develop research proposal and design, participate in data collection and analysis, expectation to present findings at a scientific meeting, opportunity to publish in peer-reviewed journal, and this may qualify for up to 4 elective credit hours. The student will need to complete human subjects training and comply with the guidelines laid out in the M1 Student Summer Research Training Program (SRTP). For more information or contact Amit Noheria, M.D. at anoheria@kumc.edu or Seth Sheldon, M.D. at ssheldon@kumc.edu.

Liberal, Kansas Medical Spanish Immersion Weekend- During this inter-professional weekend-long, field-based summer course, you will develop skills and knowledge on culturally competent care.  Participants will be able to AA`practice Spanish in a real context while providing health education and screenings to rural Latino families.  Free housing, transportation, meals, and refreshments.  For more information and to apply, contact Maria Alonso Luaces at malonsoluaces@kumc.edu.

Mass General Hospital Summer Research Training Program - The Mass General Summer Research Training (SRTP) 8-week program pairs students with an MGH faculty preceptor to provide guidance and mentorship in a new or ongoing research project.  The MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion founded a program in 1992 for students historically underrepresented (UiM) who are interested in biomedical research and/or academic medicine. The program is taking place June to July.  Application deadline is late January.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Program - The 10-week program provides interested students with an opportunity to participate in biomedical research experiences related to oncology and to be introduced to the clinical problems presented by cancer patients. At the end of their summer experience, students will submit their research data in journal article format. Participants in the program receive a stipend of $6,800 for the 10-week period. Application deadline in January.

Medical Student Training in Aging (MSTAR) Program  - Administered by AFAR and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the MSTAR Program provides medical students with an enriching experience in aging-related research and geriatrics, with the mentorship of top experts in the field. This program introduces students to research and academic experiences early in their training that they might not otherwise have during medical school.  Students participate in an 8-to-12-week structured research, clinical, and didactic program in geriatrics, appropriate to their level of training and interests.  Application deadline is January.

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Program - Washington University/Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology co-sponsored 10-week, full time program introduces students to current radiological sciences research. Participants develop close interaction between clinical and research sections for possible correlation of biological concepts and clinical activities.  Applicants selected will receive a $7,000 stipend.  Application deadline is early March.

Multiple Sclerosis Medical Student Mentorship Program  -This experience will expose students to the diagnosis and comprehensive management of MS under the tutelage of MS experts located in 25 major cities across the country. Students will work with neurologists and other clinicians specializing in MS and observe many aspects of MS specialty care.  The program runs for four and a half weeks from June 2 – June 27.  A $3,000 award will be provided.  Application deadline is late-January.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) - Summer programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.  Internships cover a minimum of 8 weeks, with students generally arriving at the NIH in May or June.

M.D. Anderson Radiation Oncology Medical Student Summer Research Program - This summer research program aims to expose medical students that are underrepresented in radiation oncology to the clinical and research aspects of the field. During the 10-week program, students are mentored by a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology who will guide them in the completion of a research project intended for presentation at the program end. Students will have opportunities to attend lectures and workshops to increase their knowledge of and exposure to careers in oncology and research.  Application deadline is mid-January.

Radiation Oncology Student Summer Research Training Program - The KUMC Department of Radiation Oncology is sponsoring an eight-week summer research training program open to students seeking to gain medical experience and research knowledge. The internship will run from June - July, and a $2,000-$3,000 stipend is provided. Application deadline is February 14.

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Summer Externship Program  - This is an eight-week Summer Externship program, sponsored by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Northwestern University Medical School. The externship program is held at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), located in downtown Chicago at the McGaw Medical Center. This program offers a unique and early clinical exposure related to the care of persons with acute and chronic disabilities for comprehensive rehabilitation. Primarily, students will assist in the clinical management of patients admitted to RIC. In addition, students will participate in a research project in a rehabilitation related field. There will be ongoing didactic and in-service efforts directed at the M1-M2 student level. The program usually begins in June and continues through July. Each student will be awarded a $3,000 stipend for participation in this 8-week program. Application deadline is mid-January.

Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students (RREMS) -The RREMS is an eight-week funded summer externship designed to expose medical students to a structured research experience and respected academic physiatrists. This competitive program has helped over 80 medical students with little exposure to PM&R confidently choose a fulfilling career. First year medical students are encouraged to apply, but all are welcome.  Application deadline is in early November. 

Simon Kramer Society Summer Externship in Radiation Oncology - The Simon Kramer Society Externship in Radiation Oncology, awarded annually, provides a unique opportunity for up to two medical students to obtain a 6-week experience in Radiation Oncology. Date of externship is flexible during the summer (May - July). Stipend: $1,500. Applicants must be first- or second-year medical students in good standing. Application deadline is late January.

Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Siteman Cancer Center invites undergraduate, graduate, and medical students to participate in the Leah Menshouse Springer Summer Opportunities Program. This program is designed to provide participants with hands-on cancer research experience for 10 weeks over the summer (May-August). Opportunities range from basic science research to clinical research to prevention/control and population research. Stipend provided.  Application deadline is late January.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - NIH/NCI-funded Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program - The Pediatric Oncology program offers a unique opportunity for students preparing for careers in medicine to gain biomedical and oncology research experience.  Medical students will work in clinical research with physicians and staff in areas such as chart review, record screening and examination, data collection and entry and may also apply to attend clinics and observe procedures.  POE students must be a United States citizen, non-citizen national, or possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. Medical student trainees spend 10 weeks in the program. Application deadline is mid-December.

Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program - The Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP) is sponsored by the National Institute of Health and allows medical students to conduct research under the direction of an established scientist in the areas of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, or digestive disease at Vanderbilt during the summer between first and second year or second and third year of medical school.  Program offers career advice and clinical and research seminars about diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, or digestive disease. Stipend $2,300 per month. Application deadline is in early January.