Stanford University
Center for Innovation in
Global Health  

Funding Opportunities - Medical Students

At Stanford:

Gantenbein Medical Fund Fellowship A fellowship program that begins in 2012 for a second year medical student who has an interest in some aspect in global health. This fellowship will cover $30,000 for one academic year.

Kenya Research Opportunities Research opportunities in malaria, influencza, emerging infectious diseases, refugee health, tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS and other fields.

Mary Duke Biddle Clinical Scholars Program This program funds medical students for a period of six weeks to do a rotation at one of the program's sites in Malawi, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Traveling Scholars Program A Stanford School of Medicine program that administers Travel Grants through an application process to Stanford medical students who submit proposals to conduct research abroad.

Stanford-NBC News Fellowship in Global Health Media This fellowship began June 2011 and is open to medical students (who have completed the first two years of medical school), residents and faculty. This fellowship will teach fellows the ways media plays a significant role in global health.

For a full list of opportunities open to medical students, see brochure ». This brochure lists all the opportunities in global health open to medical students.

Funding outside of Stanford:

Arnold P. Gold Foundation -- Humanism in Medicine

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health & Clinical Research Training

Fulbright Scholarship

Funding for International Health Electives (AMSA)

Gates Foundation:  Grand Challenges in Global Health

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Fellowship

International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Sommer Scholars Program (for MPH)

Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights

Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages

New York Academy of Medicine David E. Rogers Fellowship

O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health

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