One-year Fellowships

The Medical School encourages students to consider a fifth year devoted to research. This one-year fellowship is facilitated by charging no tuition for the extra year and by the provision of a limited number of stipends that can be paid to students. Approximately 15-25 students per year receive competitive one-year medical student research fellowships funded by internal and external sources. All stipends are paid directly to the student and are considered taxable income. Students in their third year of medical school are eligible to apply.

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Deadlines/Important Dates
MD/MHS Degree Program Information
Funding

Forms

To apply for a Yale sponsored one-year fellowship, please follow the instructions in the application.

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Yale Sponsored One-year Fellowship Application – 2024 application coming soon!

Important Note: If you are interested in applying to any of the one year medical student research fellowships, please contact OSR at least 4 weeks before the institutional fellowship deadline as there may be additional forms that are required to be completed through Yale's Office of Sponsored Projects before the fellowship application can be submitted to the funding agency. Also, all applications require a progress letter from the academic advisor. Students should contact their academic advisor at least one month prior to the fellowship deadline.

Deadlines/Important Dates

Application Deadline for Yale Sponsored One-year Fellowship

Please contact the Office of Student Research for the deadline at osr.med@yale.edu or 203-785-6633.

Orientation meeting: Medical students who are awarded fully funded one year medical student research fellowships are required to attend an orientation meeting in July/August. Faculty mentors are also required to attend.

MD/MHS Degree Program Information

Medical students who are awarded a fully funded one year medical student research fellowship and plan to apply to the joint MD/MHS degree program should review the requirements. Please note the dates of the required, in-person coursework and plan accordingly. Only medical students who are awarded one year medical student research fellowships are eligible to apply to the joint MD/MHS degree program.

Funding

Office of Student Research Sponsored Fellowships

The Office of Student Research has funds to support a limited number of students through Yale sponsored fellowships. A separate application is required. For additional information, please contact the Office of Student Research.

Externally Sponsored Domestic Fellowships

Fellowships American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship American Society of Hematology Physician-Scientist Career Development Award Benjamin Fox Orthopaedic Scholar Award Columbia University Medical Center - David P. Roye Research Fellowship JH Milstone Fund. Please contact Richard Carr (richard.carr@yale.edu) for additional information. John P. Kostuik, M.D., Spine Research Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital Research Fellowship Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine & Joint Reconstruction NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship at UT-Austin Otolaryngology T32 Predoctoral Fellowship at Washington U. St. Louis The Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF): Please reach out to OSR (osr.med@yale.edu) for more information. Poggi Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Fellowship Sarnoff Award YCCI Multidisciplinary Pre-Doctoral Training Program	YSM Internal Due Date August 23, 2023 January 18, 2024 N/A NA November 6, 2023 (8:00 am)	Institution Deadline September 6, 2023 February 1, 2024 November 15, 2023 November 30, 2023 Letter of intent by March 1, 2024. Full applications by May 1, 2024. TBD (early 2024) December 1, 2023 for priority consideration. A second deadline of January 19, 2024 will be available for those who could not apply for priority consideration, but the position is not guaranteed to still be available on January 19th. January 5, 2024 TBD December 31, 2023 January 11, 2024 January 10, 2023 TBD (usually early March)
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship	August 23, 2023	September 6, 2023
American Society of Hematology Physician-Scientist Career Development Award	January 18, 2024	February 1, 2024
Benjamin Fox Orthopaedic Scholar Award	N/A	November 15, 2023
Columbia University Medical Center - David P. Roye Research Fellowship	N/A	November 30, 2023
JH Milstone Fund. Please contact Richard Carr (richard.carr@yale.edu) for additional information.	N/A	Letter of intent by March 1, 2024. Full applications by May 1, 2024.
John P. Kostuik, M.D., Spine Research Fellowship	N/A	TBD (early 2024)
Massachusetts General Hospital Research Fellowship Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine & Joint Reconstruction	N/A	December 1, 2023 for priority consideration. A second deadline of January 19, 2024 will be available for those who could not apply for priority consideration, but the position is not guaranteed to still be available on January 19th.
NIH Medical Research Scholars Program	N/A	January 5, 2024
Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship at UT-Austin	N/A	TBD
Otolaryngology T32 Predoctoral Fellowship at Washington U. St. Louis	NA	December 31, 2023
The Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF): Please reach out to OSR (osr.med@yale.edu) for more information.	November 6, 2023 (8:00 am)	January 11, 2024
Poggi Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Fellowship	N/A	December 31, 2023
Sarnoff Award	N/A	January 10, 2023
YCCI Multidisciplinary Pre-Doctoral Training Program	N/A	TBD (usually early March)

Externally Sponsored International Fellowships

Fellowships Global Health Equity Scholars Program Fulbright: Supports one year of graduate-level research whether as part of formal degree programs or individual research projects in many of over 140 countries. Eligibility: U.S. citizens. Luce: Supports one year internships, including medical research, in Asia for applicants with little or no experience in Asia. Eligibility: U.S. citizens; not older than 29 years of age. NIH-Marshall: Supports 2-3 years of graduate-level research or study in any degree program in the U.K. Features special partnerships with Imperial College, London, and U.S. National Institutes of Health, among others. Eligibility: U.S. citizens; Up until three years after graduating from their undergraduate institution. For consideration, Yale endorsement is required by August 16, 2023. Rhodes: Supports 1-3 years of graduate-level research or study in any degree program at Oxford. Eligibility: Restricted to citizens of the U.S., selected British Commonwealth countries, and Germany. U.S. applicants may be no older than 24 years of age. For consideration, Yale endorsement is required by August 16, 2023.	Institution Deadline November 1, 2023 October 22, 2023 October 16, 2023 August 16, 2023*
Global Health Equity Scholars Program	November 1, 2023
Fulbright: Supports one year of graduate-level research whether as part of formal degree programs or individual research projects in many of over 140 countries. Eligibility: U.S. citizens.	October 22, 2023
Luce: Supports one year internships, including medical research, in Asia for applicants with little or no experience in Asia. Eligibility: U.S. citizens; not older than 29 years of age.	October 16, 2023
NIH-Marshall: Supports 2-3 years of graduate-level research or study in any degree program in the U.K. Features special partnerships with Imperial College, London, and U.S. National Institutes of Health, among others. Eligibility: U.S. citizens; Up until three years after graduating from their undergraduate institution. *For consideration, Yale endorsement is required by August 16, 2023.	August 16, 2023*
Rhodes: Supports 1-3 years of graduate-level research or study in any degree program at Oxford. Eligibility: Restricted to citizens of the U.S., selected British Commonwealth countries, and Germany. U.S. applicants may be no older than 24 years of age. *For consideration, Yale endorsement is required by August 16, 2023.	August 16, 2023*