First-Year Yale Medical Student Summer Research

Download the Faculty Mentor Agreement & Approval Form. Students must carefully review and complete the form with their research mentor. The signed form must be submitted with your application for research funding.

Log into Medtrics and complete the First Year Medical Student Application for Summer Research Funding. We encourage students to review the application and to reach out to the OSR with any questions. For more information on how to submit an application in Medtrics, please reference these instructions.

Students should submit their Application for Summer Research Funding to the OSR via Medtrics by the deadline listed below. Students who are unable to meet the deadline are required to submit a completed First-Year Yale MD Student Summer Research Extension Request to the OSR at least one week in advance of the application deadline. Only students who meet the conditions specified, which align with YSM educational policies, qualify for consideration of an extension.

Applications, or extension requests, received after the application deadline will not be considered by the OSR.

This award supports Yale medical students pursuing research that requires an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on mentorship and resources from across Yale’s schools and departments. Designed to address questions with social, economic, cultural, and scientific significance, it encourages projects at the intersection of medicine and fields such as law, management, environment, divinity, computer science, and the arts. First year medical students planning to conduct interdisciplinary summer research with a primary YSM faculty mentor and additional faculty from other Yale schools (e.g., Architecture, Environment, Graduate School, Divinity, Nursing, Public Health, Management, etc.) should note this on their Application for Summer Research Funding for consideration.

Below you will find links for external sources of funding for summer research for 1st year Yale medical students. It is important that you read the requirements carefully for each fellowship, as they have different eligibility requirements and deadlines.

Please note: Applications for external funding may require a letter of recommendation from the student’s Head of Advisory House. Applications for external funding are prepared and reviewed by the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) pre-award team that supports the student’s mentor’s department. A minimum of 7 business days is required for the OSP to conduct an adequate review. Students are encouraged to work with their mentor and the pre-award team to finalize the application well before the submission deadline. Applications for internal funding through the OSR are managed by the OSR and do not require preparation or review by the OSP.