Resources for MSTP students seeking their own funding
MSTP students at the University of Washington are fully funded during their entire course of study, but may wish to seek their own sources of funding, particularly during their graduate school years. The following resources are some potential starting points for finding funds. There are links here to funding sources that accept MD/PhD students and links to funding databases where additional opportunities will be listed.
Some Extramural Funding Sources
Please visit the web sites for deadlines, qualifications, and funding applications.
American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/About/ef.cfm/specialawards.cfm
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_5_1.asp?sitearea=RES
American Chemical Society, Division of Analytical Chemistry: Pfizer Graduate Travel Award in Analytical Chemistry
http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/Pfizer_Award_Description.html
American Diabetes Association
Current grant opportunities
American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship
http://www.afar.org/grants.html
American Heart Association Regional Affiliates Predoctoral Fellowship
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=9713
American Physiological Society
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/other.htm and http://www.the-aps.org/awards/index.htm
American Society for Microbiology Robert Watkins Graduate Fellowship for minorities
http://www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=6278
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
http://www.aspet.org/public/awards/awards_fellowships.html
Boston University Women in Science
http://www.bu.edu/chemistry/buwic/resources/fellowship/
Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
http://fundingopps2.cos.com
Cornell University Graduate Fellowship Notebook
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
https://www.asee.org/ndseg/
Ford Foundation Dissertation Diversity Fellowships
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html
Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36) PAR-07-231
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-231.html
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Fellows Program
http://www.hhmi.org/grants
Institute of International Education
http://www.iie.org
Josephine de Karman Predoctoral Fellowship
http://www.dekarman.org/Qualifications.aspx
L'Oreal Foundation Women in Science Predoctoral Fellowships
http://www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/. (Follow Women in Science links).
NASA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/fellowgrants/index.html
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
http://www.pdsoros.org
PhRMA Foundation
http://www.phrmafoundation.org
Proposal Central
https://proposalcentral.altum.com
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-002.html
Open to everyone, for funding for PhD only
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-151.html
Open to everyone, for funding of both MD and PhD portions of study
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctorial Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
http://grants.nih.gov/granst/guide/pa-files/PA-06-481.html
Open to minority/disabled/disadvantaged applicants, for funding of both MD and PhD portions of study
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Fellowship
http://www.sarnoffendowment.org/program/index.cfm
UW Grants and Funding Information Service
http://www.lib.washington.edu/gfis/
UW Research Funding Service
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/