Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programs

The Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
<http://www.smdep.org> is a summer enhancement program designed to help students compete for medical and dental school acceptance. Applicants may come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, racial and ethnic groups that historically have been underrepresented in medicine, or parts of the country (such as rural areas) where residents historically have been underrepresented in medicine and dentistry.

The Clinical Scholars Program <http://rwjcsp.stanford.edu/> allows young physicians committed to clinical medicine to acquire new skills and training in the non-biological sciences important to medical care systems.

The Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program <http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/rwjf/> and the Scholars in Health Policy Research
Program <http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org/> provide support for social scientists to advance their involvement in health policy. The latter site includes a listing of sources of information for health services researchers.

The Health Policy Fellowships Program extends the public policy horizons of health
professional schools and improves the capacity of faculty to study health policy and
assume leadership roles in health activities. The Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program supports the career development of outstanding young faculty in family practice, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics. Information about these programs may be found at the The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s website at <http://www.rwjf.org>. The Foundation has more than 70 national programs in health and health care.

Other Organizations

The American Society of Hematology's Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP) supports research experiences in hematology for medical students, including a travel allowance and stipend.

Grantsnet <http://www.grantsnet.org> is a free, searchable database of biomedical funding sources, developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Research training opportunities within the National Institutes of Health are listed at <http://grants.nih.gov/training>.

The Association of American Medical Colleges
<http://www.aamc.org/students/minorities/start.htm> states its commitment to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medical education and lists opportunities on its "Minorities in Medicine" page.

Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Medical Student Scholarships
<http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/nickensscholarships.htm> are given to outstanding
students entering their third-year of medical school who have shown leadership efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health-care needs of minorities.

The Office of Minority Health <http://www.omhrc.gov> is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Check Funding Resources for a list of and links to funding opportunities.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Division of Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) <http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/> administers research and research training programs aimed at increasing the number of minority biomedical and behavioral scientists as part of the National Institutes of Health.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality <http://www.ahrq.gov/> is charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. This website includes a listing of funding opportunities.

The Sloan Foundation's <http://www.sloanphds.org/> program "Increasing PhDs for
Underrepresented Minorities" recruits faculty to mentor doctoral students in mathematics, science, and engineering.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund's <http://www.bwfund.org> has two programs of
interest to young investigators. The Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences
<http://www.bwfund.org/programs/biomedical_sciences/career_background.html> are intended for early-career investigators in basic science. The Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease program <http://www.bwfund.org/programs/infectious_disease/index.html> is an award intended for those at the Assistant Professor level for research exploring the interaction of infectious pathogens with human hosts.

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
<http://www.drcrf.org>offers support to young investigators for basic and patient-oriented cancer research.

The Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
<http://www.fdhn.org/html/awards/awards.html> supports research in digestive diseases.

The Minority Trainee Research Forum
<https://www.temple.edu/mtrf/2004/mtrf%20index.html> sponsors a scientific meeting for those engaged in wet bench research at the high school through postdoctoral levels.

Also, be sure to investigate research programs of such organizations as the American Heart Association <http://www.americanheart.org> and the American Lung Association <http://www.lungusa.org>.

The NIH Loan Repayment Program is at <http://www.lrp.nih.gov>.