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Medical Student Research Travel Award
For July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
The Medical Student Travel Award provides funds of up to $300 for in-person or $150 for virtual conferences.
Recipients of this award are highly encouraged to present their project at the Annual BSOM Research Symposium in the Spring.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The Medical Student Travel Award Requirements Agreement form (available for download on the application form) must be signed by you and your mentor and attached to your application before you will be considered for the travel grant award.
Medical Student Research Travel Award Application
Please expect up to two weeks after you have all the documents and information to Research Affairs for official notification of the award decision.
Medical Student Summer Research Experience
Applications for the 2025 BSOM Summer Research Stipend Program are officially open!
This year, the summer program will consist entirely of Big Data projects. “Big Data” refers to the use of existing datasets to explore new research questions. During this experience, up to six M1 students living in the Dayton area over the summer will be selected to conduct research with the help of BSOM faculty mentors. When completing the application, you will be asked what datasets you are interested in conducting research through. Here are some examples:
- National Youth Fitness Survey
- National Survey of Children’s Health
- Midlife in the United States (MIDUS): A National Longitudinal Study of Health and Wellbeing
- National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)**
- Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)**
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
- Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
- Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
- National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
- National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA)
- Data Share 2.0
- Data Resources for Behavioral and Social Research on Aging
If selected for this program, you will be awarded $2,000 for living expenses during this six-week experience. You will receive $1,000 at the beginning of the summer, and the remaining $1,000 once you have fulfilled your commitment to the program. The program will officially start on May 2nd and end July 18th.
Click HERE to apply!
Applications are due by 11:59 PM on March 30th. Final decisions will be announced no later than April 11th. For questions, please reach out to Chloe Mason at chloe.mason@wright.edu.
Medical Student Research Grant
Application closed for 2024.
Questions regarding any of these awards can be directed to research.affairs@wright.edu.