Funding and Training Opportunities for Residents & Students
For Residents
NIH Supported Training/Fellowship Programs
Programs at Northwestern University
- Transplant Surgery Scientist Training Program
- NU School of Professional Studies Advanced Graduate Certificates (Including Health Informatics and Artificial Intelligence)
- Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health
- Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering (QSI RENU)
- Starzl Scholar Award
Programs outside Northwestern University
Non NIH-Funded Training Programs
NIH Loan Repayment Program
Research Trainee Awards
- Steven J. Stryker, M.D., Gastrointestinal Surgery Research and Education Endowment
- Association of Academic Surgeons (AAS)/AAS Foundation Trainee Research Awards
- AATS David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- AATS Foundation Programs
- American Association for Cancer Research (many opportunities)
- American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarships
- American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons Jon Fryer Resident Research Scholarship Deadline TBA
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons Veloxis Fellowship in Transplantation Deadline TBA
- The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago
- Nina Starr Braunwald Research Award (Thoracic Surgery Foundation)
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Society of University Surgeons Resident Research Scholar Award
- Surgical Outcomes Club Michael Zinner HSR Fellowship
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation Resident Research Fellowship
- VA Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety Program (CRQS)
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society/Medtronic Vascular Resident Research Award
Prizes/Travel/Meeting Awards
Courses/Certificates/Masters Programs
- ACS Leadership and Advocacy Summit (April)
- ACS Residents as Teachers and Leaders (March)
- Artificial Intelligence at Northwestern
- FSM Center for Education in Health Sciences Master of Science in HSOR
- McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program (Programs in Bioethics, Global Health, Health Equity and Advocacy, and Medical Education)
- NU Center for Leadership Fellowship in Leadership
- NUCATS Master of Science in Clinical Investigation
- School of Professional Studies Artificial Intelligence Certificate Program
For Students
Funding for Students
- AMA Research Challenge
- American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
- American Heart Association Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons Student Mentor Grant
- AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
- Association of Academic Surgery Senior Medical Student Travel Awards
- Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation
- Society for Vascular Surgery Student Research Fellowship