Office of Medical Education

Research Rotations/Opportunities

Laboratory Rotations For MD/PhD Students

All students are required to perform two laboratory rotations during the first two years of medical school. These can be performed in the summers before M1 and M2 or during the school year. Participation in one of the student fellowship programs listed below will count towards a research rotation. A research rotation form must be submitted to the MD/PhD Program office prior to the start of each rotation.

Rotation Assignment Form

Laboratory Rotation Evaluation Form

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Research Opportunities For Medical Students

• Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

The Office of Student Affairs sponsors the Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship program for incoming, second-year, and third-year medical students. Information from faculty willing to sponsor students for the summer is distributed in the spring to eligible students. Opportunities are available in basic science, translational, and public health research programs. For more information on this fellowship, please contact Julie McDaniel at (859) 257-1652 or Julie.mcdaniel@uky.edu.

Julie McDaniel
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Office of the Dean, Financial Aid Department
138 Leader Avenue
Lexington, KY 40506-9983

• Fellowships and Awards

• Clinical and Translational Science Professional Student Mentored Research Fellowship

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science provides fellowships in clinical research for professional students. Interested students must complete the "Introduction to Clinical Research" course offered in the summer and as an elective in the spring semester. Students will then identify a principal investigator involved in research who will serve as mentor and submit an application. In addition, students engage in a specific curriculum designed to promote sound clinical research practices. Applications are accepted twice a year. Initial awards are for one year with the possibility of renewal.

Students awarded the fellowship will receive a stipend of $3,000 to enable them to complete:

• A mentored research experience linked to an ongoing faculty research project based on a detailed research training plan developed with the mentor that constitutes a ‘contract’ signed by trainee and mentor.
• Experiential activities designed to provide orientation to the academic discipline of clinical and translational science and the peer-review process.

To maintain eligibility, fellowship students must submit quarterly progress reports and their mentors must submit quarterly evaluations.
• Halcomb Graduate Fellowship

Students with research interests at the interface of Medicine and Engineering can apply for the prestigious Halcomb Fellow Award, which provides $25,000 per year for two years for a research project directed by dual mentors from an engineering discipline and the biomedical sciences.

• PEO Scholar Awards

Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) Scholar Awards are one-time competitive, merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are either pursuing a doctoral level degree or are engaged in postdoctoral research at an accredited college, university or institution. In addition to recognizing and encouraging excellence in higher education, these awards provide partial support for study and research for women who will make significant contributions in their varied fields of endeavor. Priority is given to women who are well established in their programs, study or research. For more information, please visit the PEO web site.

• Additional Funding Opportunities at UK

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Research Opportunities For Pre-Doctoral Fellows

• Fellowships, Assistantships, and Support Funding

• Pre-Doctoral Fellows

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Research Opportunities For Post-Doctoral Fellows

• Fellowships and Training Programs

• Post Doctoral Fellows

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