Electives Abroad: Funding Sources

Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Medicine
William Winters, Jr. M.D., Chief, Section of International Medicine
Attn: Carolina Alaniz
713-394-3850
Smith Tower 1292
Eligibility: 4^th year students
Application Deadline: October

AMSA-Creative Funding for International Health Electives
http://www.amsa.org/resource/amsarc/creative/creative.cfm
Provides information on Established Funding Sources, Non-Traditional Funding Sources, Low Cost Electives, and University Funding Sources.

Institute of International Education
http://www.iie.org/southern
515 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, Tx 77027-9407
713-621-6300
Eligibility: 4th year medical students interested in an Internal Medicine elective
Application Deadline: March 16
Award Date: May 15

International Education Financial Aid
http://www.internationalscholarships.com/search.php
Search for scholarships to U.S. students studying abroad.

International Education Finance Corporation
http://www.iefc.com
IEFC provides student loans to U.S. students studying abroad.

John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences
http://www.nih.gov/fic/news/DirectoryGrants.html
Directory of international grants and fellowships in the health sciences.

Benjamin H. Kean Traveling Fellowship in Tropical Medicine
Eligibility: North American full-time medical students, and residents and fellows in any medical specialty who express an interest in tropical medicine or international health may apply. Applicants must arrange their own elective with the approval of a supervising faculty mentor at their institution. An overseas mentor must be identified, and a research plan or plan of clinical study presented.
http://www.astmh.org/funding/index.cfm

Application Deadline: May 1

Contact information:
B.H. Kean Fellowship, Christopher Plowe, M.D.
C/o Christina Kemp
University of Maryland School of Medicine
685 West Baltimore Street, HSF 480
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tel. 410-706-2491
Fax 410-706-1204
E-mail ckemp@medicine.umaryland.edu

The MAP International/Reader's Digest International Fellowship Program (MAP-RDIF)
http://www.map.org/main.asp?menu=3&submenu=4
Encourages lifelong involvement in global health issues by providing selected medical students firsthand exposure in a Christian context to the health, social and cultural characteristics of a developing world community.

Eligibility: 3^rd and 4^th year students
Application Deadline: March 1
Award Date: May 1

Rotary International Scholarships
http://www.rotary.org/foundation
Scholarships are available by contacting a local Rotary Club. Students receiving Rotary scholarship are not permitted to provide hands-on care, they may only observe clinical care being given.

The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (for Baptists)
http://www.imb.org
Ms. Brenda Moncrief, Program Coordinator (804) 353-0151

The American Medical Women's Association's American Women's Hospitals
http://www.amwa-doc.org/Foundation/awhs.htm
Funding to women medical students and residents who travel to medically underserved areas in the U.S. and abroad to work in approved programs that care for the medically underserved.

The American Women's Hospitals Service provides assistance with transportation costs (airfare, train fare, etc. - up to $1,500) connected with pursuing medical studies in an off-campus setting where the medically neglected will benefit.

Grants are awarded to national AMWA members completing their second, third or fourth year at an accredited U.S. medical or osteopathic medical school or a resident who will be spending a minimum of six weeks and no longer than one year in a sponsored program which will serve the needs of the medically underserved.

The American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China (Taiwan)
Annie Kang c/o New York Academy of Medicine
1216 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10029
212-860-1990

The Paul Alexander Memorial Fund of Management Sciences for Health alexa019@gold.tc.umn.edu
c/o Jean Alexander
1666 Coffman #220
St. Paul, MN 55108
612-647-1231
Funds an international public health project

Global Health Ministries (Lutherans)
http://www.ghm.org

The Charles S. Houston Award of the Wilderness Medical Society
PO Box 2463
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Wilderness and environmental medicine electives

AAPI-American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Scholarship
Funds are available for students taking electives in India
http://www.aapimsr.org/Documents/scholarship.html