The Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS) offers scholarships for medical students working on summer research projects. The research can be basic science or clinical in nature but must be completed in a ten week time frame. Preferences will be given to proposals studying problems related to health problems of the Chinese. At the conclusion of the project, a written report is expected.

Applicants that are selected to receive a CAMS Summer Research Fellowship Scholarship Award are required to submit an abstract of their work and they are expected to make a 10 minute presentation or poster presentation at the CAMS Annual Scientific Meeting in New York City. This year’s meeting will be held on November 2, 2024.

The scholarship is open to all first, second and third year medical or dental students*. Students must be in good standing at an accredited U.S. medical or dental school in the USA at the time of application.

*Currently MS, DS and OMS 1, 2, and 3 students are qualified to apply. Any students that have just been accepted into medical school or dental school at the time of application are not eligible to apply at this time.

Applicants must be current or pending CAMS Student members to apply. The CAMS membership application can be found on our website at www.camsociety.org/membership

PURPOSE

To promote & support clinical & basic science research among Chinese American medical & dental students.

The projects must last a minimum of 8 weeks and a maximum of 10 weeks. Projects lasting for more than 10 weeks will not be considered for scholarship. The project can be either basic science or clinical research. A physician or dentist must sponsor and supervise the project. Special consideration will be given to projects involving Chinese American health issues. Applicants that are selected to receive a Summer Research Fellowship Scholarship are required to submit a written report to the Scholarship & Research Committee at the completion of their project. Anyone selected for a Summer Research Fellowship Scholarship will be required to submit an abstract of their work by August 31, 2024 and are expected to make a 10 minute oral presentation or poster presentation at the CAMS Annual Scientific Meeting on November 2, 2024 in NYC.

STIPEND

Up to 4 projects will be awarded. The highest award amount possible is $5,000. Research support and expenses are the responsibility of the sponsor.

FORMAT

All supporting documents submitted directly from the applicant should be typed single spaced in Times New Roman Font Size 12. Page Margins should be 1” for top, bottom, left, and right margins. Please do not use page borders or text boxes.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline to submit your application and all supplemental materials is March 1, 2024 11:59 PM EST. 

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications can only be submitted by email at this time. The committee asks that all applications and supporting materials be sent as a single PDF File and emailed to scholarship@camsociety.org

The file name for all applications submitted should be:

Applicant's Last Name, Applicant's First Name CAMS Fellowship2024.pdf

Please include the applicant's full name and Summer Fellowship 2024 in the Subject Line of the email when submitting the application.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED