The New York Academy of Medicine: Grants & Fellowships: Student Grants: The David E. Rogers Fellowship Program Summer 2005

Student Grants

The David E. Rogers Fellowship Program Summer 2008

The New York Academy of Medicine invites applications for the David E. Rogers Fellowship Program from first-year medical and dental students for support of projects to be executed during the summer between the first and second years of medical or dental school.

The Rogers Fellowship is meant to enrich the educational experiences of medical and dental students through projects that bear on medicine and dentistry as social enterprises that is, as enterprises devoted to the capacity of these professions in any and all of their expressions to serve human needs particularly the needs of underserved or disadvantaged patients or populations. The content of the Fellowship might include clinical investigation, health policy analysis, activities linking biomedicine, the social infrastructure and human need, or community activities.

A meaningful relationship with a mentor genuinely expert in the field of interest of the Fellow is essential.
Projects should reflect a research question generated by the student.
The project is to be carried out by the student under the guidance of his or her mentor and should not consist of student assistance in the research of the faculty member.

The union of service or research activities and a mentoring program is intended to contribute to the maturation of the student and to promote consideration of the societal responsibilities of medicine and dentistry and exploration of new career directions, including linkages between health policy and administrative elements on the one hand and clinical care on the other. A written report is required, describing the design and the conduct of the Fellowship activity and the conclusions reached. The report must be submitted to the Academy no later than October 10, 2008.

Applicants are required to submit one (1) PDF file and one hard copy of the combined following materials:

A title and description of the project outlining the objective or intent of the Fellowship experience as well as its content, structure and expected time frame not to exceed three pages.
A letter from the student's mentor indicating the extent and manner of support the mentor will provide, the ways in which the proposed experience is going to impact the student's horizon, and the expected schedule of meetings with the student.
A completed application form available online or by request.
Proof of IRB approval of the student's project by their institution's IRB or a copy of the waiver document if the IRB has determined that the project is exempt from IRB review.
An initialed and signed checklist of all items to be included in the application packet.

The Fellowship carries a stipend of $3,500. The stipend will be paid directly to the student unless institutional policy precludes this. No institutional overhead charges will be paid. All application materials must be received (not postmarked) by March 21, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified in early to mid-May 2008.

You may now download a PDF or MSWord form of the application online! Just fill out the information on our Request for Application page and then download the form to print, fill out and return.

Further information and Fellowship applications may be obtained from:

The New York Academy of Medicine
Office of Medical & Academic Affairs
Attn: Gerard P. Lebeda
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029-5202
Tel: (212) 822-7204
Fax: (212) 822-7338
Email: rogers@nyam.org

2005 David E. Rogers Fellowship Recipients

2004 David E. Rogers Fellowship Recipients

2003 David E. Rogers Fellowship Recipients

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