Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Clinical Research Fellowship for Medical Students

Purpose

The Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship (CRF) program, established in 2000, is designed to encourage medical students to pursue careers in clinical research by giving exceptional students the opportunity to take a year to experience clinical research first hand.

Participating Medical Schools

The CRF program is available at the following
12 medical schools:

1. Columbia University
   College of Physicians and Surgeons
   
   
2. Harvard Medical School
   
   
3. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
   
   
4. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
   
   
5. University of California, San Francisco,
   School of Medicine
   
   
6. University of Iowa
   Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
   
   
7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   School of Medicine
   
   
8. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
   
   
9. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
   
   
10. University of Texas Southwestern
    Medical Center at Dallas
    
    
11. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    
    
12. Yale University School of Medicine

Each participating medical school:

• Solicits applications from students at any U.S. medical school
• Offers fellowships to at least 5 medical students per year
• Matches fellows to outstanding clinical research mentors
• Provides fellows with a one-year fellowship experience in clinical research that includes both didactic and research components

Fellowship Details

To date, the CRF program has supported a total of 497 fellows, with 93 fellows in the current (2007-2008) class.

A minimum of 60 fellowships will be awarded across the 12 participating CRF schools for the 2008-2009 fellowship year, which begins on July 1, 2008.

2008-2009: International Opportunities

An additional 12 fellowships will be available to medical students interested in conducting clinical research in developing countries during the 2008-2009 fellowship year: Details

Fellow Stipends & Benefits

• $27,000 stipend (for 2008-2009 fellowship year)
• Health insurance
• Financial support to attend the year-end CRF meeting
• Supplementary research and training funds

Eligibility

Students matriculated at any U.S. medical school who are in good academic standing and have completed two or more years of medical school prior to the start of the fellowship are eligible to apply to any of the participating schools.