Rheumatology Future Physician Scientist Award
Rheumatology Future Physician Scientist Award supports MD and DO students through mentored research training to develop independent investigators and improve health for people with rheumatic diseases.
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Funder: Rheumatology Research Foundation
Due Dates: October 1, 2026 (Applications open) | December 1, 2026, 5 PM ET (Application deadline) | February 15, 2027 (Notification) | July 1, 2027 (Award begins)
Funding Amounts: Up to $30,000 per year in direct costs; one year with competitive renewal, maximum $60,000 over two years
Summary: Supports mentored research training for MD and DO students preparing for independent physician-scientist careers in rheumatology.
Key Information: Applicants must commit at least one year of protected research time and identify a qualified primary mentor.
Description
The Rheumatology Research Foundation offers this pre-doctoral scholar award to enhance research training for promising MD and DO students, including students in combined-degree programs, who intend to become physician-scientists. It supports research projects in scientific health-related fields relevant to the Foundation’s mission of improving the health of patients living with rheumatic diseases.
Part of the Foundation’s preceptorship programs, the award emphasizes mentored, real-world research experience that strengthens recipients’ potential to become productive, independent investigators in rheumatology. The Foundation encourages applications before or early in the research training phase, when students can substantively benefit from the training opportunity. Projects should connect the proposed research experience with the applicant’s longer-term investigative career goals.
