CNF Medical Student Summer Research
Scholarship Program 2009 Guidelines


Unfortunately, due to budget constraints the scholarship sponsor has rescinded its support. Consequently, the CNF Board of Directors has made the heavyhearted decision to postpone indefinitely the funding for the medical scholarships and therefore will not be distributing scholarship funding to any applicants this year.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Despite this decision made of necessity, we hope that you will consider Child Neurology as your career and wish you the best of luck in your summer programs.

Respectfully,
John L. Stone
Executive Director

The Child Neurology Foundation announces the availability of up to ten (10) 2009 summer clinical research scholarships for first- and second-year U.S. and Canadian medical students who have an interest in child neurology.

Awards will be made for clinical research in child neurology, to be conducted under the direction of a child neurologist during the 2009 summer break. Selected applicants receive a $3500 scholarship for their summer project.


Deadline:
Applications must be received by February 27, 2009. Faxed or email applications will not be accepted. Complete contact information: mailing address, phone and fax numbers, email address should be supplied for both the applicant and mentor. Successful applicants will be notified by April 24, 2009 of the decision of the CNF Award Committee.

Guidelines:
Applications should not exceed two pages and should include the following:
• the hypothesis to be tested
• a description of the proposed methods
• goals of the project
• the feasibility of the proposal
• the facilities to be utilized

The application from the student must also include a letter from the mentor agreeing to sponsor the students and oversee the project. The letter should specify that the mentor will be responsible for ethical conduct of research and for obtaining, if necessary, Institutional Review Board evaluation for the research. The mentor/sponsor is also responsible for providing a summary of the research to the Child Neurology Foundation—due by September 11, 2009. Mentors whose students are selected for the awards may be eligible for an honorarium in recognition of time and effort spent on the project. For more information, contact John Stone at the CNF:

Local: 952-641-6100
Toll Free: 1-877-263-5430 (1-877-CNF-KID0)
Email:
jstone@childneurologyfoundation.org.

 

Applications should be sent to:

Child Neurology Foundation—Summer Scholarship Program
2000 West 98th Street
Bloomington, MN 55431

Local: 952-641-6100
Toll Free: 1-877-263-5430 (1-877-CNF-KID0)