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Unfortunately, due to budget constraints the scholarship sponsor has rescinded its support.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:
