Student Grants, Mentors, and Interest Groups
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is active at all levels of medical student education:
- Partnering with all UMN family medicine residency programs.
- Leading and directing courses and clerkships.
- Supporting the coordination of a family medicine interest group.
- Mentoring medical students interested in family medicine.
- Arranging one-on-one work with community preceptors.
Photos by Adria Carpenter, courtesy of University Libraries.
Information on Student Grants, Mentors, and Interest Groups
Family Medicine Interest Group
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) on the Twin Cities campus sponsors events that feature an integrated health lunch lecture, an OMT skills workshop, a reproductive skills workshop, and a panel discussion with family medicine physicians from various subspecialties. Get involved! Contact [email protected]
Specialty Mentors
Awards and Grants
There are local, statewide, and national awards and grants available to medical students interested in the specialty of family medicine. Funding includes research grants, leadership awards, and scholarships to family medicine conferences.
Awards & Scholarships
American Board of Family Medicine: Pisacano Scholarship
Deadline: May
The Pisacano Scholarship provides leadership training and up to $28,000 per year (for up to five years) for 10 outstanding fourth-year medical students nationwide. Students must make a commitment to the specialty of family medicine. The program is designed to reimburse medical school debt incurred by students at the conclusion of residency. The department is willing to nominate one candidate per year. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested.
Medical Student Leadership Award
Deadline: February
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians recognizes one fourth-year medical student for family medicine activities on a local, state, or national level.
For more information, contact Lisa Regehr, 952-542-0130, [email protected].
Research Grants
Awards for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine Scholarship
Deadline: February 1
These awards were established by a University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health faculty member to recognize superior research on aging and geriatric medicine. The University of Minnesota Medical School awards a $1,000 scholarship to two medical students submitting the best papers on a topic dealing with care of older adults.
Family Medicine Medical Student Grants from the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
Deadlines: April and October
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation offers up to $2,000 start-up innovation grant as well as a summer externship.
University of Minnesota Foundation Medical Student Research Grants
Deadlines: September and February
The University of Minnesota Foundation supports University of Minnesota medical students who are pursuing careers in academic research and medicine. Medical school faculty must serve as project supervisors and provide laboratory facilities. $3,000 grants are available for 8 - 12 weeks of research during free or elective periods or during the summer.
