Canadian PhD applying to US MD or MSTP --> Is there funding out there?

[randolph23]

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I realize I'm doing it backwards, PhD then MD, but am still looking for a free ride through med school. 😀 In terms of my stats, I'll have a PhD (Summer 2009), BEng and MASc from Canada, 6-7 1st author publications, 2 patents, etc etc. so I've got the research angle covered (all medical related, some big name pubs like Radiology, and NEJM). Side plus is that I'll have completed my PhD in 3 years so I'm really not loosing much time versus a MD/PhD route.

Any thoughts of funding streams available? Can I apply to MSTP, or are there any funding / scholarship bodies that fund international students? I've already got a funding stream should I care to go to U of Toronto but I'm looking at top 5 US med schools as another option.

Cheers!

 

[sternum17]

A lot of schools will fund you. I'm Canadian, and of the ones I applied to, Cornell, Penn, Northwestern, and Wash U provide full funding to Canadians. I can't remember if Hopkins or Stanford does, and Harvard and Duke don't. Note that even for the schools who do fund Canadians, a significant amount of their funding comes from the NIH, so Canadian acceptees have to be particularly qualified for the university to shell out all that non-NIH money. Then again, you're extremely qualified, so I wouldn't worry too much.

You can get this information from any school's website. Happy applying!

 

[Neuronix]

I realize I'm doing it backwards, PhD then MD, but am still looking for a free ride through med school. 😀

I appreciate your candor, so I will be candid in return. MD/PhD programs are not looking to take students who already have their PhDs. You can apply to MD programs and hope one will give you a partial/full scholarship. It is possible and I'm not saying you shouldn't try, but the odds are unlikely. Even admission will be difficult for you as a foreign applicant, let alone money. Medical school in the states is extremely expensive. Having a PhD before getting in doesn't help that. I know several American PhD students who had excellent PhD records, transcripts, and MCAT scores at top American medical schools... But they will still graduate $200k in debt. I do know some that have gotten partial/full scholarships, but even then cost of living expenses and such will likely push your debt into at least the $60-$80k/range. These will be private loans with high interest if you don't have that kind of money yourself.