Research funding

[dyeguy21]

So overall question,

Has anyone ever gone through the process of applying for funding for your own research project from your school or the gov.? In this case it would actually be more of a behavioral science research over clinical or bench, basically it would just be needed for potential postage and honorarium.

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[Hemichordate]

I'm curious about this too. Also, in most cases, when you get funding, wouldn't you just give the $$ to your PI, since s/he is the one guiding the project?

 

[IntelInside]

Anyone have info on this as I am trying to look into this as well?

 

[mdeast]

I applied for a medical student grant from one of the national specialty organizations that was only able to be applied to research supplies (only about $5k). My PI put it in an account for me and it gave me enough $$ to order project specific supplies for at least a couple of months. Good thing to put on your resume too 😉

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Research funding for medical students is very diverse. Medical institutes generally have research stipends that are money for research, but not in the traditional sense. These act as a salary for time spent, and are individualized to the school you attend. There are also seed grants that are "funding" subsized by professional organizations such as the "AMA Seed Grant". These are more traditional grants in that the money has to be related to direct costs (buying equipment or something along those lines like the poster above mentioned). And then there are government NIH-extramural training tracks that are "funding", but again more in the non-traditional sense like the the NIH T35 grant. These have stipends and indirect costs (travel expenses), usually not direct costs. Most, if not all, of these funding opportunities are meant to be limited in time and scope (a couple months). And the underlying rule of all these "funding" opportunities is that, your PI or mentor or whatever should have or in some cases, needs to have, actual funding that can contribute to your project, because none of the funding opportunities have the intention of your carrying the direct costs of the project (unless that project is very small in scope).

There are lots of funding opportunities nationally and likely through your school too. I would recommend to talk to someone in the Office of Research at your school and see what is available.

If you what to see about extramural NIH grants, here is the link:
http://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm