Scholarship Awards for Underrepresented Minority in Medicine (URM) Medical Students

As part of our commitment to promoting a diverse healthcare workforce, the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center is pleased to offer two scholarships for underrrepresented minority students in medicine. We offer a seven-week summer research immersion program for students at the end of their first year as well as a scholarship for senior medical students who are participating in their sub-internship in emergency medicine or ANY of our sub-specialty rotations.

For more about diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives happening at Maimonides, please check out our Diversity & Inclusion page.

Maimonides Underrepresented Minorities Emergency Medicine Rotation (MurmER) Scholarship Program (for MS4 Visiting Students)

Maimonides Medical Center is excited to offer our MurmER Scholarship Program to MS4 visiting students who choose to do an away rotation at our program. Our Emergency Medicine Clerkship provides a fulfilling clinical experience with a highly diverse patient population that challenges and strengthens students from all backgrounds and training. We recognize the value and importance of a diverse workforce in the care of our patients. We hope to recruit and train individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in medicine, whether ethnically, socially, economically, or other diversifying backgrounds in medicine. In support of this goal, the Emergency Department is proud to provide a $2,500 scholarship for exceptional students who identify with one of these groups.  In addition, all students will be provided with an Attending and Resident Mentor during their rotation. The scholarship may be used for travel, housing, and other expenses related to the month-long elective. Students will be responsible for their own travel and housing arrangements.

Application Requirements:

• MurmER Scholarship Application Questionnaire (Application Questionnaire form here)

• CV

• Once accepted to the MurmER Scholarship Program the applicant must officially apply for the rotation through VSAS/VSLO and fill out all required paperwork for the rotation there.

Eligibility:

• Full-time medical student who is in their 4th or final year and are in good standing at a LCME-accredited US medical school

• Planning on applying for our EM Sub-Internship or ANY of our sub-specialty rotations (PEM, ED-US, EMS, EMS/Urban Wilderness, Toxicology, Simulation, Clinical Informatics)

Applicants should submit their application to our Clerkship Coordinator no later than March 15,2024 : RTroia-Mannino@maimonidesmed.org

For additional questions or information about the MurmER Scholarship Program, please email the Clerkship Director, Dr. Jeanette Kurbedin at jkurbedin@maimonidesmed.org

MS1 URM Summer Research Scholarship Award: Maimonides Summer Research Experience (MSRE)

Applications being accepted now!

The mission of the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Summer Research Program for Underrepresented Minority Students is to expose first-year medical students to the specialty of Emergency Medicine and provide them with the tools, mentorship and resources needed to develop their critical thinking and analytic skills, regardless of their future specialty choice. Students who are underrepresented in medicine face many challenges throughout their education and training and this program is designed to encourage the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to succeed in their careers.

By participating in this program, students will have the opportunity to:

• Learn and practice critical thinking and analytic skills.

• Publish a research abstract as the first-author in an area of emergency medicine. 

• Present the findings of their research at the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Summer Research Conference/attend the MSRE Graduation. 

• Understand the scope of practice of emergency medicine, including patient population, clinical encounters, procedures, documentation, and interdisciplinary teamwork.

• Gain an introduction to the subspecialties within emergency medicine, including administration, critical care, EMS, medical education, pediatric emergency medicine, simulation, social emergency medicine, and ultrasound.

• Develop a longitudinal mentoring relationship with emergency medicine residents and faculty 

Applications for the June 2024 cycle will be accepted beginning November 20, 2023.
Deadline for submission is January 14, 2024.
Application Link Here

The 2024 summer program will run from Monday June 17, 2024 through Friday August 2, 2024. Award recipients will be notified by no later than March 1, 2024. Scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $1,500 per recipient and may be used for travel or transportation, housing, meeting registration and travel, research resources, or other expenses related to participation in the program. Students will be responsible for their own travel and housing arrangements. Students must be actively enrolled in an LCME or COCA accredited U.S. medical school and have completed one year in order to be eligible to participate in the program.

Interested students should complete an application form with an up-to-date CV, and one letter of recommendation by a faculty member to our Administrative Assistant, Rosalba Troia-Mannino, at RTroia-Mannino@maimonidesmed.org with the subject heading, “URM MS1 Summer Research Application - [Last Name].” Letters of recommendation may also be sent directly to Mrs. Troia-Mannino by the letter writers.

For more information about the program, please contact Dr. Shivani Mody at SMody@maimonidesmed.org

*In the event that COVID-19 inhibits us from offering an in-person program, we will offer a virtual/hybrid program.