Applications are not currently being accepted for this award.
The Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation provides awards to Duke University School of Medicine students to promote learning and research in the neurosciences. The award will support 12 months of full-time biomedical research training during the third year of the MD degree program. Applicants must be enrolled at the Duke University School of Medicine and applying to pursue laboratory based research (basic or translational, biomedical engineering, etc) relevant to neurodegenerative disease. The award will provide $40,000 that will accrue to the student’s medical school account.
The award will be open to student projects based on merit, regardless of whether the principal investigator has a primary appointment in a basic science department, or is an MD or PhD. The fellowship research may be conducted at another academic institution with 501(c)(3) status in the USA, with the approval of the student’s academic advisor and approval of the mentor at the host lab.
The recipient may be asked to present findings at an annual RKBF board meeting, and will be asked for a written report at the end of the funding period.