Medical Student Research Program

• The applicant must be a CU SOM student currently in good academic standing. Both MD and/or MD/PhD students are eligible to apply.
• The student cannot submit more than one application per cycle.
• The research mentor should be a CU Dermatology faculty member. Co-mentors are allowed.

A co-PI grant proposal must be submitted by a University of Colorado (CU) medical student and a CU Dermatology faculty mentor. The applicants must assemble all three documents into one PDF and send it to Derm.Admin@CUAnschutz.edu.

• 1-page application (explaining Project Goal, Research Plan, Budget, and Timeline)
• NIH biosketch (not to exceed 5 pages) of the CU medical student
• NIH biosketch (not to exceed 5 pages) of the CU Derm faculty mentor

All proposals will be graded in three major categories: applicant, application, and mentor.

All committee members will review each proposal. Each reviewer will assign a point score to the relevant areas noted below, and a final score will be generated by averaging the reviewer's scores. No reviewer shall review a proposal for which he or she may have a conflict of interest. The top-ranked proposals are recommended for funding to the Department Chair, Dr. Maryam Asgari.

The number of grants selected for funding may change based on available funds.

Review Criteria

Applicant: Academic Achievement, Leadership Potential, Research Background and Experience, Interest in a Career in Research

Application: Content/Significance, Clarity, Methodology, Feasibility

Mentor: Experience in the Proposed Technique, Research Environment

Recipients of this grant will be required to complete and return the Final Report Form (at least 1 page) no later than one month following the completion of the research study.

The report must be signed by both the student and the faculty mentor. Acknowledgment of support from the DMSRP must accompany any published report using data or findings from research conducted under an award from the DMSRP. The intellectual property reviewed remains within the institution.

Furthermore, the recipients will be invited to the Dermatology Grand Round to present the project following the completion of the research period.