The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine offers a Summer Research Fellowship Program for current year one and year two medical students and pre-matriculants to gain additional research experience through various research projects in basic, educational, population outcomes, translational and clinical research.
The Summer Research Fellowship Program is awarded on a competitive basis. Existing medical students in good standing and pre-matriculants interested in gaining additional research experience are eligible to apply.
The program runs for five weeks and requires a mutual agreement between the student and faculty mentor. Students are expected to work in person for 30 hours per week. Attendance at the end-of-program banquet is mandatory.
Current medical students will receive a stipend of $2,500. Pre-matriculants will get a tuition waiver of $2,500 for the Spring semester.
This program is open exclusively to students accepted or enrolled at FIU Medicine.
Applications are now open
2026 Program Dates
Pre-matriculate students: June 15 to July 17
Current medical students: June 15 to July 17
Application Deadlines
March 27
Current medical students seeking research outside the College of Medicine (due to additional clearance requirements)
May 1
General application deadline for Current Medical Students
May 8
General application deadline for Pre-Matriculate Students
End-of-Program Banquet
Date: July 29, 2026
Location: FIU MMC Campus
Room: TBD
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mandatory for all students
Apply Now
If you are a ccurrent year 1 and year 2 medical student in good academic standing, you are eligible to apply for the Summer Research Fellowship Program.
Application procedure for current students
- Contact a faculty member from the current Research Fellowship Faculty List whose research aligns with your interests to discuss the possibility of working together.
- A faculty member will be assigned to you and will schedule a meeting to discuss and develop your project proposal.
- Once both parties agree, the faculty member must sign and submit the 2026 Summer Research Fellowship Program Application to the program coordinator, Kimberly Justin.
- The Office of Research reviews the application.
- The student will be notified of the Office of Research’s decision via email.
Questions?
For more information about the Summer Research Fellowship Program, please contact one of our program administrators.
Kimberly Justin
Manager of Administrative Services
305-348-1470
kjustin@fiu.edu
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