Information for Students:

COM Research Track

Summer Research Fellowship Stipends

Research Day

Graduation with Honors in Research

External Grants & Training Opportunities

MD/PhD Program

College of Medicine

Procedures and Eligibility, 2008

Medical students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in research may be selected for Graduation with Honors in Research.  One of the Honorees will be selected for the Faculty Prize in Research. 

Nomination Process:

The following must be submitted, upon request:

• A letter of nomination from the faculty mentor that details the student’s role in the research, and (if applicable) states whether they have completed the Research Track requirements.

• Documentation of the student’s research.  The student must submit:

• A research article.  This may be in the form of a published paper, or a manuscript that is ready for submission to a scientific/medical journal.  The student should ideally be first or co-first author on the article.  If not, documentation that the student had a major role in the research must be provided.

• A summary of their work, no more than one page, describing their role in the research article.  The student may also summarize any other research in which  they have been involved.    

Eligibility: 

• Medical students who performed research during the time they are enrolled in the U.F. College of Medicine can be nominated.

• The research may have been performed at U.F. or at another institution.

• Note that MD/PhD students are eligible to Graduate with Honors in Research, but are only eligible for the Faculty Prize if the research article submitted is unrelated to their dissertation work.    

Selection of Honorees:  

This will be made by the Medical Sciences Research Program Committee.  This group will review the nomination packets and will make recommendations to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and the COM Executive Committee.

Honors:

• If selected, students will Graduate with Honors in Research.  One will receive the Faculty Prize in Research.

• Research Track students will also receive a Certificate in recognition of their achievement.