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Tulane requires students to pay the full cost of their externship in
addition to regular tuition (and the cost of keeping apartments etc.
in NOLA while you are away). In order to reduce the cost of the rotation
as a discouraging factor in your decision to study away from Tulane,
we are working on expanding the following list of organizations and
programs that may help to make your externship dreams more financially
attainable.
General Information
Specific Funding Sources
How to Write a Grant Proposal
excerpted from "How
to Write a Grant Proposal" by the Congressional Research Service.
- Preliminary Preparation - develop a description of your externship
and general idea of what you will be doing there - contacts, day to
day activities, projects that you hope to accomplish etc.
- Search for Funding Sources - find specific, relevant sources and
consider combinations of sources
- Parts of the Proposal:
- Cover Letter - addressed to the specific individual
at the funding source who will be approving funds ( you should
have spoken with them prior to handing in the proposal and refer
to previous discussions here). Brief outline of the needs addressed
in the proposal, emphasizing the ways in which the project contributes
to the goals of the funding source.
- Summary/Abstract - Write this after everything
else! Include a description of the applicant, a description of
the externship, a statement of the objectives to be achieved,
an outline of the activities and procedures to be used to accomplish
those objectives, and a statement of what it will cost the funding
agency.
- Introduction - Introduce yourself, provide a CV
if requested, generally let them know you are a solid investment
- Needs Assessment - provide specifics about the
needs in the area that you are going to
- Objectives - describe the benefits of your rotation
to the community as well as yourself
- Methods - describe what you will actually do (day
to day, specific projects etc.)
- Evaluation - describe how you will evaluate your
experience to let them know their money has been well spent.
- Budget - give a specific budget (flights, housing,
living expenses, project costs etc.)
- Appendix - references and specific tables, statistics
that help to strengthen your application (ie CV)
Organizations that Offer Subsidized
Externships
- American Bureau for Medical Advancement
in China/Warner-Lambert Clerkship Award
Contact: Julia C. Grammer, Associate Director
The American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China 2 East 103rd
Street New York, NY 10029
Description: Elective experience in Taiwan available for fourth
year medical students. Research and clinical opportunities available.
This award will place the student and provides $1300 for airfare.
- American Medical Women's Association
Contact: AMWA (703) 838-0500 Description: Pays up to $1200 for
fourth year students who spend 4-12 months serving the underserved
abroad.
- MAP International (in conjunction
with Reader's Digest)
2200 Glynco Parkway P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA, 31521-5000,
USA (912) 265-6010
MAP pays 75% of the travel costs for Senior Medical Students and
Resident Physicians. This fellowship is primarily for Christian
missionaries, but MAP sometimes funds non-missionary trips.
- Minority
International Research Training Grants
Division of International Training and Research Fogarty International
Center NIH, Building 31, Room B2C39 31 Center Dr. MSC2220, Bethesda,
MD, 20892-2220, USA (301) 496-1653
Offers grants to minorities in the sciences to do research or training
abroad.
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