Resident Research Opportunities
Stanford Pathology residents have successfully competed for and received significant extramural funding for research. Major funding sources include the NIH and NSF.
The Department guarantees up to three-years of research funding for AP only or CP only residents pursuing an investigative career in which the majority of their professional time will be spent on extra-murally funded basic, translational or clinical research. With the approval of the Chair, such residents may defer this period of research funding until she or he completes one of our ACGME-accredited clinical fellowship programs (see below for descriptions of these clinical fellowships).
The
resident with the assistance of his/her mentor is required to apply
and be awarded outside funding support (e.g., NIH KO8, etc.) for
their research program prior to the end of the third year departmental
support. Until the external award is received, or if the external
award does not provide salary support at the equivalent PGY level
plus the standard housing benefit (see below), then the Department
will supplement the resident's salary to that level.
The Department will assist our residents
in finding a suitable laboratory at Stanford for their research
training; this laboratory may be either within or outside of
the Department of Pathology. Indeed, the laboratory need not
be in the School of Medicine. Stanford University has an outstanding
School of Engineering, which, together with the School of Medicine,
has established a Bioengineering Department, as well as an outstanding
Department of Biological Sciences in the School of Humanities
and Sciences. Residents with research interests compatible with
those of faculty in these programs can also apply to such laboratories
for their postdoctoral research training.
Grant Applications, Deadlines, and Other Information
- For research project information at Stanford University, go to The Sponsored Projects Office.
- For the largest funding resource on medical research at Stanford University, go to The National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- For additional funding resources at Stanford University, go to The National Science Foundation.
Moreover, subject to the approval of the Pathology chair (Stephen Galli, MD), additional funding may be available for qualified fellows, who are graduates of our AP only residency program and who wish to pursue an academic career devoted primarily to extramurally-funded research, to continue their research beyond the period of the formal fellowship. Please scroll to the top of this page for additional details on funding for resident research training.
