PROF-PATH: Promoting Research Opportunities Fully-Prospective Academics Transforming Health
PROF-PATH is supported by the HRSA-funded UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence. We support UCSF medical students who are underrepresented in medicine regardless of research area focus, and students interested in health disparities research regardless of background. PROF-PATH’s summer program accepts 10 students per year and provides a stipend and mentored research with weekly Careers-in-Progress sessions that allow for dedicated curriculum time and community building. The UCSF PROF-PATH program is led by UCSF LCOE faculty Dr. Alicia Fernandez and Dr. Martha Vargas.
PROF-PATH is awarded once annually in April, as part of the Inquiry Funding Office Summer Explore application process. If awarded, grants include:
- $5,000 stipend, distributed in June.
- Participation in Summer Explore Symposium in December.
- Eligibility for Short-Term Dean's Prize.
- Must select a UCSF mentor. If the project is away from UCSF, there must be both an on-site mentor AND a UCSF mentor.
- Application must meet the minimum standards of the review committee and be submitted on time.
- Must be first year medical student or first year of entry from the Joint Medical Program (JMP).
- Academic projects from all Domains of Science are eligible for funding, however, must be supported by a UCSF faculty mentor. We support UCSF medical students who are underrepresented in medicine regardless of research area focus, and students interested in health disparities research regardless of background.
- Project must be carried out full-time and continuously throughout length of program.
For more information on UCSF PROF-PATH please contact:
Connie Calderon-Jensen and Stephanie Gordon Rivera
This is a UCSF Funding Source dispersed by the Inquiry Funding Office.
To apply, begin by verifying deadlines and process for Summer Explore by visiting the Application and Deadlines Page.
