Cumming School of Medicine Medical Trainee Fund

The criteria for applying for the Medical Trainee Funds has changed, please check the Global Health Electives and Experiences webpage for further information on the new criteria for the UME and PGME programs, alternatively you can visit the Indigenous, Local & Global Health Office at HSC G802, for further information.  

1.  Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) trainees who choose to do an International Global Health Elective in a Low Middle Income country during their clerkship year may be eligible for a travel bursary of up to $4,000. The bursary applies to U of C preceptor-led group electives and individual electives at partner institutions. It may apply to a student directed elective if you can present documentation of your pre-existing relationship to the institution and it must involve a vulnerable or underserved population group. The decision to award a bursary will be made by the UME Global Health Elective Advisory Committee. These awards are disbursed on completion of the International Global Elective and post travel return paperwork.

2.  Post-graduate medical electives 

A travel bursary of up to $2,500 are available for residents who choose to do an International Global Health Elective in a Low Middle Income country. The application process to begin your elective must start 6 months in advance of when you want to leave. 

Eligibility for funding includes:

  • 2 week elective with a U of C preceptor at a U of C partner institution
  • 2 week research experience at U of C partner institution
  • 4 week elective with a host or local preceptor at U of C partner institution
  • 4 week elective with an institution that does not have a partnership with the U of C but is in a low-middle income country. Your application must include an explanation as to why this location has been selected to meet your learning objectives as opposed to one of our partner institutions.  

3.  BHSc Global Health Research Internship Training & BHSc Field Schools

The Global Health Research Internship Training and Field Schools are designed to develop global health research skills and competencies at the undergraduate level. This is open to all undergraduate science students in the Faculty of Medicine. Summer research positions are available to Bachelor of Health Sciences Students in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the Nicaragua.  Click here for more information. Students are eligible for funding up to $5,000. 

4.   Graduate Science Education Student Research 

Travel bursary of up to $2,500 are available for graduate students (MSc and PhD students in the Cumming School of Medicine) wishing to pursue research electives. For international research experience within a low or middle-income country.  Some restrictions apply.  Check Information and Instructions and Application Form (Graduate Student Research) for further details.   

For more information or questions: Contact the Global Health Coordinator at globalhealth@ucalgary.ca.