PDF’s Summer Fellowship Program is used to support students – from advanced undergraduates to medical students – in their pursuit of Parkinson's-related summer research projects. Graduate students already conducting research may also apply if they can demonstrate a financial need (e.g., lack of summer funding)*. The goal of the Summer Fellowship is to cultivate an early interest in Fellows into the cause and possible treatments for Parkinson's disease.
 
Fellows work under the close supervision of a sponsor who is an expert in the Parkinson's community and oversees the project.  Typically, summer fellowships are offered for 10 weeks of clinical or laboratory work with an award of $4,000.
 
The award is to be used to support the student's summer research, for example, to defray tuition costs of research credits or to supplement living/housing costs.  This award may taxable; an IRS form 1099 will be sent to the recipient at the end of the calendar year.

* Graduate students- please email PDF for details on eligibility (grants@pdf.org)

 

For more information, you can read about the program from the following link:

 

 

 

To apply, you can log in or create an account from the following link:

 

 

 

The PDF Student Travel Award enables graduate and medical students working in Parkinson's disease research to attend and present data at related scientific conferences. Undergraduate students who have previously completed a PDF Summer Student Fellowship are also invited to apply.

 

***For more information, please see the attached document.

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