Frequently Asked Questions

Only US medical students currently in their first or second year at an accredited United States medical school are eligible. Students must have already entered their first year of medical school prior to June 2008 and must not have begun their third year of medical school as of June 2008.

Each year aproximately 40 students are selected from an applicant pool of several hundred.

The following items must be received no later than February 8, 2008, in order to be eligible for selection:

1. Completed online application.
2. Letter from the Office of the Dean at your medical school indicating that you are a first or second year medical student in good standing. Please send to:

   Medical Student Coordinator
   Summer Student Fellowship Program
   Graduate Medical Education
   Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
   1275 York Avenue, Box 187
   New York, NY 10065

You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your application. Please read this confirmation carefully and print a copy for your records.

No. The application, CV, and personal statement will only be accepted through the Web site.  With the exception of the dean's letter, hard copy items will be returned to the student without review.

All materials must be received no later than February 8, 2008. We strongly encourage students to get this done as early as possible, as it often takes some time to secure the dean's letter. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

No. Recommendations are not required and will not be considered in the review process.  

June 16-August 8 OR June 23-August 15

Students may choose either session subject to sponsor approval. Students are required to be in attendance through the end of the last day of the program.

No. Accepted students are required to complete the full eight-weeks of the program on site. There are NO exceptions to this requirement. Students unable to make such a commitment are asked not to apply.

No. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide housing for medical students. It is recommended that you secure housing as soon as possible, as New York City accommodations can be difficult to find and quite expensive.

Students who have been accepted to the program will be notified on a rolling basis beginning March 1 and continuing through March 31. All students will be notified by March 31, 2008.

You must notify us with a decision within three days.  If you do not reply within the time frame, we will have to offer the position to another student. We assume that all applicants are seriously considering participation in this program.

Applications will be available in early January 2008. To get to the online application, you must be on a page with a specific project description. Click on "Find a Summer Fellowship" to view a list of all the project titles. You can further sort by department or, you may choose to click on individual titles of interest. Once you select a project title of interest, you will see a more detailed project description. At the end of the description is a beige box titled "Summer Fellowship Online Application." When you have selected your top three choices, click on "Apply Online!"

If you have a question that was not answered in the FAQ section, contact the medical student coordinator by e-mail at sumstudent@mskcc.org.