Benefits of participating in UCSF's Summer Emergency Medicine Fellowship for Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine include:

• Individualized mentorship and networking with UCSF Emergency Medicine faculty, residents, and co-fellows
• Clinical skills and procedure labs (ultrasound, splinting, suturing, etc)
• Hands-on clinical experience at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
• Step-by-step guidance to develop and present a scholarly project 
• Opportunity to learn about and improve equitable care of historically underserved communities

A $3,500 stipend will be provided to all students for housing, travel/transportation, meeting registration, meeting travel, and research resources. Funding will be awarded to students who have not received other funding for the same project; applicants should immediately disclose receipt of additional research funding. Funding must be used between May 1, 2025 and Sept. 30, 2025. Additional funding for reimbursement of research supplies (i.e., statistical software, etc.) may be available on a case-by-case basis. Parking is no longer considered a reimbursable expense.

*Note for UCSF Students ONLY: UCSF medical students are accepted for our program will be expected to apply for funding through the UCSF Summer Explore Research Fellowship Program. We provide on-demand assistance (for obtaining a research mentor/project for Summer Explore submission) to students accepted to our program.

All fellows are expected to:

• Verify with their home institutions that you will be able to commit to the posted program dates
• Be able to be present in-person (in San Francisco) for the posted in-person dates
• Submit a signed commitment to completing the fellowship if selected, promptly notify coordinators of any changes or concerns
• Disclose in your application if you are already participating in another funded summer mentorship or research program
• Exhibit professional behavior (show up on time, participate actively, etc.) consistent with UCSF's PRIDE Values
• Attend 90% of program sessions AND all mandatory sessions

Deliverables

Fellows will complete the following deliverables during their time in the program:

• Pre-work and assignments related to lectures, clinical skills, and procedurelabs
• Weekly to bimonthly meetings with research and career mentors
• Clinical Skills Presentation
• Scholarly Work Project Presentation at one Work in Progress (WIP) session and at the final symposium
• Feedback surveys

*You are not expected to complete your project in six weeks; however, you are certainly welcome to take on a smaller portion of a project if you would like to limit this work to the summer.

A sample curriculum calendar is shown below (please note that this is not the actual schedule). Sessions during the fellowship run Monday through Friday 0900-1300 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Pacific Standard Time.