Student Research Fellowship Awards (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation)

Student Research Fellowship Awards is a grant from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation that funds undergraduate, medical, and graduate students to spend a minimum of 10 weeks performing full-time research on topics relevant to Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The program aims to stimulate research interest in IBD by providing financial support for students to work with a mentor investigating Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or related topics. Up to 16 fellowship awards of up to $2,500 are available as a one-time payment. Applications for Spring/Summer are due March 31, 2026.

Eligible applicants are students not yet engaged in thesis research at accredited U.S. institutions who do not hold similar salary support from other agencies.

Student Research Fellowship Awards | Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Student Research Fellowship Awards Below please find guidelines for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation’s Student Research Fellowship Awards: Spring/Summer Online Application Submission (Paper application no longer required) March 31 st , 2026 Applications Review April – May Decisions Announced Mid/Late June Objective: This program offers financial support for students to spend time performing research on topics relevant to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), or Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis , for a minimum of 10 weeks.

The Foundation hopes to stimulate research interest in the area of IBD. Applicant Eligibility: Candidates may be undergraduate, medical, or graduate students (not yet engaged in thesis research) in accredited United States’ institutions. Candidates may not hold similar salary support from other agencies.

Award Amount: Up to $2,500 (one time payment) Award and Requirements: Up to 16 Student Research Fellowship Awards will be available for full-time research with a mentor investigating a subject relevant to IBD. Mentors may not be a relative of the applicant and may not work in their lab. The mentor must be a faculty member who directs a research project highly relevant to the study of IBD at an accredited institution.

Awards will be payable to the institution, not the individual. A complete financial statement and scientific report are due September 1 of the year of the award. All publications arising from work funded by this project must acknowledge the support of the Foundation.

Grantees who do not fulfill all obligations of the award are prohibited from applying for additional awards. The Foundation uses the Proposal Central system for all grants submissions. Just select the Foundation program to which you are applying.

All instructions and policies are available at this site. For matters related to submissions for the Student Research Awards, please contact N'Dea Johnson. For post-award management questions: [email protected] .

Application Deadline: Before submitting a Full Proposal, please view the Student Research Fellowship Award instructions and policies . This program is generously supported by the Doyle Family.

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