Most residents have research and professional development time funded by internal and external grants. However, if this is not the case, the Department of Surgery guarantees funding for the research years.
Recent resident funding mechanisms include:
- National individual postdoctoral fellowships (F32)
- NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- NIA (National Institute on Aging)
- AHRQ
- National research scholarships
- American College of Surgeons
- Association for Academic Surgery
- Society of University Surgeons
- RWJ / National Clinician Scholars Program
- UCLA/LA postdoctoral fellowships
- Los Angeles Area HSR Training Program (T32)
- Digestive Diseases T32 Training Program
- H & H Lee Award
- Gerald S. Levey Award (covers tuition and living expenses for two years, granted to one categorical intern per year)
- GloCal Health Fellowship/UC Global Health Institute
