AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Deadline: 02/05/2026 (Tentative)

General Information

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is a 10-week summer program designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate university students to gain experience in medical physics by performing research in a medical physics laboratory or assisting with clinical service at a clinical facility. Students are selected for the program on a competitive basis. Fellowship recipients will select a mentor with a clinical or research project based in a university, research facility, hospital or clinical facility in the U.S. or Canada. This fellowship includes a $6,000 stipend, which is based upon an expectation of a 40-hour per week effort for 10 weeks (May to September), dates to be mutually suitable to the mentor and fellow.

Eligibility Guidelines

Each student applicant shall have completed at least 2 years of their undergraduate studies, but shall not have graduated. Students who graduate prior to the fellowship start date (Spring 2024) are not eligible.
Applicants shall have declared a major or be eligible to declare a major in physics, engineering, or other science. Applicants shall have completed a mathematics course in differential equations. Applicants shall have also completed at least one of the following courses in physics, or their equivalent in engineering sciences: modern physics, quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism.
Summer Undergraduate Fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens, Canadian citizens and Permanent residents of the U.S.; DACA students are welcome to apply.
Prior fellowship recipients not eligible.

Application Details

The following must be submitted by 11:59 pm EST on the deadline:

Official transcripts of all university study sent to grantsandfellowships@aapm.org directly from the institution. Do not delay in requesting official transcripts. Transcripts which do not arrive by the deadline may result in disqualification of the applicant. These transcripts will be uploaded to your application by the fellowship administrator.
Two letters of reference sent to grantsandfellowships@aapm.org. These letters will be uploaded to your application by the fellowship administrator. Consider sending these guidelines to your (two) recommenders.
CV uploaded as a .pdf to the application. Use the CV template.
Please write a personal statement, approximately one page, describing why you are interested in the fellowship program. Please include in your statement a discussion regarding (1) your interest in medical physics; (2) any previous academic, professional, or extra-curricular work as a part of a team; (3) any previously demonstrated interests in medical physics or healthcare; and (4) how the fellowship would be beneficial to your professional trajectory; (5) how your intellectual, problem solving, interpersonal, and intrapersonal strengths will contribute to a fellowship experience.

You will be asked to confirm you have read these Fellowship Requirements.

Funding Type

Programs