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Apply for a scholarly concentration

Applications are no longer being accepted for this year's cohort.

Students accepted into a concentration will begin their concentration this summer and continue into the third or fourth year of medical school. This program is longitudinal, running alongside your core medical education. Before applying to a concentration, it is essential to consult with the concentration co-directors and your lead advisor to ensure the plan of study aligns with your schedule and professional interests. See available concentrations below for details about recruitment, location requirements, and what you can expect during the summer of 2025.

Students who complete a concentration earn eight weeks of non-clinical elective credits toward graduation, a scholarly concentration designation on their transcript and are recognized at graduation.

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Available concentrations: details, expectations for summer 2025

Interested in applying for IMPRS or another summer experience?

It may be possible to do both a scholarly concentration and the IMPRS Summer Research program and  during the summer between your first and second years of medical school. IMPRS can serve as a great launching pad to a longitudinal scholarly concentration project that must lead to a manuscript. The IMPRS project alone does not qualify as the scholarly concentration project. Participants must be interested in a topic and research project that can be pursued longitudinally. The same goes for the summer IU School of Medicine AmeriCorps or other summer research programs.

The chart below indicates which scholarly concentrations align well with IMPRS. If you are interested in pursuing both a scholarly concentration and IMPRS, you must get in touch with the scholarly concentration co-director(s) and complete the IMPRS interest form. Having conversations about how any of these activities align and that your project works for both is hugely important.

Also, keep in mind that IMPRS has a significant time requirement during the summer — 40 hours per week. Most concentrations offer their courses and have students begin work on their project during the summer. Doing both programs is like working a full-time job during the day (IMPRS) and taking classes at night (scholarly concentration). You won’t have time to complete IMPRS in the summer and do a separate Scholarly Concentrations project and product.

Disclaimer: If you are applying to IMPRS, please note that there is no guarantee of being accepted to IMPRS. Acceptance into IMPRS doesn’t impact acceptance into a scholarly concentration. However, the Biomedical Research concentration requires participation in IMPRS.

Does my concentration align well with IMPRS?
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 Biomedical Research  Business of Medicine  Human Sexuality and Health
Genetics in Medicine

Religion and Spirituality in Medicine
Health Care Integration and Healthy Aging
 
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
 
Public Health
 
Quality and Innovation in Health Care
   
Rural Health
   

Have an issue? Email the Scholarly Concentrations team