OSE provides travel supplements to MD students who apply and are approved to conduct scholarly work internationally. The amount of funding that OSE provides may not cover all of your expenses. Contact OSE for advice on obtaining external funding. No retroactive funding is available.
Funding Overview
- Long-term Scholarly Project/Research Abroad: Stipends will help defray modest airfare, housing, food, immunization costs and up to $50 for phone/data for travel lasting seven weeks or more
- Short-term Research Abroad: Stipends will help defray modest airfare, immunization costs needed for the project and up to $50 for phone/data for travel lasting at least three weeks and up to seven weeks
- HMS-Sponsored Clinical Electives Abroad (Harvard Key required): Stipends will help defray modest airfare, immunization costs needed for clinical rotation(s) and up to $50 for phone/data for travel to OSE exchange sites lasting four weeks or longer. Airfare reimbursement rates for clinical electives abroad vary based on length of travel: 75% reimbursement for rotations lasting at least four weeks and less than eight weeks OR 100% for rotations that last 8 weeks or longer.
Save your original receipts as you will need to submit them to OSE. Purchases should be made up front and in your name.