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Eligibility Screening
Based upon your answers, you are ineligible to apply to the MSTAR program. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility, please contact Aimee Cegelka at aimee@afar.org. Thank you for your interest.
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Are you a citizen or noncitizen national of the United States, or been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I551, or some other legal verification of such status.)?
Yes
No Are you an allopathic or osteopathic medical student in good standing, who will have successfully completed one year of medical school at a U.S. institution, but not yet graduated, by June 2013?
Yes
No Will you be receiving a stipend or salary support from a federal source or other award, or participating in another program, concurrently with the MSTAR program?
Yes
No Are you planning to conduct your MSTAR program at one of the following NIA-funded National Training Centers?
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston University
- University of Mississippi
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Colorado at Denver
- University of Washington
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
- University of North Carolina
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio & University of Texas Medical Branch
Yes
No
Will you be able to participate in the program fulltime for a minimum of 8 weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks?
Yes
No Congratulations, you are eligible to apply for the MSTAR Program!
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Is your home institution one of the following NIA National Training Centers/Partner Sites?
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston University
- University of Mississippi
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Colorado at Denver
- University of Washington
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
- University of North Carolina
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio & University of Texas Medical Branch
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No
Are you planning to conduct your MSTAR program at one of the following NIA National Training Centers/Partner Sites?
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston University
- University of Mississippi
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Colorado at Denver
- University of Washington
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
- University of North Carolina
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio & University of Texas Medical Branch
Yes
No
Is your home institution one of the following Participating Schools?
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Brown Medical School
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Duke University School of Medicine
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- State University of New York at Buffalo
- St. Louis University Medical School
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- UMDNJ-SOM New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging
- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
- University of Arizona College of Medicine
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Connecticut Health Science Center
- University of Hawaii School of Medicine
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas School of Medicine
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- University of Michigan School of Medicine
- University of Missouri - Columbia, MO
- University of Nebraska
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
- University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- University of Rochester School of Medicine
- University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- University of Utah School of Medicine
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Yale University School of Medicine
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You have indicated that you intend to conduct your MSTAR program at your home institution, but your home institution is not a Participating School. Therefore, you are not eligible to enroll to do the program at your school. You may still apply to do the program at a National Training Center, however; please click here for more details.
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You have indicated that you intend to travel to another institution to conduct your MSTAR program, but that you are not planning to do the program at a National Training Center. If this is correct, please contact Aimee Cegelka at aimee@afar.org in order to discuss the details further.
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You are eligible to apply!
Follow this to the application page:
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