Michigan State University

College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dean's Scholar Awards

About the Award

The MSUCOM Dean's Scholar Awards recognize the work of two students/trainees who have successfully published or made publicly available via a preprint server - their scholarly work in a peer-reviewed journal. Award amount $1,500.

Eligibility Criteria

Award 1:

  • Osteopathic medical student at MSUCOM
  • Residents or fellows in a GME Alliance program

Award 2:

  • D.O.-Ph.D. students at MSUCOM
  • Ph.D. students or postdoctoral fellows in an MSUCOM faculty lab

Additional Requirements

  • Must have presented this same study as a poster or oral presentation at a current or prior MSUCOM Research Day
  • Must have the "Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine" in the author affiliation or in the acknowledgement
  • Scholarly work must be either:
    • Published in a peer-reviewed journal and indexed Pubmed, Scopus or Web of Science
    • Posted on a recognized preprint server (e.g., bioRxiv) at the time of submission
  • Eligible scholarly work includes:
    • Original research (clinical, basic science or medical education)
    • Quality improvement projects
    • Sytematic reviews and meta-analyses

Selection Criteria

Submissions will be reviewed by the MSUCOM Research Day Conference organizers and evaluated based on:

  • Significance - Impact on biomedical science or technology, medical education, patient care or health care systems
  • Rigor - Quality of study design, methodology and data analysis
  • Publication Status
    • Published or in press
    • Submitted (with proof of submission) and publicly available on a preprint server
  • Authorship - Priority given to first authors, then, co-authors based on relative position in the author list

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2027

Submissions open on November 1, 2026

For questions please contact Rusti Sidel at smithru2@msu.edu