Student Fellowship and Grant Awards

October 02, 2026

The University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine and Canaan Partners offer venture capital and entrepreneurship fellowship opportunities for Ph.D., M. D., M.D./Ph.D., D.M.D., or D.M.D./Ph.D. students.  Fellows receive hands-on training, working in multidisciplinary teams that provide scientific review, due diligence, and when relevant, business strategy, and market analysis around new ventures and potential investment opportunities.  The 2026 UConn-Canaan fellows included Biomedical Science Ph. D. students Patrick Fleming (Genetics and Developmental Biology AoC; PI: Paul Robson) and Sakthi Rajendran (Genetics and Developmental Biology AoC; PI: Eric Wang).