Plastic surgery resources for med students

Research · dedicated year

Research-Year Fellowships

Funded dedicated-year positions in plastic surgery: who runs them, what they pay, and when to apply.

Dates shift from year to year. The source sheet lists month and day only, taken from each program’s most recently posted round. Use them to shape your timeline, and confirm the current date on the program’s own page before you apply. Compiled by medical students at Thomas Jefferson University (Sidney Kimmel Medical College) and shared via PRS Med Ed; snapshot July 2026. Found something out of date? Use the feedback button and we’ll fix it.

Where the positions are

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51 positions

  • Penn

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Due ~Nov 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1–2 years2 letters*Cover letter
    Program page

  • Nemours Pediatric Plastics

    Delaware · DE

    Due ~Nov 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    UnpaidCV1 yearNo letters
    Program page

  • UPMC (Pittsburgh) Pediatric Craniofacial

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Due ~Nov 30

    Opens ~Oct 1

    Pay not listed1–2 years2 lettersCover letter
    ACAPS job board (search the program)

  • Sloan Kettering

    New York · NY

    Due ~Nov 30

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1–2 years*1–2 lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital - Gender Affirming Care

    Washington · WA

    Due ~Nov 30

    Opens ~Nov 9

    PaidCV1 year1 letterCover letter
    Program page

  • The Combined Craniofacial – Gender-Affirming Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins

    Maryland · MD

    Due ~Nov 30

    Opens ~Oct 15

    PaidCV1–2 years*1 letter**Cover letter***
    PSRC opportunities board

  • CHOP - Craniofacial

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Due ~Dec 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1 yearNo lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • CHOP - Cleft lip/palate

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Due ~Dec 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1 yearNo lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • CHOP - General Pediatric Plastics

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Due ~Dec 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1–2 yearsNo lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • UCLA Craniofacial Outcomes Team

    California · CA

    Due ~Dec 1

    Opens ~Oct 1

    PaidCV1 year2 letters*Essay: see notes
    Program page

  • UT Southwestern

    Texas · TX

    Due ~Dec 1
    PaidCV1 yearNo letters
    Program page

  • Rush University

    Illinois · IL

    Due ~Dec 1
    PaidCV1–2 years1 letter
    Program page

  • USC Craniofacial

    California · CA

    Due ~Dec 31

    Opens ~Aug 1

    PaidCV1 year1 letterCover letterTranscript
    Program page

  • University of Utah

    Utah · UT

    Due ~Feb 1
    PaidCV1 yearNo lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • Vanderbilt

    Tennessee · TN

    Due ~Feb 14
    PaidCV1 year2 letters*Cover letter
    Program page

  • CARE-PRS (Stanford)

    California · CA

    Due ~Feb 21

    Opens ~Jan 17

    Pay not listedCV1 yearNo lettersCover letter
    Instagram announcement

  • Cleveland Clinic - Surgical Intelligence

    Ohio · OH

    Due ~Jun 1
    Pay not listedCVNo lettersCover letter
    PSRC opportunities board

  • Mayo Clinic Florida - Jacksonville (AI in Surgery)

    Florida · FL

    Due ~Jul 1
    UnpaidCVNo lettersStep 1 & Step 2

  • Cedar-Sinai (LA)

    California · CA

    Paid1 year

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Ohio · OH

    Paid1 year
    Program page

  • Cornell - Spector Lab

    New York · NY

    Pay not listed
    Program page

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center - Plastic Surgery (Temple)

    Pennsylvania · PA

    Pay not listed
    Instagram announcement

  • Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital (St. Petersburg)

    Florida · FL

    Paid
    Program page

  • Mass Gen Hospital - Plastic Surgery Research lab

    Massachusetts · MA

    Pay not listedCVEssay: see notes
    Program page

  • Mass Gen Hospital - Plastics CLINICAL research lab

    Massachusetts · MA

    PaidCV1–2 years3 lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • Northwestern - Tissue Repair & Regenerative Surgery Research Lab

    Illinois · IL

    Pay not listed
    Program page

  • NYU Plastic Surgery

    New York · NY

    Deadline: see notes

    Opens ~Oct 1

    Paid*CV2 yearsNo lettersCover letter
    Program page

  • Ohio State University

    Ohio · OH

    Deadline: see notes

    Opens ~Mar 20

    PaidCV1–2 yearsNo letters
    Instagram announcement

  • Stanford - Dr. Fox's Lab

    California · CA

    PaidCV1 yearCover letter

  • Stanford - Hager Lab

    California · CA

    Unpaid

  • UC Irvine

    California · CA

    UnpaidCV1 year2 letters
    Program page

  • UC San Diego

    California · CA

    Pay not listed
    Program page

  • UMiami

    Florida · FL

    Pay not listed

  • University of Buffalo

    New York · NY

    Deadline: see notes

    Opens ~Apr 1

    PaidCV1 year1–2 lettersCover letter
    Instagram announcement

  • University of Washington - Extremity Trauma/Peripheral Nerve

    Washington · WA

    PaidCV1 yearNo lettersCover letter
    Instagram announcement

  • UT Houston

    Texas · TX

    Pay not listed1–2 years
    Program page

  • UVA

    Virginia · VA

    PaidCV1 yearLetters: see notesCover letter

  • Wake Forest

    North Carolina · NC

    PaidCV2 yearsLetters: see notesCover letter
    Program page

  • WashU in St. Louis

    Missouri · MO

    Paid?CVNo letters
    Program page

Contacts shown are faculty, coordinator, and program addresses the programs publish for applicants. Not every plastics department that takes research students posts a formal position. A cold email still beats this list for the ones that don’t.