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AMA Research Challenge by the numbers

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The AMA Research Challenge draws hundreds of research abstracts submissions each year from medical students and residents across the country. Learn more about who the 2024 entrants are, where they’re from and what they’re researching.

AMA Research Challenge

Submit your research abstract to the AMA Research Challenge: extend the reach of your work, enhance your CV and compete for $10,000. Free to AMA members!

Deadline: July 16, 2025.

  • 1,330 research abstracts submitted (21% increase over 2023)
  • 188 institutions represented (out of 214 total medical schools)
  • Medical student: 909
  • Resident or fellow: 259
  • International medical student: 162
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine—Detroit
  • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • Carle Illinois College of Medicine—Champaign
  • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine—Richmond, Virginia
  • California Northstate University College of Medicine—Elk Grove
  • FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine—Miami
  • University of Toledo College of Medicine—Toledo
  • University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine—Chicago
  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University—Augusta

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  • New York
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  • Michigan
  • Florida
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  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia
  • New Jersey
  • Clinical and Translational Research (419)
  • Clinical Vignettes (375)
  • Public Health and Health Policy (170)
  • Medical Education (148)
  • Basic Science (146)
  • Health Systems Science (73)

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