Hippocratic Collective's
Artist in Residence
No strings attached. This residency won't break you.
The Artist in Residence program is our way of honoring the med students and residents who are secretly (or not-so-secretly) writing poetry between consults, editing films after call, doodling in the margins, or making music in their scrubs.
This is a no-strings-attached $1,500 grant for the artists who also happen to be in training or school. Whether you’re a med student with a manuscript, a resident with a short film in post-production, or someone just trying to keep a sketchbook alive through intern year - we see you.
We believe that creating art outside of medicine is a radical act of survival, expression, and resistance.
And we want to support it.
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What is this Program?
A small, no-strings-attached stipend (seriously - no weird expectations, no poster presentation at the end, no attending attaching their names to the final publication)
Space and encouragement to do your thing, as well as mentorship, coaching, resources, and support from members of the Hippocratic Collective
A chance to be featured and promoted by The Hippocratic Collective if you want to share your work
Who should apply?
Med students, residents, or fellows in any specialty
People making art in any form (writing, music, film, photography, visual art, comedy, podcasts, performance, etc.)
Humans trying to keep a creative spark alive while surviving a system designed to snuff it out
What we’re looking for:
A glimpse of your creative work (in progress, complete, or just a rough sketch)
A short note about what you want to make, why it matters to you, and how this grant would help
That’s it. No letters of rec. No transcripts. You don’t even have to tell us that you’re ranking us as your #1 Artist in Residence program (we promise there’s no Match algorithm at work here)
Apply here
We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and selecting a handful of Artists in Residence each year. We don’t have a rigid timeline (mostly because our Collective Guru, Joan Chan, told me we couldn’t have one… I love rigid timelines as much as the next doc).