For further infomration on the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's EXROP, check out the following links.
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/office/undergrad/
http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/sept2005/chronicle/exrop.html
Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP) provided through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
General Description: For the past three summers, this Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)-sponsored program has provided research opportunities for minority and underprivileged students with top-level lab investigators across the country. Students are selected by HHMI professors and directors of HHMI-funded undergraduate programs. As many as 60 students participate each year, with projects on topics ranging from the role of DNA repair genes in immune memory to the formation of lung tumors. The students contribute to a poster session at HHMI headquarters and gain networking opportunities and career advice from HHMI scientists.
Disciplines Supported: Students interested in research towards the medical field.
Award: Students will spend the summer working with an HHMI investigator/scientist. The student's housing and transportation costs will be paid and he/she will receive a $3,500 stipend.
Minimum Qualifications: Eligible students are those who come from backgrounds that inhibit but not prevent them from obtaining knowledge, skills, and ability required to enroll in an undergraduate institution. Also those who come from a low income family and can be certified as having "exceptional financial need" in accordance with guidelines published by the Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, contact Jennifer Donovan or Cindy Fox Aisen, 301-215-8859; cell, 240-401-5783; 317-843-2276;
[email protected] or
[email protected].
Link:
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/office/undergrad/
You can do a search for a particular college/university and see if they are funded by that particular grant, if interested.