Summer Research Opportunities for Minorities

[DoctaJay]

http://www.naahp.org/resourcesminoppflat.htm
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/health_sciences/summer_opportunities.html#Underrepresented Minority
http://rgs.rice.edu/Grad/agep/spd.cfm
http://research.louisville.edu/students/summerresearch.html
http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/diversity/sumprog.html
http://www.umassmed.edu/summer/index.aspx
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/summer_academy/undergrad.php

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[CagedBird]

http://www.med.nyu.edu/sackler/programs/summer.html
http://www.bcm.edu/smart/

 

[LoneCoyote]

I did this program for a summer during my post-bac and it was great. It's not specific to med school, but you can find a project that is biomedical in nature and very applicable to your interests since they have many different faculty available as mentors.

http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/niehs_summer/

 

[DigableCat]

http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/Mechanisms/MARC/USTARAwards.htm

MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) Awards (T34) provide support for students who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences to improve their preparation for graduate training in biomedical research. These minority groups include, but are not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (including Alaska Natives), and natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands. The program can also support efforts to strengthen the faculty, science course curricula, and biomedical research training programs and infrastructure at institutions with significant enrollments of minority students.


Awards are made to colleges and universities that offer the baccalaureate degree. Only one grant per eligible institution will be awarded. The institutions select the trainees to be supported. Trainees must be honors students majoring in the sciences who have an expressed interest in a biomedical research career and who intend to pursue postgraduate education leading to the Ph.D., M.D.-Ph.D., or other combined professional degree-Ph.D. The period of appointment to the MARC U*STAR Program is 2 years at the junior/senior level.

 

[dseattle]

university of washington sponsored:
imsd - initiatives for minority student development

not really research-based, but i highly recommend (though allo dominated):
smdep - summer medical/dental education program

 

[jsnuka]

Here are some more:

http://www.theleadershipalliance.org/ (The Leadership Alliance)

http://www.cdc.gov/employment/studentjobs.htm (CDC opportunities)

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/opportunities_summer_urm.html (Princeton listing of Undergrad opportunities)

http://www.cdc.gov/omh/training.htm (CDC Ofc. of Minority Health Opportunities)

http://www.cmu.edu/hpp/intern.html (Carnegie Mellon listing of undergraduate opportunities)

http://marc.faseb.org/ (MARC opportunties)

http://www.sunysb.edu/ureca/off_campus_opps.htm (SUNY Stony Brook Undergradute research opportunities)

http://www.doorsofopportunity.org/

http://hpap.syr.edu/spstate.htm (summer undergraduate Opportunities)

Some of these might be duplicates, but it is a fairly good listing to start off with in your search for a summer opportunity.

Be sure to look at the two BIG (in terms of importance to the medical school application process) AAMC publications, the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) and Minority Student Opportunities (MSO) for information on the recruitment and retention programs offered at every medical school in the United States.

Good Luck!!!

 

[jeepgirl]

Medical College of GA STAR: http://www.mcg.edu/star/

They've also got summer enrichment programs: http://www.mcg.edu/careers/specop/pipeline.htm

And if you're lucky enough to get into MCG , they've even got a pre-matriculation summer program (you'll find info on the previous link).

All are great programs .

 

[doc4kidsva]

http://princess.spelman.edu/summerp...c5e85c2a9ec5658a85256fb700735bbd?OpenDocument

I just heard about this today. It is very late for some of us, but it doesn't hurt to share with those coming up behind us.

 

[thesmartazz]

Hey everyone, Yale's BioSTEP program is already featured in a lot of the guides posted above, but I just wanted to plug it in case anyone was hesitant about applying. I did not personally enroll in the program, but I know a few people who have, and they loved it . Yale med students also just started a free clinic for the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven. If you speak Spanish, you can volunteer as a translator and see the entire process of care.

I've stayed in New Haven for 3 summers, and I've really enjoyed my time there. If you're considering staying for the summer, feel free to PM me and ask me about things that you can do, eat (!!!), etc.

I'm also from Augusta, so if any people have questions about STAR at MCG, I can try to field those as well. Several of my friends from high school did research through the program.

 

[celltech2000]

Not many people know about the Howard Hughes Medical Student EXROP Program (Exceptional Research Opportunity Program). I participated in it during its first year in 2003. I think it will become one of the most prestigous summer research opportunities for URMs in the coming years.

Each year, 1 student from their home institution is selected to conduct research with a Howard Hughes Investigator anywhere in the country. If your selected, you have the opportunity to choose which ever HHMI investigator you would like to work with at any institution across the country(i.e. NIH, Harvard, Yale, UCSF, Stanford, Duke, Hopkins, UMich, UChicago, Salk Institute, etc...)

HHMI investigators are the superstars in academia and clinical research. If you have the opportunity to work with one of these investigators, you will sure draw some intention when it is time to write your ECs on your AMCAS application (that is if you apply to a research medical school).

If your interested, I would highly suggest you find out if your school participates in this program.

 

[jsnuka]

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.

 

[jeepgirl]

I've done my time in the MCG educational pipeline, as well . Even got the old tattered t-shirts to prove it.

I've completed both the SEEP program and the STAR program.

Both programs are excellent.

Summer programs in general are awesome. I still rely on the connections I've made. References and skills I gained in both programs helped to get me my first "real" job . Hopefully, in a couple of years, they'll help me to get into grad/med school .

 

[celltech2000]

nice assist jsnuka!