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SHURP
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
| Title: |
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research
Program (SHURP) |
| Research Fields: |
Cellular and developmental biology, cell
cycle regulation, cardiac and vascular functions and pathology, studies
of blood cells, endocrinology, immunology, microbiology, molecular
biology, receptor structure and functions, transmembrane signaling
mechanisms, study of clotting mechanisms, and virology. |
| Institution: |
The Division of Medical Sciences at Harvard
Medical School |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Start Date: |
May 31, 2009 |
| Length: |
10 weeks (May 31-August 8) |
| Contact: |
Jocelyn Spragg, Ph.D., Ed.M.,
Faculty Director, Diversity Programs, Division of Medical Sciences, at
617-432-1342, or Deborah Milstein, SHURP Staff Assistant, at
617-432-4980. They may also be reached at 1-800-367-9019, or via
email at SHURP@hms.harvard.edu. |
| Eligibility: |
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| Application deadline: |
February 2, 2009 (postmarked) |
| Application Requirements: |
Application form:
2009 SHURP application
Write to:
2006 SHURP Director
Division of Medical Sciences
Harvard Medical School
T-MEC Room 432
260 Longwood Avenue
Boston MA 02115.
Applicants should send to the
above address:
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The completed Application
Form attached to this program announcement (separate it from this
page before mailing).
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A statement describing
their laboratory experience (please do not use a research abstract
as a substitute), research interests and goals, and their reasons
for wishing to participate in this particular Program.
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An updated résumé.
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An official copy of their
latest college transcript.
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Two letters of
recommendation, one from a science faculty member who can address
the applicant's intellectual and personal suitability for the
Program and one from a research supervisor, another science faculty
member or, if applicable, from a science program director. If you
have previously participated in a summer program, or other
off-campus research, a letter from your supervisor would be very
helpful. Letters of recommendation should be in sealed, signed
envelopes or sent separately by the recommender.
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| Compensation: |
Students in the Program live in single rooms in the Harvard Medical
School dormitory, located across the street from the Medical School
quadrangle and within one or two blocks of many of the Harvard teaching
hospitals and their research laboratories. Medical and graduate
students, college students participating in other summer programs, and
visiting scholars also live in the dormitory in the summertime. The
Medical School is located in Boston, Massachusetts, easily accessible to
public transportation to the downtown areas and to nearby Cambridge,
home of Harvard's main campus.
The Division will provide all research- and course-related expenses,
housing at the medical school dormitory, travel to and from the program,
a stipend of approximately $400/week for 10 weeks, and health insurance
if it is needed. The 2009 Program is scheduled to run from Sunday, June
1 through Saturday, August 9, although arrival and departure dates one
week earlier or later may be arranged in a few cases if necessary.
Students are required to participate for the full ten weeks of the
Program.
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| Web Site: |
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/shurpintro.html |
| Additional Notes: |
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