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Summer Undergraduate Research Program for
Minority Students (SURPMS)
| Title: |
Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Minority
Students (SURPMS), Medical Scientist Training Program |
| Research Fields: |
Medical Robotics,
Transplantation Immunology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Informatics, and
more. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh and
Carnegie Mellon University |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Start Date: |
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| Length: |
10 weeks |
| Contact: |
University of Pittsburgh, MSTP,
526 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: (412) 648-2324
Fax: (412) 648-2185
E-mail: mdphd2@medschool.pitt.edu |
| Eligibility: |
The
program is for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and is limited to
minority groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences including
African Americans, Alaskan Native, Mexican Americans, Native Americans,
Pacific Islanders and Puerto Rican Mainlanders.
The program is designed for students in their
freshman, sophomore or junior years of college. |
| Application deadline: |
February 15, 2007 |
| Application Requirements: |
The
application includes a personal statement, transcript and 2 letters of
recommendation each including a coversheet.
On-line
Application:
http://www.mdphd.pitt.edu/admin/app_form.asp |
| Compensation: |
SStudents receive a stipend of $4,300 for the ten-week period plus round
trip airfare to/from Pittsburgh. This stipend provides students with a
comfortable budget to live in Pittsburgh. |
| Web Site: |
http://www.mdphd.pitt.edu/sprogram_brochure.asp |
| Additional Notes: |
All students must
have medical insurance for the duration of the program, and since they
will be working with human materials, are encouraged to be vaccinated
for hepatitis B. |
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