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SURF - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
@ Southwestern Medical Center
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Title: |
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships,
Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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Research Fields: |
Biological Chemistry, Biophysics, Cell
Biology, Chemistry, Computational Biology,
Developmental Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Integrative Biology,
Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology |
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Institution: |
The University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas |
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Location: |
Dallas, TX |
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Start Date: |
June 2, 2008 |
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Length: |
Summer, 10 weeks (June 2-August 8) |
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Contact: |
Contact the Nancy Street,
SURF Director, Southwestern Graduate School, The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas,
TX 75390-9004, (214) 648-6708,
SURF@utsouthwestern.edu. |
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Eligibility: |
Applicants must be enrolled in a natural
science degree program at the undergraduate level and have completed the
sophomore year. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or possess an F1
Visa. Criteria used in selection of fellowship recipients will include
college grades, relevant experience, and letters of recommendation from
faculty who can assess the applicant's potential for advanced training
and success in biological research. If you are a mathematics,
computer science, physics or chemistry major, you may be eligible for
and interested in the Quantitative
and Physical Sciences-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF). |
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Application deadline: |
February 8, 2008 |
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Application Requirements: |
The SURF application is available on-line
at
SURF08. Completed applications should
be submitted by February 8, 2008.
In addition to submitting the on-line application, official transcripts
and reference letters must be received through the mail by
February 8, 2008. |
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Compensation: |
The stipend for the ten-week program is
$4,000. Details on local living accommodations will be provided when
fellows are notified of their acceptance. The stipend for SURF fellows
who require SURF housing is $5,250. Stipends must be used to cover all
travel and living expenses during the fellowship. SURF students
requiring housing will stay in a local hotel and be transported to and
from the UT Southwestern campus daily. SURF students are responsible
for hotel costs; SURF students staying at the SURF hotel receive an
increased stipend to partially cover this expense. |
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Web Site: |
http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/education/surf/index.html |
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Additional Notes: |
Undergraduates who intend to attend
medical school with plans to pursue careers in medicine and
research but who may not choose to pursue formal graduate (i.e. Ph.D.)
training should apply to the
UT Southwestern Undergraduate Medical Research Fellows Program, not
the SURF program. All questions regarding UT-SUMR should be addressed to
the UT-SUMR program, as this program is separate from the SURF program.
You can reach the UT- SUMR office by calling (214) 648-3685 or by mail
at UT-SUMR, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Attention: Dr.
Michael McPhaul, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-8857. |
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