Summer

UCLA PREP PROGRAM

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The of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Pre-medical Enrichment Program (PREP) application is open!

Program Dates: Jul. 8, 2024 – Aug. 16, 2024

Application Deadline: 3/1/24 at 11:59pm PST

Description: A 6-week intensive summer program that provides pre-med students with the means to strengthen their ability and readiness to study medicine. Full participation in the program allows participants to enhance their chances of being accepted into medical school and succeeding once there.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR UCLA PREP

Eligibility: Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Must be a 3rd year, 4th year, or recent college graduate
  • Applicants must come from an educationally or economically disadvantaged background
  • Applicants must be U.S citizens, hold a permanent residency or have documentation of approved eligibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the State of California
  • Minimum 2.8 Cumulative GPA
  • Applicants should have not taken the MCAT before July 15, 2024
  • Demonstrated interest in addressing issues affecting underserved populations in healthcare
  • Compelling personal statement (PDF Format)

Need live assistance with your application? The team will be available via Zoom every Thursday from 1:00-2:00 pm PST during our drop-in office hour. Click this link to register for drop in hours!

Lewis Scholars Imhotep (LSI) Project!

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Applications for the LSI Project at Morehouse College’s Public Health Sciences Institute (PHSI) are open for the 2024 summer program! The LSI Project offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate junior, senior and recent graduates to engage in innovative research and gain valuable experience in public health. As a dedicated team committed to fostering future leaders in public health, we invite all enthusiastic students to apply!  

The application deadline is January 31, 2024, and interested students can submit their application on our website at https://slate.morehouse.edu/register/lsiproject2024.  

To learn more about the program and apply, please click here to visit the LSI Project Program Website!

Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (SURP)

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The Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (SURP) are great opportunities to engage in a biomedical research at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The SURP applications deadline is January 31st, 2024.

More information about our summer programs can be found at the SURP website or by contacting us at SURP@ouhsc.edu.

SURP highlights:

  • $5,000 summer salary
  • Full-time research at OUHSC
  • Weekly enrichment sessions
  • Final Symposium and luncheon

UM-SMART Summer Research Program

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UM-SMART is 10-week summer undergraduate research program designed for undergraduate students who have an interest in obtaining a combined MD/PhD degree leading to a career in academic medicine as a physician-scientist performing basic research relevant to human health and disease. The goal of the UM-SMART program is to help students decide if a career as a physician-scientist is right for them, and to enhance competitiveness when applying to MD/PhD programs.  

To learn more about this program and to apply visit the UM-SMART website for more information.

Application deadline:  January 19, 2024

Program dates:  May 28-Aug 2, 2024

Applicants belonging to groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research are strongly encouraged to apply. This includes:  Individuals from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, such as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds such as family annual income below established low-income thresholds, or an educational environment that has inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to develop and participate in a research career.

SAEP Applications Now Open!

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The Summer Academic Enrichment Program  (SAEP) is a six-week summer program that simulates the first-year of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy professional school instruction. Participants take academically intensive instruction in each of their chosen tracks in addition to non-credit core-coursework in virtual anatomy (head and neck), pharmacology, and physiology. SAEP participants attend learning skills and test-taking workshops, mock interviews, professionalism seminars, current healthcare topics, coaching, and community service activities in an interprofessional framework. 

Any current college junior, senior, graduate and post-baccalaureate student who is preparing to apply to a graduate/professional dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy program is eligible to participate.

Applications are open now! Applications from all over the country are welcomed!

Early Decision Deadline is February 1st and Regular Deadline is March 15th.

Participants Receive:

  • A stipend of $1500
  • Travel reimbursement available if traveling from out of state
  • Free VCU housing for the duration of the program* 

Please visit the Summer Academic Enrichment Program website to read more about the requirements and to apply!

Allied Health Career Exploration

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AHCE (Allied Health Career Exploration) is a two-week summer residential exploration program that provides interactive experiences in any of the nine health career programs offered by the VCU College of Health Professions! Participants meet throughout the week for full-day department/degree program admissions information, hands-on and immersive activities within each discipline, workshops on current healthcare topics, interviewing skills, resume development, and more. Additionally, AHCE participants receive the necessary information to pursue a VCU College of Health Professions application process.

This program is open to any rising or current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who are interested in patient counseling, medical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse anesthesia, rehabilitation counseling, radiation sciences, health administration, and gerontology as a potential healthcare career are eligible to participate.

Participants Receive:

  • A stipend of $300
  • Free VCU housing for the duration of the program*

Please see promotional video here: AHCE Promotional Video

Want to know more, please visit the Allied Health Career Exploration Program website to read more about the requirements and to apply!

SHPEP 2023!

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The Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) is a free six-week summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions; furthermore, participating students will be awarded a stipend.

Although curricula and program dates vary by program site, each program participant will have the opportunity to spend the summer exploring a range of health careers, including dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and public health.

SHPEP scholars have a legacy of success: over 65% of scholars who apply to medical or dental school are accepted.

To be eligible for SHPEP, students must:

  • Be a high school graduate and currently enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in college.
  • Have a minimum overall college GPA of 2.5.
  • Be a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident, or an individual in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
  • Not have previously participated in SHPEP.

SHPEP offers students a variety of academic and career experiences like

  • Academic enrichment in the basic sciences and math.
  • Career development activities.
  • Learning and study skills workshops.
  • Clinical experiences.
  • Workshops in financial planning and health policy.
  • Interprofessional education that addresses effective collaboration across health professions.

To learn more and apply, visit the Summer Health Professions Education Program website. The application opens on Nov. 1st!

Enrichment Summer Program @ MSU Vet Med

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The Enrichment Summer Program (ESP) provides academic preparation, leadership development, and career knowledge for undergraduate students who have selected veterinary medicine as their career choice. The Program focuses on developing well-qualified prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds and is open to undergraduate students who plan to apply to a professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program during the next application cycle. 

ESP is a three-week program held at Michigan State University June 5-23, 2023.

  • Week one is focused on leadership development. 
  • Week two offers introductory-level didactic coursework, including a virtual anatomy laboratory. 
  • Week three provides clinic shadowing from the Veterinary Medical Center.
  • https://cvm.msu.edu/about/diversity/enrichment-summer-program

Please click here to apply and learn more about the ESP program. The application opens November 1 and closes January 31. All application materials must be received or postmarked (for items sent by U.S. mail) by January 31.

Summer Program in Neuroscience

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2022 Summer Program in Neuroscience (SPIN ’22) is an on-site, 8-week intensive program in neuroscience offered by the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and the Graduate Program for Neuroscience (GPN) at Boston University.

Benefits: SPIN students are exposed daily to the function and organization of the brain from a clinical perspective alongside neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro radiologists and neuropathologists in the hospital and operating rooms. These experiences are complemented by weekly neuroscience and neuroanatomy didactic sessions utilizing clinical cases and human brain dissections. In addition, students are paired with a clinical or research faculty member to pursue their own, mentored research projects in neuroscience that are organized by GPN, whose faculty are in labs across multiple BU schools and campuses. State of the art research is conducted in topic areas from Alzheimer’s disease to drug addiction, human brain imaging, learning and memory, and the computational modeling of dynamic circuits. From this unique mix of clinical and laboratory experiences, SPIN students gain an understanding of the human brain from several perspectives and develop insights about the relationship of basic research and medicine. Past participants have described the experience as transformative and many have pursued doctoral training in the clinical and/or basic neurosciences.

Program Details

  • Program Dates: June 6 – July 29, 2022
  • Tuition: $4,000 (room and board not included)
  • Application Deadline: March 14, 2022

Eligibility: SPIN is open to undergraduate students with backgrounds in the basic sciences including neurobiology, computer science, mathematics, and engineering. Admission is based on academic performance, letters of recommendation, and a personal statement. Program administrators will assist students requiring housing and board in Boston for the duration of the course.   We celebrate an open and transparent environment for learning and welcome students with diverse ideas and culture.

For more information, please visit the SPIN website by clicking this link.

Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR)

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The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is accepting applications for the new Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CanSUR). This program
offers a unique, immersive experience that will help prepare highly motivated undergraduates for a career in cancer research.

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

  • Hands-on mentored cancer research experience including project development, execution, interpretation, and reporting of results.
  • Week-long “cancer research bootcamp” devoted to interactive cancer research lectures.
  • Weekly lunches organized around scientific and career enhancement topics.
  • Dinner with fellow students, scholars and residents to learn about diverse cancer career opportunities.
  • Presentation of final research project findings at CanSUR Scholar Symposium.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Each summer CanSUR will support 32 undergraduates for a 10-week period (June through August) .
  • Undergraduates from across the country are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to work with one of 60 research experts from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  • Scholars will receive a stipend of $4,000 for the summer. Additional housing and travel allowances are available for select participants.

For more information visit cancer.case.edu/training-education/cansur