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List of Mentors
Mentor
application Due 1/2/08
Student application Due 2/15/08
I. Purpose: To improve opportunities for
medical students to pursue clinical, behavioral, or basic research.
II.
Scope of program: Approximately 10 awards will be made, depending on
available funds. Students will be paid $10.44/hr on a bi-weekly basis for up
to 10 weeks in the summer
III. Selection criteria:
- The medical student
is enrolled at UMC and has just completed the M1 year.
- The medical student
is in good academic standing.
- The medical student
submits an application,
which demonstrates his/her interest, aptitude, and commitment for
research. This will be reflected in a personal statement and may
include prior research performed as an undergraduate student.
- The quality of the
proposal will be judged by a committee of faculty scientists.
Preference will be given to hypothesis-driven research in behavorial, clinical, or
basic science areas. Together with the student, each mentor should
draft a one-page application form, which discusses specific aims,
significance, background, approach for the
research. IACUC or IRB approvals need to be in place prior to the
summer. The student will also provide a statement of his/her career plans
and motivation for the research.
- Mentor qualifications: Faculty members of the school
of medicine will be eligible as mentors. See Mentor
Application Mentor support
(financial, time to supervise and teach the student,
lab/office/computer space) and previous track record with
students/trainees will be included in the evaluation. Further criteria
for judging the mentor will be the number of papers published within
the last 5 years, the number of papers and abstracts published with
trainees or students, grant support of the mentor. There will be a
limit of 2 students for each mentor per summer.
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