The center’s annual Summer Research Program places students with a mentor physician or researcher for nine weeks (June 1 to July 31) on the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Students work with faculty who are conducting studies in the most progressive areas of cancer research.
The program’s primary goal is to increase the number of underrepresented populations engaged in basic, clinical, and prevention and control cancer research by providing positive and meaningful firsthand exposure to those fields.
Each student receives a stipend of $3,200. Students are responsible for their own housing arrangements.
The Summer Research Program provides students an opportunity to:
- interact with any one of five cancer center research programs, 10 shared facilities and more than 100 world-renowned investigators.
- gain exposure to a wide-range of basic science, translational, and clinical research activities.
- continually interact with and learn from other students, clinical and post-doctoral fellows, and faculty.
- attend weekly workshops that deal with issues related to gaining admission to graduate and professional programs of study.
Students are selected on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, academic grades and personal interviews. High school students who participate must have completed at least their junior year and have maintained a grade point average of a minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Undergraduates in the program must have completed 24 hours of college credit, be majoring in a biomedical or behavioral science, and have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.
Students interested in the Summer Research Program can visit www.cancer.iu.edu/srp to download and print an application or send an e-mail to crlstaff@iupui.edu to request an application. Questions? Contact the IUPUI Center for Research & Learning at (317) 274-8880 or Rivienne Shedd-Steele of the IU Simon Cancer Center at (317) 278-0073 or rsheddst@iupui.edu.
The application deadline is March 1.