Univ of Alabama Summer Program
This summer, the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are sponsoring an 8-week program in which selected undergraduate students will conduct laboratory research under the guidance of individual UAB faculty members. Students will also have the opportunity to shadow a physician-scientist during their daily clinical work. Recipients of this competitive fellowship receive a stipend of $2,000 for the summer. Students will receive free on campus housing, but will be responsible for their own meals, travel to and from Birmingham, and other expenses. The program dates will be June 2, 2008 - July 25, 2008.
We expect applicants to SIBS to have completed at least their sophomore year of undergraduate coursework. We anticipate that successful candidates will typically demonstrate grade point averages of 3.0 or higher, especially in science, math and related areas. Our goal in offering this fellowship is to give talented students the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of intensive, hypothesis-driven laboratory research. This experience should help students make well informed decisions about future career plans. Previous research experience is not required.
Students can learn more about SIBS and obtain the Application Form online or by contacting our SIBS coordinator, Cynthia Ballinger, at cknight@uab.edu.
