Research Assignment
Students will be assigned to a faculty mentor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at Huntsman Cancer Institute. If students express their interest in a specific or general area of research, the program director will try to accommodate student preferences when making mentor assignments and research placements.
Research projects are under individual faculty sponsorship. We try to match individual interest in a specific or general area of research with appropriate groups. However, the program cannot guarantee that the student will work in a preferred area of research. Faculty mentors and the program director make decisions on final research placements.
Attendance and Schedule
All research projects require the student's full-time commitment. Each nonattendance must be approved in advance by the student's mentor. Simultaneous attendance of summer classes is not permitted. Attendance at weekly joint activities (seminars, etc.) is mandatory. At the end of the program each student will give a poster presentation of his or her research project. This session is open to all members of the scientific community at the University of Utah.
Students apply to the program from universities across the United States; therefore, the program schedule is flexible to accommodate participants. Most students start in the first week of June. Once a student is selected for the program and a mentor is assigned, he or she will arrange a start date with the mentor directly. A commitment of at least 10 weeks in the hosting laboratory is expected and students are expected to participate in the final poster presentation in the first week of August.
Stipend
Students will be awarded a $3,000 stipend for the ten weeks of internship. Participants are encouraged to make their own housing arrangements. However, the program's administrative staff can help make housing arrangements for out-of-state students.
For more information, please contact:
JoAnn Ferrini
Administrative Assistant
Research Administration
Huntsman Cancer Institute
2000 Circle of Hope, Room 4340
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801-585-6902
Fax: 801-581-8547
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