Do not contact the pre-health office about this opportunity. Use the contact information provided.

Undergraduate students: Would you like to:
•	Conduct research rather than just reading about it?
•	Study important topics in health and health policy?
•	Prepare for graduate school in a health research field?
•	Contribute your perspective and experience to a team of health researchers?
•	Spend your summer earning academic credit and money while learning important research skills?
 
If you answered yes to these questions, Project L/EARN might be for you! The program is an intensive, hands-on summer research training internship for undergraduate students from groups that have been previously under-represented in graduate schools and health research. Ten interns are selected annually from colleges and universities nationwide to participate in a ten-week residential internship at Rutgers University. During the summer, they obtain research skills and "hands-on" experience in health research through a combination of coursework on statistics, research methods, research writing, ethics and health topics and an individual research project under the guidance of a distinguished faculty mentor. Many continue to conduct research during the academic year with their summer mentor or a faculty researcher at their home institution.
 
Past interns have come from a variety of majors, including economics, public policy, sociology, public health, psychology, nursing, pharmacy, biology, statistics, and urban studies. Faculty mentors represent a diverse array of disciplines, including health economics, medical sociology, medical anthropology, public health, social work, nursing, and health psychology; all head vigorous research programs. Each intern will be matched with a faculty mentor whose work is most closely aligned with his or her particular interests, skills, and background.
 
The internships provide students with a $4,150 stipend, tuition, and room and board for the duration of the ten-week program so that they can “learn while they earn." Students also receive 3 academic credits for the program. The program will operate from Tuesday, May 27 through Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Applications will be available in mid-December 2013, and are due Monday, February 10, 2014.
 
To be eligible, you must:
•	Have at least one year of undergraduate education remaining after summer 2014;
•	Have taken at least one college-level statistics or research methods course by the time the summer program begins;
•	Be a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident;
•	And be a member of at least one of the groups specified as under-represented in graduate education, such as, but not limited to those from racial/ethnic minority groups (African-American, Latino, Native American, and Pacific Islanders), economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and first generation college attenders.
•	Be able to attend all program activities in New Jersey from May 27 through Aug. 1, 2014.
 
To find out more about Project L/EARN, see www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/projectlearn/, where you can also access the online application system.
 
Or contact Faculty Director Jane Miller or Program Director Diane Davis at [log in to unmask] with your questions or to set up a time to talk by phone about your interest in the program.