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From: myrna fader [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:02 PM
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Subject: AHA Founders Affiliate Local Research Funding Opportunities

 






Subject: AHA Founders Affiliate Local Research Funding Opportunities
 
The American Heart Association, Founders Affiliate is offering research
funding opportunities for undergraduate and advanced health sciences
students.  Please see enclosed materials for distribution and feel free to
share the poster(s) and the application forms with your colleagues and/or
appropriate departments.  These student awards are being administered at the
American Heart Association's New York City office.  For further information
please call 212-878-5912.   All email inquiries should be sent to:
[log in to unmask] .   
 
 
.       Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program 
PURPOSE:  The purpose of this undergraduate summer research program is to
identify and encourage promising students from all disciplines to engage in
full-time research and to consider cardiovascular research careers.
Fellowships of $5,000 each are available to qualified undergraduate students
to work in research laboratories in the Founders Affiliate. The internships
are for a 10-week period during the Summer of 2009 working under the
supervision of experienced scientists in the field of cardiovascular
research. The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in a college
or university at the time of application. It is essential that the student
have an interest in research. A reasonable familiarity with chemical,
biochemical and/or physiological principles and techniques is helpful.  A
minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. 
 
Application deadline:         February 2, 2009
Award Activation:                Minimum of 10 weeks during the summer of
2009
 
 
Please see the following attachments: Program description, Faculty
Recommendation form and the instructions and application form.
 
 
 
.       Health Sciences Student Research Grant
The purpose of this award is to encourage advanced health science students
to consider a career in cardiovascular research. The need for new
researchers in the health sciences, from basic science to human behaviors,
is critical.  This program is designed to provide students at the crossroads
of career choices an opportunity to experience research first hand with an
established researcher.  
            
Please see the following attachments: Health Student Award Poster
Announcement and Health Science Student Research Award (guidelines and
application form)  
 
You can also visit: Founders
<http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3015642>  Affiliate
local research opportunities to obtain the necessary forms to apply for the
above student awards.
 
      
 Please feel free to email or call me if you have any questions.  
 
Thank you for your support and cooperation.
 
Mary Gonzalez
Research Coordinator
American Heart Association
Founders Affiliate
122 East 42nd Street
New York, NY  10168
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Main:    212-878-5900
Direct:  212-878-5912
Email:  [log in to unmask]
 
 




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