FYI.
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Subject: Summer in Biomedical Science
(SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program 2010
Dear Colleague –
I would like to make you
aware of an exciting opportunity for your undergraduate students – the
Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program 2010.
This summer, the
Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology,
Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics,
Pharmacology and Toxicology, and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center at
the University of Alabama at Birmingham are sponsoring an eight week program in
which selected undergraduate students will conduct laboratory research under
the guidance of individual UAB faculty members.
Student recipients of
this competitive fellowship receive a stipend of $2000 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 May 31 – July 23, 2010. The application deadline is
March 12, 2010.
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 (“B”) 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-drive laboratory
research. This experience should help students make well informed
decisions about future career plans. Previous research experience is not
required. We especially welcome applications from students who are
interested in research as a potential career, including students interested in
PhD and MD/PhD programs.
I would like to thank you
in advance for posting our SIBS flyer (attached to this email as a pdf file)
and distributing the information to the appropriate students in your
department. Students can learn more about SIBS and obtain the Application
Form online at www.uab.edu/sibs or by
contacting me at [log in to unmask].
Sincerely,
Robin G. Lorenz, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
SIBS Undergraduate Research Program
1825 University Blvd., SHEL 602
Birmingham, AL 35294-2170
Phone: 1-205-934-0676
Fax: 1-205-996-9113
Website: http://www.uab.edu/sibs