The Center for Injury Biomechanics at Wake Forest University is offering several summer research opportunities in Biomedical Engineering.
Students selected will receive a stipend.
The research internships are offered for a period from mid-May to mid-August with beginning and end dates that are flexible to accommodate the student’s school schedule.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until positions are filled. To guarantee your application will be considered, please apply by March 1, 2012.
This program is sponsored by the Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Pressure Institute.
Provides research opportunities for under-represented minorities or students from disadvantaged backgrounds (live in rural areas, first generation college student).
Students must be a United States citizen or a permanent resident of the United States in good academic standing.
8 - 9 week program during the summer months.
Focus is on research training in the cardiovascular sciences with mentoring by medical school faculty.
Hands-on laboratory research, a journal club, and a lecture series which includes presentations by faculty and guest speakers.
Poster presentation to showcase summer research.
Students receive a stipend of $1,731/mo., free housing on the Reynolda campus, and are reimbursed for transportation costs to and from Winston-Salem.
Application deadline for the Summer 2012 - February 10, 2012. Program dates are May 30, 2012 – July 27, 2012.
This program is sponsored by the NIDA and encourages students from groups under-represented in the sciences to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral research (including African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islanders).
Participants will work with leading investigators for 8-10 weekend during the summer.
The experience may include formal courses, participation in meetings, data collect, data analysis, interviewing, laboratory experiments, manuscript preparation, library research, literary reviews, and much more.
Applicants must be currently enrolled in college and in good academic standing, and citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Participants will receive a stipends and housing for the summer.
If interested in making application to the Wake Forest University summer program please refer to Project #138 when making application (The WFU Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction Treatment Summer Program)
This program is sponsored by the Translational Sciences Institute of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
The TSI offers clinical and translational research experiences for minority and non-minority undergraduate and medical student trainees interested in careers in clinical and translational research.
8 - 9 week program during the summer months.
Research intensive environment with complementary and individualized workshops, journal clubs and seminars designed to both introduce participants to careers in biomedical sciences and to strengthen the knowledge of undergraduates of the necessary academic, GRE/MCAT and research credentials to facilitate their entry into the programs of their choice.
Poster presentation to showcase summer research.
Students will receive a stipend of $1,731/mo., as well as free housing on the Reynolda campus.
Application deadline for the Summer 2012 is February 10, 2012. Program dates are May 30, 2012 – July 27, 2012.
This program is sponsored by the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences.
Areas of focus for WFIRM projects include biomaterials, cell and molecular biology, physiology, biomedical engineering, controlled delivery, biochemistry, cell and gene therapy, and tissue engineering.
The main objectives of the program are to expose students to a multidisciplinary research environment that is driven by clinical needs, provide training in a strong team environment, and facilitate the education of the next generation of scientists and clinicians.
The program provides a competitive stipend to undergraduate science and engineering students.
Program participants are asked to work 10-12 weeks during the summer months (start and ending times are flexible).
