Research Opportunities

Summer Research Opportunities

Summer Research Opportunities Program in the Biomedical Sciences (SROP):

• This program is sponsored by the Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
• Provides research opportunities for undergraduate students interested in attending graduate school in a research related field.
• 8 week program during the summer months
• Focus is on research training in the biomedical sciences.
• Hands-on laboratory research and a lecture series which includes presentations by faculty and guest speakers.
• Poster presentation to showcase summer research.
• Students received a stipend of $3,500 for the 2008 eight week program, free housing on the Reynolda campus, and free transportation to and from the work place. 
• Deadline for summer 2009 - February 15, 2009.

Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences (EICS):

• This program is sponsored by the Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Pressure Institute.
• Provides research opportunities for under-represented minorities.
• 8 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 and a lecture series which includes presentations by faculty and guest speakers.
• Poster presentation to showcase summer research.
• Students received a stipend of $3,462 for the 2008 eight week program, free housing on the Reynolda campus, and reimbursed for transportation costs to and from Winston-Salem. 
• Deadline for summer 2009 - February 15, 2009.

WFIRM Summer Scholars Program:

• 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).
• Application deadline is March 1st.

Summer Research with NIDA for Underrepresented Minority Students:

• This program is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Center for the Neurobiological Investigation of Drug Abuse at Wake Forest University and the Center for Drug Discovery at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
• Provides research opportunities for under-represented minority students seeking research careers.
• 8 week program during the summer months.
• Focus is on research training in areas of neuropharmacology.
• Poster presentation to showcase summer research.
• Students received a stipend of $3,462 for the 2008 program, free housing on the Reynolda campus, and reimbursed for transportation costs to and from Winston-Salem.
• Apply through the NIDA Web site http://www.nida.nih.gov; the combined Wake Forest University-UNC-Greensboro program is Biological Sciences Project #55.
• Deadline for summer 2008 is March 17, 2008.

Other Research Opportunities

U.S.A. - Brazil Consortium:

• The purpose of the program is to train U.S. and Brazilian students in integrative/translational biology and to strengthen interchange of cultural and scientific values to widen the horizons of participants.
• Emphasis is on increasing diversity in the sciences by including schools with large minority populations as partners to encourage students from under-represented groups to participate in foreign exchange activities.
• Program participants will receive financial support for housing and travel.
• They will pay tuition at their home institution and will receive credit for the courses taken in Brazil.
• Application deadline has been extended to January 1, 2008.