Summer Research Training Program

• an opportunity to participate– in virtually all aspects of a research project with the

guidance of a faculty research mentor.

• This includes: – reviewing literature– helping design a project, if not already done; – doing the project; – analyzing the results; and – presenting your findings at Student Research Forum

Major points

• Identify a mentor (at KUMC or outside University)• Applications due April 1, 2014• 8 weeks of 40 hours/week = 4 units of credit• 4 weeks of 40 hours/week = 2 units of credit• 8 weeks of 20 hours/week = 2 units of credit• Summer Course on Research (4 lunchtime lectures)• You can write a paper or present at the Student

Research Forum or National Meetings or all of the above to receive academic credit.

Broad Research Scholarship Areas

• Basic and Translational Science Research

• Clinical Science Research

• 10 Scholarships of $1,000 each

• Competitive application process (63 students last year)

Additional Sources of Support

• Individual Faculty may supply scholarships• Training Grants– Pharmacology and Toxicology Training Grant– Neurological and Rehabilitation Training Grant– Cancer Center (Announced in Late March) – Frontiers; Heartland Clinical and Translational

Research

FrontiersHeartland Clinical and Translational Research

• Mentor supported Research Experience• $1,000 tuition assistance• Coordinated summer course that can be used as credit

toward a Masters of Clinical Research Degree (1 year between M2 and M3; or M3 and M4)

• http://frontiersresearch.org/frontiers/research-education

Pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics Training Grant

• Stipend amount depends on length of training.• Faculty Mentors eligible for this award are

listed on the website.

• http://www.kumc.edu/pharmacology/grant.html

Supported by Award Number T32HD057850 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development and the KUMC School of Medicine

http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/T32/index.htm3 to 5 summer slots available for 2014: pays for stipend, research supplies

For more Information

Michael J. Werle, Ph.D.Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

mwerle@kumc.edu

(913) 588-7491

http://medicine.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/osa.html/

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