STEP-UP Program: NIHs main campus in Bethesda, Maryland
Job description
The STEP-UP Program is a federally funded summer internship focused on NIDDKs core mission areas of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases.
Students receive a summer research stipend of $5,000.
Students are assigned to a STEP-UP Coordinating Center to help coordinate and monitor their summer research experience and are paired with experienced research mentors at institutions throughout the nation
Students are encouraged to choose a research institution and/or mentor near their hometown or within commuting distance of their residence. Students are not required to relocate in order to conduct their summer research.
Students receive training in the responsible conduct of research
Students are required to attend the Annual STEP-UP Research Symposium held on NIHs main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Students are given the opportunity to present a formal oral and poster presentation (all travel expenses for the symposium are paid by the program).
To Apply On-line
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/research-programs/diversity-programs/research-training-opportunities-students/short-term-research-experience-underrepresented-persons-step-up
Responsibilities
Full-time 40 hours/week commitment to work in biomedical research from May 29, 2018 through the first week of August.
Present the results of their summer project at the STEP-UP symposium a t the NIH in Bethesda, MD.
Requirements
Applicants must:
Be a U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or legal permanent resident
Be currently enrolled as a full-time student at a U.S. accredited 2-year or 4-year college or university. Undergraduates who will have graduated prior to the start of research in the summer of 2018 are not eligible.
Come from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in biomedical sciences on a national basis OR Have been diagnosed with a disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities OR Be the first generation in their family to graduate from a four-year college or university and/or come from a disadvantaged background as defined by annual family income.
Students receive a summer research stipend of $5,000.
Students are assigned to a STEP-UP Coordinating Center to help coordinate and monitor their summer research experience and are paired with experienced research mentors at institutions throughout the nation
Students are encouraged to choose a research institution and/or mentor near their hometown or within commuting distance of their residence. Students are not required to relocate in order to conduct their summer research.
Students receive training in the responsible conduct of research
Students are required to attend the Annual STEP-UP Research Symposium held on NIHs main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Students are given the opportunity to present a formal oral and poster presentation (all travel expenses for the symposium are paid by the program).
To Apply On-line
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/research-programs/diversity-programs/research-training-opportunities-students/short-term-research-experience-underrepresented-persons-step-up
Responsibilities
Full-time 40 hours/week commitment to work in biomedical research from May 29, 2018 through the first week of August.
Present the results of their summer project at the STEP-UP symposium a t the NIH in Bethesda, MD.
Requirements
Applicants must:
Be a U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or legal permanent resident
Be currently enrolled as a full-time student at a U.S. accredited 2-year or 4-year college or university. Undergraduates who will have graduated prior to the start of research in the summer of 2018 are not eligible.
Come from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in biomedical sciences on a national basis OR Have been diagnosed with a disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities OR Be the first generation in their family to graduate from a four-year college or university and/or come from a disadvantaged background as defined by annual family income.
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