Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
All of the following are research-intensive programs that begin the Tuesday after Memorial Day and last for 10-weeks. Each program has its own application and review process. Each program offers a stipend. Once accepted into one of the programs, in addition to their one-on-one mentored research project, all students participate in a collective weekly educational program.
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
The Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) directed by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, provides University of Louisville students, who would like to know more about graduate-level education, with a 10-week research experience in a department that offers graduate degrees. These fellowships will also be available to under-served/under-represented student populations from regional colleges and universities. Mentors will provide students with individualized research projects, and the program will provide group seminars on topics related to research and graduate education. Students should be, preferably, in their sophomore or junior year of study.
http://graduate.louisville.edu/pubs/srop/SROP.
National Institutes of Health – KBRIN Program
The University of Louisville has received an award from the National Center for Research Resources, N.I.H. for the development of a Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network in Kentucky. This award provides funds enabling 20 undergraduate students to gain summer research experience in biomedical research at either the University of Louisville or the University of Kentucky (10 students per campus). Emphasis will be in the areas of gene-based research and/or bioinformatics. Research-active faculty will mentor students. The research experience is directed, in particular, at students who are considering a career in research (i.e. students planning to pursue an advanced degree in biological or biomedical research). While undergraduate students at all levels will be considered, priority will be given to students entering the sophomore or junior years of study. Undergraduate students from KY colleges and universities are given preference.
http://www.kbrin.louisville.edu/ugrad_summer/index.html
Minority Undergraduate Summer Program in Cardiovascular Research
This research program exposes minority undergraduate students to cardiovascular research at the University of Louisville. A NIH Short-Term Training Grant from the National Heart Blood and Lung Institute supports the program. Students are recruited primarily from Kentucky universities and colleges, however minority students attending schools outside of Kentucky are also encouraged to apply. At least eight minority summer research fellowships will be awarded each year.
http://www.louisville.edu/medschool/physiology/MCVSRP.html
Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Participation Program (LSAMP)
This NSF supported program exposes minority undergraduate students to research in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM fields). LSAMP scholars are supported for a 10-week summer, research-intensive, one-on-one mentored undergraduate research program.
Neurosciences Program
The Center for Molecular Neurobiology provides summer research opportunities at UofL for undergraduate students. The objective of this program is to encourage undergraduate students to aspire to a career in neuroscience. The program encourages participation from minorities, women, under-represented students and persons with disabilities. This program is competitive and funds from 3 to 5 students each year. Students are placed in the laboratory of a professor-mentor which provides them with the chance to learn research methods and techniques in neuroscience and where they can become involved in the research program of their mentor.
http://www.neurosci.louisville.edu/students-info/undergrad.html
Questions about any of the programs not answered at the web site, please contact Dr. Pamela W. Feldhoff, Ph.D..