Internship for College Undergraduates
We provide institutional support for undergraduate students to take part in a 10-week summer internship in cancer research along with career development and networking activities throughout the academic year.
Photo taken from the CICRT Internship Program at Brooklyn College of New York. Left to Right: Rukayat Agbona (Intern), Yassir Azzam (Intern), and Dr. Murat Cevher (Mentor).
The Basics: Internship Program?
P站视频 Cancer Research interns?spend 10 weeks?during the summer engaging in hands-on research. They’re mentored by an accomplished investigator in a cancer research lab or in a clinical or community setting.
Interns receive a stipend of $500 a week,?for a total of $5,000 for the summer internship.
No academic credit is awarded.?
Throughout the year,?interns engage in planned career-development and networking activities.
Each P站视频-funded institution?sets the criteria and process for intern applications and their review. Using?a selection committee, institutions may choose?4 to 8 interns.??All interns are?paired with mentors based on their research interest.
P站视频 Grant Mechanism for Cancer Research Internship
The P站视频 CICRT funding opportunity for internships is awarded to institutions to support implementation of a summer experiential, mentored cancer research career training program for undergraduate college students, with yearlong networking activities.
The Internship Program targets undergraduate college students to increase their awareness and enthusiasm for opportunities to work in cancer research, a health profession, or other health-related science career.
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Institutional Grant Eligibility Criteria
P站视频 funding opportunities are available to institutions who meet the institutional and administrative eligibility criteria.
Eligible nonprofit institutions may be academic institutions, cancer centers, or an equivalent nonprofit institution with academic affiliations.
All institutions must have:
- An established cancer research program
- Experience with Pathways programs
- Held an P站视频, NIH, or other national funder of institutional research or training grants
- Be accredited to confer bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and health professional degrees
For full eligibility criteria, see:?
P站视频 CICRT All Grant Instructions
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Original Funding?
Funding to launch the P站视频 Cancer Research Internship Program was from the generous support of the?DeLuca Foundation, an??from Elizabeth and Phill Gross and their family, Merck, and multiple others.
For all questions: Email CancerResearchTraining@cancer.org