Dear Friends and Colleagues- Greetings from Dallas, Texas! I am writing to tell you about four summer undergraduate research programs at UT Southwestern Medical Center. For the 22nd consecutive year, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is sponsoring the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. The goal of SURF is to give 75 students an intensive, 10-week research experience in a world class research environment. Students immerse themselves in the laboratory and work on individual research projects with UT Southwestern Graduate School faculty. Most areas of modern biomedical engineering, cancer biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, and pharmacology are represented. In addition to research, SURF provides seminars, optional classes in Cancer Biology and Genetics, social events, and an end-of-program poster session. The SURF website and on-line application can be found at www.utsouthwestern.edu/SURF<http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/SURF>. For the 11th year, we are also sponsoring the Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF) Program. This program, initially funded by a NIGMS training grant and now funded internally, will accept 10 students who are earning their undergraduate degrees in the field of biomedical engineering, mathematics, computer science, physics, or chemistry. The goal of QP-SURF is to give students an intensive, research experience and demonstrate to students in the physical and quantitative sciences how their knowledge and skill sets are applied in a biomedical research setting. QP-SURF students would carry out their 10-week research project in a biomedical engineering, biophysics, computational biology, or quantitative/analytical chemistry laboratory. QP-SURF students also participate in seminars, optional classes in Cancer Biology and Genetics, social events, and an end-of-program poster session. The program website and on-line application for QP-SURF can be found at www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF<http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF>. For the 3rd year, we are highlighting opportunities for undergraduates interested in research at the interface between chemistry and basic biomedical research. We hope you will bring the QP-SURF Chemistry program to the attention of your chemistry students. For the first time, we are also sponsoring the Summer Undergraduate Research Institution for the Study of Kidney Disease (SURISKD) Program. This program is funded by a National Institute of health and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIHIDDKD) training grant and will accept 15 students who are earning their undergraduate degrees in the field of natural sciences. The goal of SURISKD is to give students an intensive summer research training experience for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in kidney-related research. SURISKD spend 10-weeks pursuing individual research projects that range from embryonic development and physiology to kidney cancer and imaging in the laboratories of Graduate School faculty members. The SURISKD website and on-line application can be found atwww.utsouthwestern.edu/SURISKD<http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/SURISKD>. All three summer programs will run from June 1st through August 7th, 2015. Participants will be selected based on their letters of reference, course work, and experience. The stipend for the 10-week program is $4,000. If a fellow requires housing, the costs will be covered by the program; however, fellows are responsible for paying their own travel expenses. Application deadline is February 9, 2015. I would greatly appreciate it if you would share these summer opportunities with your students! The value of this summer opportunity is great for those interested in careers in research. Previous fellows have been enthusiastic about their experience; most have enrolled in excellent Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. I also want to update you on some recent changes with the Division of Basic Science Ph.D program. We have successfully shifted all Ph.D. coursework to year one of our program; therefore, Ph.D. students are in the lab full-time after one year of classes. Our goal is to train students to think as independent research scientists and we believe this goal can be best achieved in the laboratory! If you have students interested in pursuing a PhD in the biomedical sciences, I hope they will visit our website (www.utsouthwestern.edu/gradschool<http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/gradschool>) and learn about our PhD umbrella program. Best wishes for a great Fall 2014! Regards, Nancy Nancy E. Street, PhD Associate Dean, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas, TX 75390-9004 214-633-1312 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.utsouthwestern.edu/gradschool<http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/gradschool> UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the OU-LSAMP list, click the following link: http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=OU-LSAMP&A=1