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UAMS Summer Student Research Programs

1. The Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Arkansas INBRE): Summer Research Fellowships for Undergraduate Students

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Mentored Summer Research Program (MSRP)

Application Due: February 3, 2025

2. College of Medicine: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program

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3. Graduate School: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

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Application Due: February 15, 2025

4. UAMS Pathways Academy Scholar

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5. If you are a medical student, please click here for research opportunities in the summer.

2024, 11th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

What is your Eureka moment? (2023 summer researchers)

“When I received my results and I was able to understand a lot of them. I felt that I had really put it a lot of effort to the lab!”

“I spent a considerable amount of time at the beginning doing research to try and fill in the gaps in a protocol that was given to me. I completed the protocol and got back my data and found that my changes actually worked, and that was a really cool moment. Since then I have spent the remainder of the summer further optimizing this protocol, but the first time through and seeing that it has the potential to be really good was the best eureka moment!”

“I was happy when I found the right anti cancer agent for my project.”

“My most memorable moment was seeing the results of my first scratch assay. I had waited a long time for my reagents to come in, so it was great to finally get to do the experiment and see that it actually worked on the first try! ”

“Getting enough background information on what the lab as a whole was working on that I could understand how my project slotted into that, and strengthened the results of other ongoing work.”

“The coolest moment was when my analysis that took 6 weeks ended up proving our hypothesis.”

“This experience solidified my decision to pursue a PhD in biomedical sciences after graduating college and highly increased my probability of attending UAMS for graduate school.”

2023 Summer Student Research Programs

From left to right: Summer Research Symposium, Andrew Shelton, Christian Lu, Screevatsav Seenlvasan

2023 summer research symposium
2023 summer research symposium
Summer Student_Andrew Shelton
Summer Student_Andrew Shelton
Summer student_Christian standing in front of his poster
Summer student_Christian standing in front of his poster
Summer student_Sreevatsav standing in front of her poster
Summer student_Sreevatsav standing in front of her poster
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