Summer Research Programs

The eight-week Summer Research Program

• can be in basic science, clinical science, translational science, epidemiology, health policy, and so on.

The Patricia S. Levinson Fellowship for Community Oriented Research and Service is

• designed to support projects that focus on encouraging and enhancing collaboration among medicine, nursing, and social work in order to benefit patient outcome.
• takes place during the eight-week summer intersession.

Funding for Summer Research

1. Funds in the amount of $3,000 are available on a competitive basis to support the work of students who do summer research.
2. Projects can be basic, clinical, or part of the Patricia S. Levinson Fellowship. In the Patricia S. Levinson Fellowship, students work on projects selected from a list of projects that focus on encouraging and enhancing collaboration among medicine, nursing, and social work, or they may develop a project that fits the program guidelines with their mentor.
3. With rare exceptions, students may accept only one source of funding for a single project. In no case can two sources of funding pay for the same expenses.
4. Two students may not work on the exact same project, but they may collaborate on different parts of a larger project.
5. To apply for funding, submit a brief abstract on your project, using the online submission to WEB-ED and a letter of support from faculty mentor by April 13, 2009, to the Medical Student Research Office, Annenberg 13-30, Box 1257. The abstract should include a title, your name, your mentor's name, and his/her department. Although you should work on this with your faculty mentor. You must do a minimum of 8 weeks of summer research to qualify for funding. Please remember, applicants for this program must also submit FAFSA forms by April 20, 2009, in order to be eligible for funding.
6. By August 14, you will be required to submit an abstract for Research Day. All funded students must participate in Research Day in November. Levinson students must submit a 5-10 page report on their projects by August 14.

Karen Zier, Ph.D.

Medical Student Research Office
Annenberg Building, Room 13-30
E-mail: karen.zier@mssm.edu
Tel: (212) 241-4429