Applications and all Recommendations due Friday, Feb 6th at 5pm CST
Program Details
Selected scholars will engage in numerous program activities that will prepare them to be the biomedical research professionals of tomorrow.
The summer intensive phase of the STUROP program involves a week-long orientation, followed by an intensive, summer research immersion at UTHSA. Each STUROP scholar will have an assigned mentor-pair, one from UTHSA and one from their home institution to support immediate research goals and longer-term career development. Mentors include a faculty member with an active research lab including a designated postdoctoral fellow or advanced graduate student to assist with hands-on research training. Other summer activities include the development of professionalism, leadership/team-building, and personal/self-care strategies.
In the school year (Fall and Spring Semester) phase of the program, scholars will participate in year-round activities designed to develop their scientific interests, orient them to expectations in research settings, introduce the principles of responsible research, and socialize them to the research enterprise, to prepare them for successful entry to graduate or professional school.
The summer research immersion typically runs from June to mid-August annually and is held at the UTHSA Long School of Medicine campus in San Antonio.