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Announcement for 2013 Summer Research Program
HHMI Student Summer Research: Fred Hutchinson Interns for Summer 2013
With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to support our interdisciplinary life science curriculum, Whitman College has entered into a partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in Seattle. Since 2009 students have been supported to work on projects ranging from the molecular evolution of HIV pathogenesis, to the immune response in bone marrow transplant recipients, to cell cycle regulation in tumor cells. In 2013, two more students will be funded by Whitman/HHMI to work in a laboratory at the FHCRC for 9 weeks as members of the Summer Intern Program in Basic Sciences, Human Biology, Public Health, Clinical Research, or Vaccine and Infectious Disease. The stipend for the program is $4,500. The intern program runs from Monday June 10 through Saturday August 10 and students must be able to commit to the entire program. For more information about summer interns at Fred Hutchinson, see http://www.fhcrc.org/en/education-training/undergraduate-students.html
The HHMI Steering Committee at Whitman College is soliciting applications from students who will be entering their final year at Whitman College in fall of 2013 (Dec 2013 or May 2014 grads).
Application materials are available at
A complete application includes:
A. From the APPLICANT, the electronic submission (preferably as a single pdf file)
1) The application form (student name, email address, phone number, major, expected date of graduation, and evaluator information)
2) A 1-2 page statement of research interests and career goals.
3) A transcript/list of courses/grades. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but must include courses from Fall 2012. Also, list courses enrolled in for Spring 2013.
B. From the EVALUATORS,
Two letters of support from Whitman faculty members who have served as course instructors, advisors, or research mentors in the sciences. A letter from a previous summer research mentor at another institution can replace one Whitman letter. One Whitman faculty evaluator must agree to serve as the student’s on-campus mentor after the summer project.
All application materials must be submitted to Jim Russo, HHMI Program Director, by 4:00 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013. A selection committee of science faculty will evaluate the applications and two students will be selected and notified in January. The selected students will then be required to complete the FHCRC Application for Summer Undergraduate Research Programs and we will forward your application to the FHCRC Program directors for placement in a laboratory.
Questions about the program? Contact Jim Russo (S-336; x5228; russo@whitman.edu)
345 Boyer Ave.