About the programs

• Our summer undergraduate research programs focus on two areas of interest and are designed to provide 17 highly motivated students with research experience as well as further develop their career plans.  The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program emphasizes different areas of pharmacology.  The Summer Undergraduate Research in Environmental Sciences (SURES) focuses on environmental health sciences.  Any undergraduate student who are rising juniors or above and are currently enrolled at a university in the United States are eligible to apply.  You can learn more about pharmacology here

The 10-week programs will begin on May 28th and end on August 2nd.  Students receive a stipend and must be available for the entire 10-week period.  The program, beginning with an orientation session, includes hands-on research in a faculty member's laboratory, weekly discussions on research, topics of interest and careers and weekly field trips.  At the end of the program, students will participate in a poster session held at the Hilary J. Boone Center on 500 Rose Street on August 2 from 2-4 pm.




We will begin accepting application for Summer 2019 in December 2018.

Research Areas of Interest 

SURF

• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Research
• Diabetes and Obesity
• Neuroscience

SURES

• Environmental Exposures
• Heavy metals
• Organics
• Soil-based pathogens
• Nanomaterials
• Tobacco smoke
• Radon
• Environmentally Associated Disease States
• Cancer 
• Neuropathology
• Diabetes and Obesity
  

The SURF program is supported by funds from the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  The SURES programs is supported by funds from the National Institutes of Environmental Health.