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High School Students

• Health Science Honors Studies at Tufts University
Tufts University
Learn about the philosophy and practice of medicine. As a Health Science Honors student, you will attend weekly physiology and anatomy lectures and l ... read more

• Howard University Summer Enrichment Program
Howard University
The Center of Excellence High School Summer Enrichment Science (HSSES) Academy is one of the many support programs offered through the COE to facilita ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more


Undergraduate Students

• Bridges to the Bachelor’s is a program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and is aimed at under-represented minority students who wish to pursue careers in the Biomedical Sciences
Kansas State University (Lead)
<p>Welcome! If you are African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native American, or member of any other ethnic/racial minority group that is under ... read more

• Integrative Biosciences REU
Tuskegee University (Lead)
<p>Tuskegee University, in association with the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program, is plea ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more

• Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program in Health
University of Pennsylvania
The Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program (SUMR) is a program co-sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and the H ... read more

• Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Lead)
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program [SURP] is an intensive, nine-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for unde ... read more

• The Minority Health Disparities Undergraduate Summer Research Program (MHD/SROP)
University of Arizona (Lead)
The University of Arizona Graduate College offers a prestigious summer research opportunity focused on health issues that affect minority communities ... read more


Graduate Students

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• Food Systems and Poverty Reduction
Cornell University (Lead)
An interdisciplinary, two year graduate training program that addresses the challenges faced by the 1.2 billion poorest people on the planet who live ... read more

• NanoPharmaceutical Engineering and Science IGERT
Rutgers University (Lead), New Jersey Institute of Technology, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
A multidisciplinary team of engineers, pharmacists, food scientists, and chemists from Rutgers University (lead institution), NJIT, and UPR-Mayaguez h ... read more

• Population and Environment IGERT
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Porter Physiology Development Program
American Physiological Society
The goal of the Porter Physiology Development Program is to encourage diversity among students pursuing full-time studies toward the Ph.D. in the phys ... read more

• Young Scientists Summer Program
International Instute for Applied Systems Analysis, National Science Foundation (NSF)
IIASA's annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in Laxenburg, Austria offers research opportunities to talented young researchers (1-2 y ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Information and Positions at NYU
New York University
Useful resources as well as listings for open postdoctoral positions at NYU, Sackler, Medical Institute. ... read more

• Training in Education and Critical Research Skills
Tufts University, University of Massachusetts, Boston
The Training in Education and Critical Research Skills Program (TEACRS) at Tufts University is funded by NIH and is designed to prepare talented post ... read more

• Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health
Harvard University
he Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public ... read more



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