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FEBRUARY 1 DUE: UBRP 2012 APPLICATIONS. Application at: https://ubrp.arizona.edu/apply.cfm (5:00 PM)
Welcome to the Undergraduate Biology Research Program. Below are our programs along with a brief description. If you would like to learn more about a specific program, please click on its title.
UBRP - apply
A program that enables University of Arizona students to experience how research is done.
Beckman Scholar’s Competition - apply
A program designed to provide support to University of Arizona undergraduate students seeking to do research with selected faculty members in the biological, chemical or medical sciences
ASPET SURF - apply
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) awarded the University of Arizona a
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) grant. Five students will be funded each year. The ASPET SURF fellows are
part of UBRP and work in ASPET members’ laboratories. ASPET SURF fellows attend UBRP activities and participate in a special
luncheon during the summer with faculty members who are part of ASPET. ASPET SURF fellows will receive a free student
membership in ASPET which entitles them to apply for travel funds to present at ASPET meetings as well as other benefits.
Students should apply via the UBRP Program.
UA/HHMI EXROP Program
A program designed to provide research experience with a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator to a University
of Arizona undergraduate who is economically disadvantaged or from an ethnic minority group underrepresented in the sciences
UBRP-to-UBRP Alum Summer Research Experience - apply
UBRP alumni are now faculty members and scientists at numerous institutions around the country. To continue to build the
UBRP network, two or three current UBRP students will have the opportunity to work in the research groups of UBRP alumni. Students will
work for twelve weeks full time in the host lab. Applications for the summer are due February 1 and require the applicant to prepare a
proposal for the work to be done in the host lab
Native American Cancer Prevention Program - Summer Internship - apply
Designed to facilitate the entry of Native Americans into biomedical research and healthcare professions
while engaging communities in research and training relevant to their needs. Research projects include laboratory,
field-based and community-based participatory research. NACP Summer research internships for University of Arizona
undergraduate students are offered in conjunction with the Undergraduate Biology Research Program. Participants
work for 12 weeks full time in the summer (for summer 2012 the program dates are May 14-August 4).
BRAVO! - apply
A program designed to integrate research experienced University of Arizona students into the international scientific community.
UBRP is supported in part by grants to the University of Arizona from HHMI, NIH, NSF, ASPET, The Beckman Foundation, and by gifts from sanofi-aventis and private donors.
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