Summer Public Health Education and Research Experience (SPHERE) Program
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The SPHERE program provides an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students to gain experience in a research laboratory under the supervision of faculty and senior graduate students. Participants are selected in open competition and must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Junior standing the upcoming fall semester
- 3.0 minimum cumulative grade point average
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
- Major in the life sciences (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, biotechnology, etc.)
- Academic advising
- Study strategies assistance and tutoring
- Library and electronic research techniques
- Preparation for research
- Faculty mentors
- Research presentation skills
- Pre-graduate school advising
- Information and strategies for financial support in graduate school
- Choosing a graduate school
Summer Public Health Education and Research Experience
Participants will be awarded faculty-mentored summer research fellowships. These fellowships are full-time ten-week commitments. Fellows will:
- work with faculty mentor whose research interests are related to their own;
- receive a stipend
- write a paper based on the fellow's research results suitable to be published; and
- develop a computer-assisted oral presentation and a research poster to be presented at the end of the summer program
- program runs May 25 through July 31, 2009
Housing is included in the program for fellows from outside of the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The following materials must be submitted by the applicant by March 31, 2009 (This is not a postmark date. All materials must be received by March 31st for consideration):
- Application
- Current transcript
- Transcripts of all colleges previously attended
- Two recommendation letters from faculty members. (Print two copies)
All application materials become the property of UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth and cannot be returned.
Refer any questions and send application materials to:
UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth
SPHERE Program
Susan Harlin, Coordinator
Center for Public Health Practice
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76107-2699
817-735-0630
sharlin@hsc.unt.edu
This page last updated Mar 09, 2009
