INBRE Summer Fellowships

Program Overview

The Idaho INBRE Summer Fellows Program is offers fellowships for students interested in biomedical research. The program pays each awarded student to work full-time in an established faculty laboratory for the summer. In addition to doing mentored research, students will attend professional development and scientific seminar presentations and will prepare a poster highlighting their work to be presented at the Idaho INBRE Summer Research Conference in Moscow at the end of the summer.

Eligibility

Are you an undergraduate science/bioinformatics/computer science major attending an Idaho institution of higher education who wants to do hands-on research? Will you be graduating (with a Bachelor’s degree) in December 2025 or later?

If so, you are eligible! 

Program Details

Pay: up to $7200 for the summer (paid as hourly wage over the summer)

Program Starting Date: May 2025, specific start date TBD with your research mentor

Program Ending Date: After the statewide INBRE Conference in August 2025, specific details to be worked out with your research mentor

Application Steps

Identify a Mentor

• • A list of potential mentors can be found in the left column at inbre.uidaho.edu/student-programs/fellows-mentor/. Talk with your chosen mentor before submitting your application and be sure they agree to mentor you if you are selected as a Fellow. If your LC State research mentor is not listed, talk to them to see if they are taking summer research fellows. Priority is given to applicants who select an LC State faculty member as a mentor.

College transcripts

• Obtain a copy of your most recent college transcripts — unofficial copies are acceptable. Be sure to save the transcripts in an easily accessible PDF format.

References

• Identify 1 reference who can speak to your potential as a research fellow. Enter their information using the ‘Register References’ tab in the left-hand column of the online application form. References from science faculty/instructors are preferred. Please let your references know that if they are an LC State faculty member, they do not need to submit a written letter of reference. The INBRE Campus Leaders will speak to them directly.

Submit via the application portal on time

• Complete and submit the application form by the due date of November 1, 2024.  All applications must be submitted using the online portal located here (https://inbre.uidaho.edu/student-programs/fellows/).
  
  

The Idaho INBRE Undergraduate Fellowship program is competitive. The number of applications will exceed the available Fellowships.  To be considered for a Fellowship we must receive your completed application including transcripts and letters of reference by the due date of November 1, 2024.  We cannot consider incomplete packets.

Fellowship awards will be announced in December 2024.

How are students selected to be INBRE Undergraduate Fellows?

The INBRE Fellows are the best and brightest undergraduate students in Idaho. The selection process is competitive and rigorous. Students submit an application packet that includes a few short essays, letters of recommendation, and their college transcript(s).

Requirements for being a Fellow:

• Students must be currently enrolled at an Idaho institution of higher education.

• Students must be graduating with a Bachelor’s degree on or after December 2025. Students graduating in May or August 2025 will not be eligible for Fellowships in 2025.

Criteria for Fellows selection:

The following criteria are used by the Idaho INBRE Campus Leaders at LC State when choosing Undergraduate Summer Fellows. These criteria are considered as a ‘whole’, and not necessarily in the order listed.

1. Interest in working with an LC State faculty member

2. Interest in biomedical science and research

3. References

4. Academic record, including science classes taken and GPA

5. Date of expected graduation

6. Family educational background

7. State in which you graduated high school (preference is given to those graduating from an Idaho high school or high school in a Western INBRE state)

8. Obstacles you have overcome to obtain your education