Enroll in the Summer Program
Enrollment
Program Enrollment Deadline:
March 1, 2024
Don't want to fill out the application online, find a printable form below. Please email completed form to: Go4Brains@umn.edu
Cost
Free for ten students who are selected for the summer program!
Students will receive a $400 stipend!
Meals and travel expenses will be covered for the whole week!
Details about the enrollment process
The summer program is for high school students underrepresented in science and medicine who may be interested in career opportunities within a Neuroscience field. The program will provide useful and practical information for how to begin and succeed in those particular career paths.
The summer program is scheduled for the first week of August.
Each student is required to have a letter of reference from either a science teacher, an organization leader, or a church pastor. The reference will have to answer the following questions:
1. Name
2. Relationship to student
3. Contact information
4. We are looking to increase diversity in Neuroscience, what would this student bring to our program?
5. Signature
Student references can download the application form and email their responses to Go4Brains@umn.edu or they can can complete the survey below.
Application selection process
The students who are selected will require a letter of reference explaining why the student would be a good fit for the program followed by a short survey.
Students and their parents will have to complete the application survey and return the completed form via Qualtrics or email the form to Go4Brains@umn.edu
Enrollment deadline is on Wednesday, March 1, 2024.
The selection process will be assessed by an admission committee. Each application will be scored by three committee members. This score will determine if the student meets all the qualifications.
The students and parents will be notified of their acceptance into the program via email in April 2024.
Qualifications/Eligibility/Restrictions
We aim to increase the broadest possible participation in Neuroscience by strongly encouraging all students, especially those from groups that have been historically underrepresented in the US biomedical workforce, are encouraged to apply by taking an enrollment survey. The student must be in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade. The required enrollment form must be completed, signed, and returned before the March 1st deadline.
Program Details
1. Short lectures (30 min) with hands-on activities to introduce students to the brain and exciting topics in neuroscience.
2. Career skills sessions to provide students with practical advice on CV writing, applying for college, learning about scholarship opportunities, how to apply for financial help, writing, speaking and interviewing skills.
3. Research experience with hands-on experimental skills and visit to the neuroscience research laboratories. Students will be provided with the possibility to arrange future paid research internships if interested (through available programs such as StepUp).
4. Long term mentoring program that will match each student with one professor, graduate, and undergraduate student to guide students during the week of the program and continue in this role providing advice, guidance and networking to students in future.
5. Duration of the program is one week.
6. This program is free. In addition, each student will receive a $400 stipend and a public transportation pass.
7. Twelve lucky students who enroll in the summer program will be selected from Twin Cities schools with recommendations/nominations from their science teachers.
8. We aim to increase the broadest possible participation in Neuroscience by strongly encouraging all students, but especially those from diverse, underrepresented and historically marginalized backgrounds, are encouraged to apply on our website by taking an enrollment survey and returning the completed signed form back to us by Wednesday, March 1, 2024. Students will be notified in April 2024 of their acceptance into the program.
Find your dream career within a Neuroscience field!
