Scripps Research offers unique mentoring and research experiences to undergraduates during the summer and throughout the academic year. Recruitment efforts are geared toward students with no prior research experience, students with few research opportunities at their home institutions, students from underrepresented populations, and students who are the first in their family to go to college. 

Eligibility 

• Acceptance into Scripps Research's SURF and REU Programs is awarded on a competitive basis to college students who are United States citizens or permanent residents, or international students who are enrolled in a U.S. college, with a minimum grade point average of 3.2. 

• A special emphasis is placed on identifying and recruiting students who are historically underrepresented in the sciences (i.e., African-American, Hispanic, Native Pacific Islander, or Native American students or first to college students). 

PROGRAM DETAILS

• Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, some aspects of the program may be held virtually.

• Gladstone follows a comprehensive COVID-19 protocol and the 2023 PUMAS program is dependent on the status of the pandemic. For latest updates on the 2023 program or to learn more about Gladstone’s COVID-19 guidelines, reach out to the program administrators.

• The program is limited to eight (8) qualified students.

• Selected participants are paid minimum wage ($16.99/hour) and work part-time (approximately 20–25 hours per week).

• The tentative dates for the 2023 PUMAS nine-week internship program are from June 12, 2023 to August 11, 2023.

• PUMAS interns are assigned a project and conduct hands-on biomedical research in a laboratory, working one-on-one with at least one scientific mentor.

• Throughout the summer program, PUMAS interns also participate in weekly professional development meetings that cover a variety of topics, including résumé writing, research ethics, applying for graduate school, and scientific communications.

• The program ends with a scientific poster session, during which each PUMAS intern must present their research results to the community of Gladstone scientists and trainees.

• The internship will take place at Gladstone Institutes, located at 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158.

• Housing is not provided. PUMAS interns are responsible for their own housing and their own transportation to and from Gladstone. However, interns are eligible for an allowance to support housing, travel, or remote working.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

No prior research experience is required to apply for the PUMAS internship. To be eligible, you must:

• Be a United States citizen or permanent resident.

• Be currently enrolled as a community college student who is planning to transfer to a 4-year institution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM).

• Have successfully completed at least two semesters of college-level science courses with a lab component (chemistry and molecular biology preferred, but not required), before the start of the PUMAS internship.

• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.50

• Prior PUMAS interns are encouraged to apply.

Emphasis is placed on identifying applicants who are historically underrepresented in biomedical research, including students of certain ethnic backgrounds (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islander Americans), students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, first-generation college students, or students with disabilities.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 3, 2025

Students can apply to one of the six tracks available

• Biomedical Sciences - Portland Alcohol Research Center, Oregon Hearing and Research Center, Knight Cancer Institute's Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, Graduate Medical Studies

• Dental 

• Health Systems & Policy - Center for Health Systems Effectiveness

• Medicine 

• Nursing 

• Public Health

What Equity Interns expect

• A $4,000 stipend paid during the program

• Hands-on research experience 

• Mentoring and advising about your individual career pathway

• Weekly seminars with fellow interns, faculty, and scientist mentors

• Concludes in Scientific poster presentation in a Scientific Research Poster Symposium that is open to all OHSU.

Tentatively: June 21 – August 12

Limited support may be available for housing assistance. Please indicate on the application if you need housing. The program does not typically have funds to support participants' travel to Portland. The program directors may consider supporting travel if sufficient funding is in place. 

You qualify if you meet the following criteria:

• Have completed at least one undergraduate college year by the start date of the program. 

• Have completed at least one course in the basic sciences (some tracks require a lab component) and mathematics or statistics.

• You come from either an underrepresented minority group; have experienced economic hardship; are first in your family to attend college; have experienced other economic, educational, ethnic/cultural, family circumstance hardships; or a student with disability.

  • Economically disadvantaged students are defined as individuals who come from a low-income family, using low income levels specified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a guideline. Socially disadvantaged students come from an environment that may inhibit them from obtaining knowledge, skills or abilities required to enroll and successfully complete an undergraduate or graduate course of study that could lead to a career in the health sciences. This category includes, but is not restricted to, students whose parents did not attend or complete college.

  • The term "disability" is defined by the federal government in various ways, depending on the context. For the purposes of federal disability nondiscrimination laws (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), the definition of a person with a disability is typically defined as someone who (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more "major life activities," (2) has a record of such an impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment. More information on federal disability non-discrimination laws, visit DOL's Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor.

• You are a U.S. citizen, permanent U.S. resident, or an eligible DACA student (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). A DACA applicant must have an employment authorization card via USCIS.

Application Deadline: Feb. 3, 2023