St Louis, MO: all-expense-paid research internship, Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsor

The Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity (SIPID) is an all-expense-paid research opportunity sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This mentored research program will address the difficulties experienced by junior investigators in establishing independent research programs and negotiating through the academic ranks. The desired outcome is to improve the recruitment and retention of faculty from disabled and underrepresented minority groups in the study of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.

The all-expense-paid program brings participants to the University for 3-week sessions during two consecutive summers, with a short mid-year visit. The SIPID program provides mentor-mentee partnerships with matching based on common research interests. The mentors will be experienced in research and grant writing and will offer long-term collaborations. The didactic curriculums involve faculty and mentors from multiple disciplines with various levels of hands-on training. Special emphasis is placed on developing grantsmanship skills, with mentors assisting mentees one-on-one to develop specific research projects and improve long-term fundability. NHLBI scientific program staff will provide a grants workshop to assist mentees with project focus and to identify viable funding sources to promote a sustainable independent research program for career advancement.

For additional details about the SIPID Program: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/sipid/index.html
For the admissions requirements and the application for the SIPID-GE Program: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/sipid/docs/General%20Admissions.pdf



Washington University Division of Biostatistics also offers a Genetic Epidemiology Master’s of Science program and a Certificate Program. For information on these Programs visit our website at: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/gems/.



Sent on behalf of Dr. D.C. Rao,
SIPID-GE Program Director


Linda Schreier
SIPID-GE Program Administrator
Washington University School of Medicine
Division of Biostatistics
Campus Box 8067, 660 S Euclid Ave.
St Louis, MO 63110
PH: 314-362-1565
FAX: 314-362-2693
Email: linda@wubios.wustl.edu
http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/sipid/