The three separate 10-week programs include: the Hughes Summer Program, which is sponsoring 39 research fellows who are conducting intensive research in active scientific laboratories under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The Emory undergraduates are implementing their own original research projects in areas such as genetics and ophthalmology. The program's principal objective is to encourage students, particularly minorities and women, to pursue careers in biological or biomedical research.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is sponsoring nine college students who, in addition to conducting intensive research projects, are participating in seminars and workshops focusing on a new methodology for developing HIV protease inhibitors and the use of caffeine as a model drug of abuse. The NSF program encourages participation from minorities and women who attend small colleges.
The Emory Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences is sponsoring 10 college students who are conducting original research in faculty members' laboratories.
All four programs provide stipends and room and board allowance on the University campus as well as social and cultural activities. Field trips include visits to research laboratories at the School of Medicine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Yerkes Primate Research Center.
--Nancy Seideman