Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)

SSRP-Amgen Scholars Program

The SSRP-Amgen Scholars Program is a research-intensive residential program that takes place on Stanford's beautiful campus for a nine-week period. Participant are matched with a member of Stanford’s distinguished faculty and work in one of Stanford’s state-of-the-art research facilities. Each participant works with both a faculty member and a lab mentor to craft a research project. The lab environment provides challenging projects and involves a broad range of research techniques that are feasible within the nine week period. The program culminates with a research symposium, where students present individual talks and posters on their summer projects in front of their peers, faculty, lab mentors, and University administrators.

In addition to the research, our program also contains a strong mentorship component. Each participant joins a mentoring group led by a Stanford graduate student or post-doctoral fellow. Weekly group sessions expand students’ knowledge of scientific fields and guide them in the process of applying to graduate school. The mentors also coach the students on how to present their data and help them polish their presentation skills.

Students participating in the Stanford Summer Research Program are fully funded during their stay. Stanford will provide students with summer housing, meals, and travel to and from the summer research program. Additionally, all SSRP participants will receive a $3,500 stipend.

In addition to their lab work, students participate in science field trips, graduate education workshops, and social outings. Destinations may include the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Hopkins Marine Station, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and San Francisco. Students are also encouraged to make the most of their time in Northern California by exploring the area on their own. The Stanford campus enjoys sunny but mild summers in a beautiful location just 30 miles south of San Francisco, which is easily accessible through public transportation.

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About Us

The Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program is a fully funded, nine week, residential research program. It offers undergraduates who want to prepare for and enter Ph.D. programs in the sciences a unique opportunity for advanced research experience within a world class university.

Our program dates for 2013 are June 22 - August 24

To learn more about the Amgen Scholars Program, please click here

Special thanks to the Amgen Foundation for their continued and generous support!

Updates

bullet2010 Alum James Morrissey, 2011 Goldwater Scholar

bullet 2010 Alum DJ Strouse , 2011 Churchill Scholar

ABRCMS 2009

bullet2009 Alums Jason Melehani, Oscar Vazquez, and Tarek Salih, 2009 ABRCMS Award for Outstanding Presentation

bullet 2007 and ’08 alum Jessenia Laguna Torres is a student in the UPR-Rio Piedras Neuroscience PhD Program and is a fellowship recipient of the PR LS-AMP/BDP. She has recently coauthored the publication “Restoration of Norepinephrine-Modulated Contextual Memory in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome” in Science Translational Medicine

bullet2006 Alum Jarrad Aguirre, 2009 Rhodes Scholar

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