Fellowship application
The Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University have had a long-standing interest in training young scientists for careers in cancer research. This interest culminated in a formal Cancer Biology Graduate Program in 1989 designed to train PhD level cancer biology researchers. In 2010, the graduate program was integrated into the newly formed Department of Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Throughout this period, the program has actively recruited undergraduate students for summer research fellowships.
The Cancer Biology Graduate Program in the Department of Oncology and the Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University are offering the NextGen Oncology Scholar Fellowship Program to outstanding undergraduates interested in a career in biomedical research. This 10-week program is supported by an R25 grant from the National Institutes of Health and is designed to introduce outstanding undergraduate majors to the realities of scientific research, and to prepare them for a PhD program in Cancer Research.
Each student admitted to this 10-week program will be assigned to a faculty member under whose direction he/she will carry out a specific research assignment designed to yield new research findings. Students are expected to maintain records of their research, participate in lab meetings and departmental programmatic seminars, attend weekly didactic lectures, and present their research findings during the Summer Research Poster Day in early August.
Each student admitted to this 10-week program will be assigned to a faculty member under whose direction he/she will carry out a specific research assignment designed to yield new research findings. Students are expected to maintain records of their research, participate in lab meetings and departmental programmatic seminars, attend weekly didactic lectures, and present their research findings during the Summer Research Poster Day in early August.
All supporting materials must reach the Cancer Biology Graduate Program office by February 15 to be considered, including online application form, letter of interest, two letters of recommendation, resume, and unofficial college transcript(s).
The fellowship lasts 10 weeks, starting late May and ending in early August. Students are required to work the entire period and will be paid a stipend over the course of the fellowship. Some housing support may be available.
- Applicants must have a 3.0 or higher GPA.
- Fellows will receive a stipend for the ten-week fellowship.
- Accepted students can apply for on-campus housing, and some housing assistance is available.
- Late applications will not be accepted.
- Complete packets include the following:
- Application
- one-page letter of interest describing why you should be considered for this position, and what your future professional goals include resume
- college transcript.
- two letters of recommendation signed and on letterhead.
- Online Application
- Contact: danieln@karmanos.org.