Alvan T. - Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Research Fellowship
The Alvan T. - Viola D. Fuller Fellowships offer undergraduate students from New England an opportunity to participate in laboratory research with accomplished investigators and carries a stipends of $4,500.
Upon selection, fellows are placed in labs at leading New England research institutions, such as teaching hospitals, universities, and medical schools.
Summer fellowships last a minimum of 10 weeks. The Fuller Committee, composed of senior scientists, chooses and places the Fellows.
Prior Intern: Kathryn O'Brien '08 (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Qualifications:
- Applicants must be residents of New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT) and enrolled in a four-year undergraduate program anywhere in the country.
- Seniors and juniors are eligible, and preference is given to those with advanced science/public health course work.
- Lab skill and interest in research required for science majors.
- Minority students are encouraged to apply.
Locations: Various throughout Massachusetts
To apply:
- By Monday, December 1, 2008: Mail, email or fax to the Fuller Committee (contact information below) the names and email addresses of two sponsoring science/public health faculty most familiar with your work. Reference questionnaires will be emailed to the faculty you have named, and they will be asked to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The questionnaires and letters of recommendation must be returned to the Committee by Friday, February 13, 2009.
- By Friday February 13, 2009: You must submit an application form, essay (#20 on the application form), and resume.
- Additionally, you must have your transcript sent directly by the Registrar's Office to the contact person listed below by Friday, February 13, 2009.
- Your application, essay and resume may be sent via email or postal mail.
Deadlines:
- Monday, December 1: mail, email or fax to the Fuller Committee (contact information above) the names and email addresses of two sponsoring science/public health faculty most familiar with your work. Reference questionnaires will be emailed to the faculty you have names, and they will be asked to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The questionnaires and letters of recommendation must be returned to the Committee by Friday, February 13, 2009.
- If you would like the Summer Internship Program to send your application for you, please submit your application, essay, and resume to the Sumemr Internship Program, Hogan 203 by 4:00 pm EDT on Thursday, January 29, 2009
- If you wish to send your materials on your own they must be received by the Fuller Committee by Friday, February 13, 2009.
- Official transcripts must be received by the Fuller Committee from the Registrar by Friday, February 13, 2009.
- No late applications will be considered.
For more information, please visit http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_NE/COM_7_2x_2006_Betty_Lea_Stone_Research_Fellowships.asp