INBRE Summer Fellows Program: Undergraduate Research

Are you an undergraduate science major who wants to do hands-on research?

The INBRE Fellows are the best and brightest undergraduate students in Idaho. The selection process is competitive and rigorous. Students submit an application packet that includes a few short essays, their GPA, letters of recommendation, and their college transcript(s).

INBRE Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate students from across the state of Idaho and the Western INBRE states (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii) compete for Summer Research Fellowships. The winning students will receive a $7,200 award and the opportunity to perform biomedical research for ten weeks as an integral part of the mentor’s lab. In addition, INBRE Undergraduate Fellows will attend a weekly training component organized by INBRE which will include research discussions and seminars, and career development activities. Students will also prepare a poster highlighting their work to be presented at the Idaho INBRE Summer Research Conference in Moscow. 

Program Starting Date: TBA (typically, second to last week in May initiated with the orientation meetings)

Program Ending Date: TBA (last week in July to first week August, culminating with conference presentation)

How does a student apply?

Students are encouraged to identify a faculty mentor and discuss a summer research project prior to submitting their application. Information for that application is updated on a yearly basis.

How are students selected to be INBRE Undergraduate Fellows?

The INBRE Fellows are the best and brightest undergraduate students in Idaho. The selection process is competitive and rigorous. Students submit an application packet that includes a few short essays, their GPA, letters of recommendation, and their college transcript(s).

Last year all students chose Mentors BEFORE submitting their applications. Students must contact a faculty member, and the faculty member must agree to be their Mentor. Students then submit an application packet that includes the Mentor’s name, a few short essays, their GPA, two letters of recommendation, and their college transcript(s).

Fellowship Requirements

1) Students must currently be enrolled at an Idaho institution or an institution in a Western IDeA state (Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming). 

2) Students will graduate no sooner than the December following their Fellowship.

Criteria for Fellows selection

The following criteria are used by Idaho INBRE when choosing Undergraduate Summer Fellows. These criteria are considered as a ‘whole', and not necessarily in the order listed.

1. Interest in biomedical science and research
   
2. Academic record, including science classes taken and GPA
   
3. Reference letters
   
4. Date of expected graduation
   
5. Current institution
   
6. Family educational background
   
7. State in which they graduated high school (preference is given to those graduating from an Idaho or Western INBRE Region high school.
8. Obstacles they have overcome to obtain their educations