The American Cancer Society privately funds a program aimed at expanding and strengthening the cancer research workforce by increasing the number of researchers from a variety of groups in the field. The program includes a 10-week summer immersion in hands-on, innovative biomedical research and clinical shadowing with exceptional faculty members from multiple disciplines, along with year-round activities.

Program Benefits

• Year-round mentorship
• Individual lab projects addressing critical and impactful questions in cancer research
• Clinical shadowing and clinical trial design instruction
• Presentation experience as part of a final symposium, and expenses paid to present your research at a regional or national conference
• Full summer schedule of career development sessions and networking events, including:
  
  • Mini bootcamps on understanding computational and bioinformatics approaches in oncology research
  • Workshops on academic skills, career training, graduate school, and research options
  • Fieldtrips centered around cancer disparities
  • Interactions with Sylvester leadership
• Fall and spring semester scientific and professional development activities
• Competitive stipend
• Housing for the summer on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus
• Transportation costs to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine campus and other program activities

As a result of intensive research and mentorship, ACS interns will exit the program with increased awareness and preparedness for post-baccalaureate studies and career training in the field of oncology.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Rising sophomore, junior, or senior at a Florida institution of higher education
  
• Full-time student
  
• Member of a group that is underrepresented in science and medicine and/or from an economically disadvantaged background
  
• Interested in a STEM discipline and career in cancer-related research (science, technology, engineering, and medicine)
  
• In good academic standing, with an overall grade point average of at least 3.0.

Applicants are ineligible for the internship program if their bachelor’s degree is awarded before the program ends (program runs from May through May the following year). Interns may not be enrolled in any summer course concurrent with the internship.

Important Dates

Application opens: November 4, 2024
Application deadline: January 17, 2025
Decision notification: March 2025
Program dates: May 19 to July 25, 2025 (move-in May 18th)

Application and Instructions

All application materials must be submitted by the application deadline. Required materials to complete the application include:

1. Completed online application
   
2. Answers to short answer questions available for download on the first page of the online application
   
3. Your curriculum vitae or resume
   
4. Your unofficial transcript(s)
   
5. Two letters of recommendation emailed to dicr@miami.edu

Please combine all supporting materials (except letters of recommendation) into a single PDF and upload as part of your online application. Submit no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on January 17, 2025.  Please contact us if you are unable to create a single PDF.

We will not consider incomplete applications or those submitted after the deadline.

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