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INHCC DEI 2021 Summer Program

INHCC's Inaugural Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Summer Program immerses high school and/or community college students into a 6-8 week paid mentoring program designed to introduce them to brain investigation studies (neurosciences). Mentors at each site will provide their mentee with experiential research and knowledge building activities. Collaboratively, the mentors will contribute to career development & professional skill building across the cohort of mentees. Several of the INHCC’s 25+ global collaborators will contribute to a virtual seminar series covering topics on neuroHIV. We will continue to monitor & adhere to COVID guidance and modify our plans as needed.

Get to know our 2021 Summer Mentees here



Online Resources Helping to Reduce the Socioeconomic and Systemic Inequality Gaps

  • Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)  connects underrepresented students (URS) with STEM funding & research opportunities. Provides faculty & administrators with resources to promote positive factors that keep URS on the pathway into successful careers
  • Project Short  combating socioeconomic & systemic inequalities in the medical & grad school admissions processes by providing a Summer Programs database along with pro-bono (FREE) consulting by professional health & graduate students, residents, and post-docs for medical & graduate school admissions
  • UMSL Bridge Program offering free, year-round college preparation services to St Louis high school & middle school students & their parents
  • Weill Cornell's CATALYST :The High School Catalyst Program offers hands on biomedical research exposure to New York High School students from self-reported underrepresented minority, disadvantaged, & first-generation immigrant backgrounds students.
  • Cornell Wiser Enrichment Programs  for historically underrepresented &/or low-income Cornell undergrad students in NYC with biomedical research & field experience
  • Yale Pathways To Science  opens the door for middle and high school students to explore STEM through experiential programs at Yale
  • Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) link for student opportunities from a nonprofit org composed of scientists, professionals, students & citizens committed to advancing science in Puerto Rico & with promoting scientific communication, education, & careers.
  • National Institute of Health (NIH) : Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP): Provides an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world
  • MSTAR   Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the MSTAR program encourages medical students--particularly budding researchers--to consider a career in academic geriatrics by awarding short-term scholarships
  • Mark your calendar in Jan 2022:  Max Planck Summer Internship Program  This is a fully funded internship program for undergraduates. Successful applicants will benefit from the following: Free student accommodation, stipend of approximately 800 Euro per month, reimbursement of travel costs to and from Martinsried, near Munich, Germany        *2021's app deadline was February 12, 2021

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