The 2010 Summer Medical Student Program call for proposal deadline has been extended to Friday, Feb. 26. All faculty members are invited to submit research proposals that would provide a quality research experience for an incoming or first year medical student. Projects will be evaluated based on the testable hypothesis or objective, plan of research and educational value to the student. The proposal should state the roles and duties of the medical student and the level of commitment of mentor(s). Proposals are limited to one page.
Projects that show well-designed basic science, translational or clinical research proposals with a clear objective that is achievable within the 9 to 10 week research period will be given priority. Basic science projects focused primarily on techniques without addressing a specific aim or clinical projects that focus on chart review or data entry alone without rigorous epidemiological or biostatistical analysis of clinical data will be declined.
Students will conduct their projects from June 1 through August 5 and present their findings on August 6, 2010 at the 37th Annual Medical Student Research Day. Implicit in the submission of a proposal is that the faculty member will commit the time necessary to ensure students have a meaningful research experience and provide all materials for the research and presentation.
Please visit the COM Medical Student Research website at: http://www.southalabama.edu/com/summerresearch.shtml .
Then click or paste this link in your url address bar to submit your proposal: http://www.southalabama.edu/com/pdf/2010callforproposals.pdf .
For more information, please contact Ms. Natalie Kent, Coordinator at 461-1548.
