Student Fellowships
The Institute of Medicine regularly posts calls for proposals to support graduate and undergraduate student stipends, assistantships and fellowships. Preference is given to projects that are aligned with the goals of the institute and that are coordinated by affiliated faculty. Current opportunities will be listed here and in the 91福利 InfoReady platform.
Summer research seed grants awarded to Institute of Medicine affiliated faculty
Institute of Medicine affiliated faculty support undergraduate research
IoM Announces 2023鈥24 CUGR Fellowship Recipient
November 8, 2023
Sydney Brown, a Molecular and Cellular Biology student, has been selected as the Institute of Medicine鈥檚 CUGR Fellowship recipient for the 2023鈥24 academic year. Her project, 鈥淓valuation of calcium inhibitor drugs in JC Polyomavirus infection,鈥 conducted under the mentorship of Professor Melissa Maginnis, reflects outstanding undergraduate research excellence.
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IoM听will fund two CUGR Fellowships
2025-26 Academic Year Institute of Medicine Fellowships
- Audrianna Prentice, Music Performance, 鈥淟oneliness in Older Adults: Can Listening to Music Help to Combat Symptoms?鈥 advised by听Rebecca MacAulay
听 - Mia Poirier,听Biology, 鈥淚dentifying a Probiotic That Maximizes the Conversion of Glucoraphanin In Vivo to Sulforaphane Found in BSDExo,鈥 advised by听Sue Ishaq
The CUGR fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and are supported through the office of the Vice President for Research. Each fellowship provides $3,000 per student for costs associated with the project.
Three IoM affiliated faculty will mentor
Tyler Judd, Biomedical Engineering, 鈥淐ollagen Hydrogel Contraction Caused By M1, M2 and M4 Breast Tissue Cell Lines”听Karissa Tilbury.
Jason Hart, Biochemistry, 鈥淚nvestigating the role of low dosage arsenic exposure in inhibiting the anti-inflammatory GR-Klf9 pathway during influenza infection”听advised by听Benjamin King.
Abrial Davis, Chemical Engineering, 鈥淕rowing Better Barriers: Using Vacuum Coating and Fungal Mycelia to Create Sustainable Alternatives to Plastics”听advised by听Caitlin Howell.