The application must include an a statement of not more than two pages by the student describing his or her qualifying academic or research background, and reasons for wishing to pursue research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. No application form is required. The applications are due in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty by Feb. 26, 1999. Proposals are reviewed by members of the Department of Biology and Dr. Scher, chief of genitourinary oncology in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Summer Research Apprenticeships afford students in all disciplines the opportunity to collaborate with a faculty member on a research project.
Apprenticeships range from manuscript assistance to laboratory support and oral-history fieldwork.
Five apprenticeships will be awarded in 1999. Students must submit an abstract and a brief final report by Oct. 1, 1999. Faculty directors also evaluate the program. Descriptions of approved summer research projects are sent to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors in a special edition of the Student Research Update by Feb. 1, 1999. The faculty member directing the group project determines how students may apply to work on the project.