The Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland's Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute (DDRI) Summer Internship in Diabetes Research offers up to six undergraduate, graduate and medical students the opportunity to work for a ten-week period (June-August) with established diabetes researchers in northeast Ohio research institutions.
Each intern is sponsored by a local diabetes researcher and works closely with his or her sponsor designing and completing a research project in the area of diabetes during the 10-week internship. In addition, interns receive a $2,500 stipend, attend weekly diabetes seminars, spend time at Camp Ho Mita Koda learning about diabetes on a personal level, and present their research projects at a DAGC Board of Directors meeting.
Please note that DAGC/DDRI does not arrange housing or living arrangements for awardees.
Eligibility
- Full time undergraduate, graduate or medical students
- Demonstrated scholastic ability
- Proposed research project must be conducted at an approved institution in the northeast Ohio area, although interns may be from a college outside the area
- Proposed research cannot be part of the candidates fulfillment of requirements for a degree
- Applicant may not receive overlapping funding for the internship period and project
Project Details & Requirements
- Interns receive a $2,500 stipend
- Interns must work at least 10 full weeks during June August
- At the conclusion of the project, a written report, a presentation and program evaluation is required from the intern. A follow-up letter from the sponsor of the project is also required.
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Summer Internship Application and Instructions in Word Format
Current Sponsor List
Application Requirements
- Applicant must enlist an established diabetes investigator to serve as his or her project sponsor.
- If students do not have a sponsor in mind, check the list of potential sponsors for the Summer of 2007.
- Completed application including required essays
- Two letters of recommendation
- Letter from sponsoring researcher
- Two page biosketch of sponsoring researcher
- Updated official transcript
- Medical or Graduate Students Only: Official undergraduate transcript also required
Information for Summer Intern Sponsors