Summer Research Fellowship
By Steven P. Schmidt, PhD & Donna Hinkle
Summa Akron City and St. Thomas are hosting more research fellows this summer than ever before. The Summa Foundation funded salaries for 35 Summer Research Fellows that represent undergraduate, graduate, and medical institutions throughout the state. The Fellows were selected from over 100 applicants through a competitive application and interview process. Applicants rank their top three choices from a list of available research opportunities and projects. They are then selected by the Summa mentor/investigator as to the needs of the project and the student’s experience and interests. The fellowships last for approximately 6 weeks and culminate in a scientific poster session. Each fellow will author a poster that will be presented at the third annual Summer Research Fellow Poster Day on Friday, July 30th. The poster session is open to all interested staff, administration, and collaborators and members of our community of research.
In addition to the Summer Fellow Program, Summa Akron City and St. Thomas are hosting seven students from Hudson High School and one NEOUCOM-funded Summer Research Fellow. We are especially pleased to also host three University of Akron McNair Scholars this summer. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureatte Achievement Program is a federally funded program awarded to institutions of higher education to prepare talented, financially challenged, underrepresented, first-generation college students for successful admission into and completion of doctoral programs. The goal of the McNair Scholars Program at The University of Akron, specifically, is to support these undergraduate Scholars, interested in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine) and related disciplines, through their undergraduate requirements. The Scholars Program offers mentoring, research and professional conference experiences, seminars, internships, and workshops. The goal is to increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society. For more information on the McNair Scholars Program, visit http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triomcnair/index.html
Welcome to all our summer researchers, fellows, Scholars and volunteers!