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NIH-Howard University Minority High School Student Summer Research Program

The National Minority High School Student Summer Research Program is supported with funds provided by the Office of Research on Minority Health and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIH) as a supplement to National MOTTEP.

The objective of the program is to provide minority students with exposure to biomedical research by providing a structured, hands-on, summer biomedical research experience under the direction of biomedical/behavioral researchers for students grades in 9-12.

This program stimulates the students' research intrest and encourages decisions towards careers in the health sciences.

Students are recrutted from each of National MOTTEP's fifteen sites, as well as a number of other Non-MOTTEP cities from across the country.

Application acceptance is based on the following criteria:
Students:

• Must have a "B" average in high school;
• Must be able to work 40 hours per week;
• Must have own transportation provided to/from institution;
• Must be able to travel to Washington, DC for presentation of summer experience at the close of the program.

• Stipend of $1500 per student;
• Receiving hands-on experience in health related research.
• Two day trip to DC NIH Campus
• Opportunity to participate in a research summary competition