<p>I'm trying to find a good biomedical program offered for SOPHOMORES in high school (going to be a junior next year). Does anyone have any ideas?</p>
<p>I'm also attempting to find a decent research internship. However, the problem is that nearly all of them are for juniors or people who are 16+. I hear people about calling/emailing professors, and then asking them about interning/volunteering at their lab. Would this seem weird? Because I'm especially interested in stem cells in stuff, and Stanford has labs for that.</p>
<p>I've also recently come across a UC Davis program called "Young Scholars Program", which basically provides research opportunities to high school students. It's 5000 dollars, so I don't know if it's worth spending on, especially since it isn't that prestigious... Even so, I hope to get atleast some research/lab/interning experience in biomedical sciences, so when I apply for more prestigious programs like NIH or RSI next year, I'll stand a better chance and know what it'll be like.</p>
<p>My last and other option for doing something productive over the summer is going to summer school at my local community college. I was planning to take Precalculus, to get ahead a year in mathematics, and Microbiology (out of sheer interest). If I do this, I am able to get into Calculus BC junior year, and as well obtain some college credits.</p>
<p>So, with that said, what should I do?
What are some good biomedical programs/research internships?</p>
<p>I tried the whole “e-mail a local prof.” thing and it worked! You could work on a science fair project with him/her…also, paying a lot of money for some progrmas isn’t worth it. If it were me, I would do the communtiy college thing</p>
<p>haha this actually might be a bit late but there is the NIH SIP program which is totally free and allows you to research as an intern with a professor from the NIH. You also get pretty nice pay after you finish. </p>
<p>The only problem is the app is due March 1 but you can submit it electronically and it honestly only takes about 1 day to complete so if you’re really fast you can probably finish it. Recommendations are due March 15</p>
<p>The NIH SIP has an age requirement, not a grade requirement. If you turn 15 by the summer, you can participate in it.</p>
<p>^oh oops, sike. well that still fits the age requirement for some sophomores whose birthdays are early. If you’re 16 by summer, you can still participate.</p>
<p>How’d you pull of the professor thing? Did you just simply email a person who worked in a lab university, and get a reply saying you could help them, or did you already have connections to the people who worked there? What type of work did you do?</p>
<p>I just was sitting there one day and I e-mailed a guy that I looked up off of the WVU website; look for a person who teaches the subject that pretains to the project you want to do. You should either ask the person to help you with a project or to help with thier own research. I had no connections, but if the profs not too busy they will help you. I’m doing a project on the mode of action of Azadirachta indica on Meloidogyne incognita…its like months long and tedious but defo worth it!</p>
<p>Where do you live? Virginia Commonwealth University has a whole entire list of professors looking for high school interns over the summer for lab projects…some even pay you!</p>
<p>I’m actually in the exact same situation as Luciferlied…
i will be a junior next year, and am looking for research internship spots for high school students, as well as a biomedical program at a university or some courses like calculus ( i also hope to take BC next year) at a local community college.</p>
<p>I have been eyeing the NIH SIP for a while now, and i know that today is the deadline. But i too feel that my CV is way too inexperienced and unworthy compared to other juniors and seniors who have a lot of experience in research internship.</p>
<p>I think that emailing professors at local universities is a great idea, but frankly i wouldnt know how to approach them and exactly what kind of project i would want to work on with them.</p>
<p>I have also been looking for some connections here and there from my parent’s clients who work at local hospitals, are working doctors/surgeons, or have acquaintances in research centers.</p>
<p>At this point, i am hopefully waiting for some responses from my parent’s clients for connections that may land me a spot for a research/internship position. This includes research, or internship as in shadowing doctors/other professions in hospitals in like emergency rooms and stuff. My back-up plans would be to email professors in local university labs or looking for biomedical programs @ universities that just cost alot and arent prestigious. because those that pay stipends and are prestigious are the ones sought after by college undergraduates as well.</p>
<p>Can anyone suggest a better plan or know a biomedical program that might be a good experience to attend in the summer?</p>
<p>I, too, am interested in biomedical research programs. </p>
<p>I applied for NIH but have not heard a response. I want to help in research. I don’t care if it is not paid. I just want to help in the research because I want to be a biomedical researcher! </p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice? </p>
<p>Does contacting professors work? I didn’t really think about that… but I have heard not many profs in this area allows it because of the age limits (minors can’t work in their labs). Any advice? </p>
<p>I am 17, intelligent, and willing to learn!</p>