American Physiological Society Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Offered by American Physiological Society
About this scholarship
The American Physiological Society Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship gives an early-stage undergraduate researcher an intensive eight- to ten-week experience in the laboratory of an established APS member. The award combines a $4,000 student stipend, reimbursement of up to $1,300 in domestic travel expenses to attend the American Physiology Summit, a complimentary year of APS membership, and up to $300 for the host laboratory’s supplies. Applicants may be based anywhere because the program has no citizenship requirement, but each student must first locate an APS member in good standing who agrees to serve as the research host. The fellowship is designed for students with limited prior physiology-laboratory experience: applicants may have no more than nine calendar months of that experience and cannot already have a peer-reviewed publication or an abstract submitted to a national or international meeting. During the summer appointment, the fellow cannot take classes, schedule travel, or hold another job. A complete application includes the student’s 500-word research-project description, transcript, one-page personal statement, explanation of the host choice, and two recommendation letters—one from the proposed host and one from a faculty member at the home institution. The official APS awards portal requires applicants to sign in or create a profile before selecting the SURF application.
Eligibility
- Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student
- Have an overall GPA above 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Locate an American Physiological Society member in good standing who will serve as the research host
- Have no more than nine calendar months of physiology-laboratory research experience
- Have no peer-reviewed publications or abstracts submitted to national or international meetings
- Be available for eight to ten consecutive weeks of full-time summer research without classes, travel, or another job
- Submit the research description, transcript, personal statement, host-choice statement, and two recommendation letters through the APS awards portal