The ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) is aimed at highly
competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers (Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D)
in microbiology. Students will have the opportunity to conduct full time
research at their home institutions with an ASM member and present research
results at the ASM General Meeting the following year.

Students will:
--Conduct a research project for a minimum of 10 weeks beginning in the
summer of 2012 
--Work with faculty mentors who are ASM members and who are employed at the
students home institutions, and
--Submit a research abstract for presentation at the 2013 ASM General
Meeting. (Should the opportunity to present research at the General Meeting
conflict with graduation, then applicants should contact ASM).

Eligible student candidates for the fellowship must:
--Be enrolled as full-time matriculating undergraduate students during the
2012-2013 academic year at an accredited U.S. Institution,
--Be involved in a research project,
--Have an ASM member at their home institutions willing to serve as a
mentor, and
--Not receive financial support for research (i.e., Council for
Undergraduate Research, Minority Access to Research Careers, Sigma Xi)
during the fellowship.

Eligible faculty mentors must:
--Have an appointment at the same institution as the student applicant
--Be ASM members, and
--Have an ongoing research project.

The Fellowship provides:
--Up to $4000 for student stipend
--Two-year ASM student membership, and
--Up to $1000 in travel support for students to present the results of the
research project at the 2013 ASM General Meeting. Travel funds are
contingent upon acceptance of an abstract for the General Meeting.

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