The Church Lab (Department of Genetics) at Harvard Medical School is offering paid, 10-week summer undergraduate research internships for underrepresented students interested in research careers in genome sciences. Research topics include Molecular Biology, Computational Biology, Genetics and Development, Cellular Biology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Biophysics, and High Throughput Sequencing. Duration: 10-week internships will begin in mid-June 2014. All interns are expected to devote 40 hours per week. Housing: Undergraduate interns who are not residents of the metropolitan Boston area will receive assistance in securing free housing in the vicinity of the Medical School. Stipend: $4,000 Eligibility: Undergraduate applicants must be enrolled in a four-year degree granting college or university. Please note that students must be either U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents (Green Card holder) from these underrepresented minority groups: Black/African-American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American/Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, or Native American Samoan/Guamanian. Application Requirements: Application form, official college transcript, resume, 1000 word essay describing your academic and career goals, and how this research experience in the Church Lab will complement those goals, and two letters of recommendation from professors or other college/university instructors of related science courses in which the applicant has been enrolled. Application information and forms can be located on this website: http://ccv.med.harvard.edu/diversity_summer_internships.htm Deadline: All application materials, including the letters of reference must be received by Friday, March 7, 2014. Contact: Alex Hernandez-Siegel [log in to unmask]