Rhodes/UT Neurosurgery Research Fellowship
Rhodes / UT Neurosurgery Fellowship:
This fellowship provides an opportunity for students with an interest in the Neurosciences to gain extensive laboratory and/or clinical research experience in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center located just ten minutes from the Rhodes campus.
Two Research Fellowships will be awarded, one involving primarily laboratory work while the other includes significant clinical involvement. For the former, students must commit to one summer (12 weeks) of full time work as well as 8 to 10 hours per week during the academic year; they will also have the option to extend their fellowship for an second summer. For the more clinically focused fellowship, students must commit to one summer (12 weeks) of full time work with an option to extend this involvement into the academic year if appropriate. Students will engage in a project that culminates in a formal research report, and students are encouraged to present their work at regional and/or national meeting or at URCAS. Eligible students may be able to conduct Honors Research in their mentor’s lab.
These fellowships are available for students following their second or third year at Rhodes. Housing in the East Village dorms will be available during the summer.
How to apply?
First, read the descriptions of the research interests of the UT Neurosurgery mentors at the link on this page to the right (where there are also hotlinks to the mentors' webpages). Based on this information, select a first and second choice for your research mentor. Then download (PDF) and complete the application form by January 18, 2008. Return this form to Dr. Strandburg (201 Clough).
Next, download (PDF) the letter of recommendation form and ask a member of the Rhodes faculty to complete and return this form to Dr. Strandburg by January 18, 2008. You should try to select the Rhodes professor who knows you well, but it is especially helpful if you can solicit this letter from a member of the faculty who has observed (and can comment on) your work in a laboratory.
Although you do not have to be a Neuroscience major, if you are not, you will need to make especially clear in your application why you are interested in this intensive neurosurgery research experience and how this will fit into your program of studies are Rhodes and support your career aspirations.
UT Neurosurgery faculty will interview applicants in early February. Decisions will be made as soon as possible after the interviews are completed.
