Application deadline for summer of 2012 is February 6, 2012.

Click here » to access the online application.

The Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP) is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and allows medical students to conduct research under the direction of an established scientist in the areas of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, or digestive disease at Vanderbilt during the summer between the first and second year or second and third year of medical school.

Students accepted into the program must be work on a research project for 2-3 months and participate in the research symposium at Vanderbilt on August 1-2, 2012.

Instructions:

1. If you are NOT a Vanderbilt student, you must obtain a letter from the Dean/Registrar of your Medical School indicating you are a student in good standing (PDF file).

2. Complete the online application.

3. If you are NOT a Vanderbilt student, you will need to UPLOAD the letter from your Dean/Registrar into the online application.

4. If you are NOT a US citizen, you will need to UPLOAD documentation of permanent US residency status.

5. Submit your online application (if you are NOT a Vanderbilt student, you will need to also submit the letter from your Dean/Registrar) by February 6, 2012. Please note: your application will be incomplete until your Dean/Registrar document is uploaded and you have answered all of the required questions. Do NOT submit any additional material -- it will not be accepted.

For questions, please send an email to: stu.res@vanderbilt.edu