Summer Imaging Research Program (SIRP)

Applications Open: November 18

Applications Close: January 15th; 11:59pm CST

The following information is required on the application:

• Personal and demographic information
• Official transcript(s) from undergraduate university
• Statement of research experience & area(s) of interest. In addition to detailing any research experience that you may have, please use this section to highlight any specific areas of research you would like to explore this summer of faculty mentor that you would like to train with. If you do not have any research experience to date, please indicate describe your interest in pursuing an academic and/or professional career in cancer research.
• Two letters of recommendation uploaded by your referee. At least one reference should come from a science or math professor. The other may be from an advisor, counselor or health care advisor/mentor with whom you worked in a prior program. Both letters must be submitted by your referees directly to SLATE.

Once you submit your application, you will be prompted to create a SLATE account where you can add the contact information for your referees. Once referees are added to your SLATE account, an emailed link will be sent through the system so that your referees may upload their letters of recommendation.

Incomplete applications will be purged after the deadline has passed. If the information found here did not provide the answers you need, please feel free to email Effie Golfis, M.B.A. (egolfis@mdanderson.org). 

•  Students within their first two years of medical school or final three years of undergraduate studies are eligible to apply.
•  Students will need a letter of reference from their school for enrollment.
•  Students must arrange their own housing.

• On site participants receive a stipend of up to $6,800 for the 10-week program. 
• This stipend amount includes allowances for housing, living, and travel expenses - no additional allowances are available. 
• Paychecks and stipend are based on actual days worked and will be issued on the 5th and the 20th of each month, deducting the required federal tax. 

• Students are matched with a mentor from MD Anderson’s Diagnostic Imaging faculty and will participate in clinical research pertaining to oncology. Participants work with the mentor in an imaging lab or clinic on projects designed by the radiology faculty.
•   If you are interested in a specific area of cancer research, please note this in your statement of research experience and areas of interest. 
•   If accepted, the mentor match process can take up to four weeks. You will be notified via email of your assigned mentor. 

Questions? Contact Us!

Effie Golfis, M.B.A (Egolfis@mdanderson.org)