Eligibility 

• 3.0 GPA or higher
• UH undergraduate students must be classified as a rising sophomores, juniors, or seniors when the program begins.
• Students enrolled in any graduate or professional program are not eligible.
• All DDI Faculty are eligible to mentor a UH DRUG Summer Program student.

Students must submit the complete application as a single PDF named “[Applicant name] UH-DRUG 2023” to UH-DRUG program director Ruiwen Zhang at rzhang27@central.uh.edu by Friday, March 31, 2023. A complete application includes:

• Statement of Research objectives and goals not to exceed 500 words (including references)
• Description of prior research experience (500 words max
• Name of the UH faculty mentor who will be providing a letter of recommendation (This is the faculty member who the student is applying to conduct research with).
• Updated CV or Resume.
• Official or Unofficial Transcript(s). Please provide a current transcript.
• All fields in the application below completed, unless denoted as optional.
• One Recommendation Letter sent from the faculty mentor directly to rzhang27@central.uh.edu from the reference person. Please title the email as “[Applicant name] UH-DRUG 2023

The statement of research should:

• Be composed in consultation with the faculty mentor.
• Discuss the relative importance of the proposed research and how it relates to drug discovery and development.
• State the specific tasks to be accomplished during the summer program.
• Define the scope and goals of the proposed research.

The UH faculty mentor letter of recommendation should:

• Describe the student’s qualifications.
• Identify the area of research in which the mentor will engage the student.
• Describe the faculty member’s role as mentor to the student, including a description of how the proposed research related to their on-going research.
• Be emailed to rzhang27@central.uh.edu by the application deadline.

Working with Human Subjects: If your research proposal includes working with human subjects, then you must receive approval from the University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to initiating your research. Please reference the University's IRB policy before submitting your research proposal.