Eligibility 

• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors, from disciplines relevant to drug discovery and development
• 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 completed application to ddi@central.uh.edu by Friday, March 11, 2022, which includes:

• Statement of Research objectives and goals not to exceed 500 words (including references)
• Two Short Answer Questions about your academic and research experience
• Name of the UH Faculty Mentor/Sponsor who will be providing a letter of recommendation (This is the faculty member who the student is applying to conduct research with.)

The statement of research should:

• Be composed in consultation with the faculty sponsor
• 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 relates to their on-going research
• Be emailed to ddi@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.