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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Sara Nelson <<a href="mailto:snelson@mit.edu">snelson@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Please Share: Summer 2016 Amgen-UROP Scholars Program</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">December 10, 2015 at 12:57:40 PM EST</span></div>
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<b>AMGEN-UROP SCHOLARS PROGRAM – Summer 2016!<br>
Deadline to apply: February 1, 2016<br>
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The Amgen-UROP Scholars Program invites undergraduates to participate in faculty-mentored summer research at MIT in the life science and bioengineering/biotechnology areas. Students admitted to this program (known as “Amgen Scholars”) will conduct and present
research, attend lectures and workshops, attend a mid-summer Symposium in Los Angeles (expenses covered), network with other undergraduates with similar research interests, and develop working relationships with MIT faculty mentors and other research staff.<br>
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<b>The Program offers a competitive compensation package: </b><br>
<div><span class="x_x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Amgen Scholars working 40 hours per week for the nine-week period will earn $4,320, based on an hourly wage of $12.55. <br>
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<div><span class="x_x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Housing in a designated MIT residence hall <br>
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<div><span class="x_x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• $800 food allowance <br>
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<b>Learn more about the program, eligibility requirements, and apply now at</b>: <a href="http://mit.edu/urop/amgenscholars/index.html">http://mit.edu/urop/amgenscholars/index.html</a>
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Sara Nelson<br>
Staff Associate, Research Initiatives<br>
Director, MIT Amgen Scholars Program<br>
Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming (UAAP)<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave., 7-104<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
P: 617.253.0751<br>
F: 617.258.8816<br>
<a href="http://mit.edu/urop">http://mit.edu/urop</a><br>
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