How to Join - Summer Research Experience Interns

 

SRE 2021 Application - Deadline to Apply: Friday, April 23, 2021 by 5pm. 

 

Summer Research Experience benefits:

• Increase your competitiveness for graduate school through a six-week research program.
• Gain research skills on faculty-led health projects.
• Join a community of like-minded, driven peers with interests in allied health professions.
• Receive graduate school preparation guidance and professional development.
• Earn up to $1,800 for completing the program.

 

Minimum Eligibility Criteria to Apply to be an Summer Research Intern:

• Interested in pursuing a career in allied health – mental health, public health, social work, physical therapy, and/or speech therapy.
• Full-time or part-time undergraduate students who are:
  • Currently enrolled at California State University, Fullerton with junior (60-89 units) or senior (90+ units) standing   OR
  • Currently enrolled at Cypress College or Fullerton College (with at least 30 transferable units).
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 or higher (must submit Titan Degree Audit or unofficial transcript via email).
• U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States.(¹⁾
• From an economic OR educationally disadvantaged background:
  • Low-income background.(²⁾
  • First generation college student(³⁾  OR from a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in graduate education.(⁴⁾

^1. Individuals with temporary or student visas (e.g., F-1, J-1) or AB-540 undocumented students may participate in the Academy as guests, but will not be eligible to receive financial support. DACA students with Social Security Numbers may be eligible to participate.
^2. Proof of income must be provided through a Student Aid Report (SAR) form for the current academic year. (FAFSA.ed.gov: How to View Student Aid Report) Individuals meet the criteria for low-income background if their 2018 annual family income does not exceed the  following guidelines.
^3. First-generation college student is defined as a student whose parents did not graduate with a bachelor's degree or higher from the United States before the student started middle school.
^4. The following ethnic and racial groups are considered underrepresented in graduate education: Black (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Southeast Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.