Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Program (SURF)

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"It's great to get hands on experience with lab work that as a student, you only read about in textbooks"

Gregory Hannum
SURF Student 2004

The Pharmacology Department at the UCSD School of Medicine offers a 8-week research-training program to undergraduates after their sophomore and junior years.

This program is specifically for students who are interested in a career in basic research and who are seriously considering Ph.D. training in the basic biomedical sciences. This program is not designed for pre-M.D. and pre-Pharm.D. students.

Approximately five to seven students are accepted into the SURF Program from a nationwide pool of applicants.

SURF Students are awarded:
Stipend of $3000
Campus housing
Outstanding Research Opportunity