The applications will be reviewed during the beginning of March and notifications will be sent out in mid-March. All applicants, regardless of award status, will be notified via email. Students who are awarded the internship will be required to complete an email acceptance form and a W-9 form that is to be signed and returned to the Mississippi INBRE office by the deadline stated in the email. Failure to complete these forms cancels the award.

Once you click submit on the application, your confirmation will be shown at the top of the webpage. If your application lacks a key element, you will be informed and asked to submit the missing items by the deadline. Please note: email is the primary form of communication from our office. Please be sure to enter you email information correctly on your application.

Be sure to include how the Mississippi INBRE Award will enhance your career goals. Also, include information about yourself, your future goals, why you are in the biomedical research field, what type of biomedical research you are interested in doing, etc. It would be useful to include your past lab experience and classes you have taken to further your knowledge of biomedical research. Previous research experience is not a requirement for any of our programs.

For the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars program, your narrative should include the answer to the following question: “What do you believe is the connection between public health and biomedical research?”. The narrative is limited to a maximum of two pages.

In many research labs, mentors utilize their graduate students to train new students (both undergraduate and graduate) in research. Working with a graduate student should in no way impede your project and is a very common practice.

Although very rare, occasionally a student and their mentor have personality conflicts that make a productive relationship difficult. Even if this should happen to you, you should respectfully talk to your mentor to try to solve the problem. In nearly every case, the problem is a lack of communication. This is also an opportunity to develop your interpersonal skills, thus we encourage students to stick out the summer unless there are extreme circumstances. Feel free to contact the Mississippi INBRE staff if you need any assistance.

Remember, the money to attend the conferences is part of your internship award. Mississippi INBRE will not be of further financial assistance for attendance of these meetings. Usually $250 to $300 is a sufficient amount to set aside to attend these meeting, but may vary depending on your particular travel and lodging arrangements. The Mississippi Academy of Sciences will be held in late February and the Mississippi INBRE Symposium will be held the last week of your internship.

This award is subject to income tax regulations. You will receive a 1099 tax form early the following year for reporting purposes.

Any awards for projects less than 10-weeks will be pro-rated, or money will be deducted based on the amount of time you missed of your internship.

No, for the Service Scholars program students will be working with My Brother’s Keeper, Inc. out of Jackson, MS. They will provide mentors for you during your two-week training period.

No, for the Outreach Scholars program students will be working with Faculty and Staff of the Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition Center at The University of Southern Mississippi. They match you with a research mentor during your first week of orientation training.