Student Opportunities

Graduate Student Opportunities

• Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Medical Student Opportunities

• Medical Scientist Training Program (MD, PhD)
  The Medical Scientist Training Program provides training both for the MD and PhD degrees in an environment that integrates graduate research training with clinical studies.
• Medical Student Research Program
  Supported for over 40 years, the Iowa Medical Student Research Program encourages medical students to engage in scientific research throughout school and beyond. The Carver College of Medicine offers students the opportunity to graduate with research distinction.

Undergraduate Student Opportunities

• Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) Program
  A ten week program providing students with hands-on experience in an active research laboratory under the direction of an established scientist. The research involves planning and performing experiments to answer questions of interest in contemporary biochemistry.
• Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  The Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program offers research opportunities in the laboratories of faculty in free radical and radiation biology, genetics, human toxicology, immunology, molecular medicine, and neuroscience.
• Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa (CROI)
  CROI is a free ten-week program for underrepresented undergraduates interested in cancer-related biomedical sciences with mentors from the colleges of medicine, nursing, public health, engineering, pharmacy, and liberal arts & sciences. 
• Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
  SHPEP at the University of Iowa is a free, six-week summer program for undergraduate students interested in health professional careers. Students who complete our program are guaranteed an admissions interview at the Carver College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, and College of Pharmacy.
• Summer Microbiology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program 
  A ten-week program designed for undergraduate students studying microbiology or other biological sciences who are interested in a career in science.
• Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
  An award-winning program designed to provide promising underrepresented undergraduate students with in-depth research experiences.
• Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program
  The Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program offers an intensive experience for undergraduates interested in combined MD/PhD training for a career as a physician-scientist.
• UI Premed Student Summer Research Internships
  A pilot project for Summer 2021 to provide opportunities for UI undergraduate premed students to perform a project with a faculty member over an 8-week period that will lead to the submission of a first and last author publication for the student and faculty member, respectively, by the end of the internship. 
• Fostering Undergraduate Talent- Uniting Research and Education (FUTURE) in Biomedicine Program
  The FUTURE in Biomedicine Program develops research and learning partnerships with professors from Iowa colleges that do not offer doctoral programs. The program opens University of Iowa laboratories to Iowa college professors.  Undergraduate students may be selected to accompany their faculty advisors.