Summer Research Programs

Mentored Summer Research Program

Through the leadership of Dr. Feng Wang, the Mentored Summer Research Program (MSRP) is conducted under the auspices of lead institutions UAMS and UA, Fayetteville.   The MSRP is an intensive 10-week summer program that engages students in a focused, state-of-the-art research experience in the laboratory of established, experienced researchers at the lead institutions.  Read more about the MSRP program. To apply to the Mentored Summer Research Program, please use this link.

Professional Research Opportunity (PRO) Summer Program

The Professional Research Opportunity (PRO) Summer Program is a collaboration with the Arkansas INBRE and the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology at UAMS.  This 10-week program is designed to expose undergraduate students to an alternative career path as a research technologist through participation in the daily operations of either a research laboratory or a Core Facility. The director of this program, Dr. Jesús Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., will work closely with faculty and students to identify a mentor for each participant in the PRO Summer Program.  Read more about the PRO Summer Program. To apply to the PRO Summer Program, please use this link. 

Annual Arkansas INBRE Research Conference

The 2-day statewide Arkansas INBRE Research Conference is an annual highlight that brings together students, faculty, researchers, and guests from lead institutions and 4-year colleges throughout Arkansas. Since the first conference in fall 2002, the number of attendees has grown from less than 100 to more than 400 students and faculty. The Conferences are held in Fayetteville, which has the facilities and cultural attractions that are important for a successful meeting. Key features of the annual conference include a distinguished keynote speaker, invited faculty speakers from Arkansas, research and career workshops, student poster and oral presentation competition, and vendor displays of state-of-the-art equipment. Conference Link

Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, new name, Healthcare Innovation Sprint, is a residential training program. The 5-day program takes place at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, AR and is conducted in partnership with the Arkansas INBRE, the University of Central Arkansas, Conway Regional Health System, UAMS BioVentures and The Conductor. The curriculum includes lectures and discussions related to basic business topics, intellectual property, regulatory science, compliance, funding vehicles, and Lean Canvas approaches to business analysis. Teams are formed, and local health-science entrepreneurs’ mentor the students to develop a business idea and vet the idea through consumer interviews. For more information and to apply to the program please visit the Boot Camp web site.

Bench-to-Bedside Workshops/Translational Research Workshops

Do you have an interest in biomedical research?  Have you ever thought about how researchers study human diseases?  This workshop is designed to help students to better understand the role of translational research (bench-to-bedside) in contributing to the development of evidence-based treatments for a specific disease. The workshop includes clinical facility, research scientists and graduate students.  Students have an opportunity to interact with both clinician scientists and research scientists to understand their individual role in the development of new therapeutic treatments.  The day-long workshop includes an interactive presentation, and a rotation of small group roundtable discussions. The workshop concludes with a panel discussion in which the students are encouraged to ask the scientists a wide array of questions. This workshop is typically scheduled the in May. Registration has not yet opened.

Goals of the INBRE Outreach Core:

• To increase the number of college and university faculty in Arkansas with active funded research programs in biomedical science.
• To increase the number of undergraduate students in Arkansas who pursue careers in biomedical science.

The goals of the Outreach Core are to be achieved through support of collaborative research projects supervised by mentors with research interests in common with undergraduate faculty and students. Mentors in the Arkansas INBRE are researchers at one of the lead AR INBRE institutions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville  or University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. A current list of available mentors can be found here.