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Program Description

The Independent Research Summer Program is a multidisciplinary initiative that includes opportunities for research studies in molecular and cellular biology, genetics, developmental biology and microbiology among other fields.  It consists of 1 week of research literature training and orientation conducted and supervised by ARCC faculty and 10 weeks of part time research under the guidance of a University of Minnesota faculty mentor from one of the above bioscience disciplines. Students earn three semester credits upon successful completion of their research project assessed by the presentation of a thesis research paper. For more information about participating University of Minnesota participating laboratories and principal investigators click on the links below.