The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research offers Project L/EARN, an exciting program designed to increase graduate school enrollment among students from groups that are traditionally under-represented in health-related graduate programs, such as students from economically disadvantaged families; first-generation college-attendees; African-American, Latino, Native American, and Pacific Islanders.

We invite sophomore and junior students with an interest in health, mental health, or health services research to apply to the Project L/EARN Summer 2013 research training program. Students from any U.S. college or university are welcome to apply. Applicants must satisfy all five of these criteria:

• have at least one full academic year left to complete their undergraduate degree,
• have completed at least one course in statistics or quantitative methods by the time the summer program begins. Click here for list of approved courses.
• able to be in New Jersey from May 28 through Aug. 2, 2013 for the summer training program
• be a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident attending a U.S. university.
• and be a member of at least one of the groups specified above as under-represented in graduate education.

The Project L/EARN application consists of

• a page of demographic and educational information,
• an official college transcript, and
• five short essays
(one to two double-spaced pages each; Times New Roman 11 point type);
• Essay 1: Educational & Career Goals,
• Essay 2: Research Interests
• Essay 3-5: Select 3 faculty members from the list of mentors

Applicants will be evaluated by potential faculty mentors on the basis of their academic records and the compatibility of their interests and skills with faculty projects.

• Applications for summer 2013 are now open.
• Intern selections will be announced in mid-April 2013.