Amgen Foundation Launches $25 Million Undergraduate Research Program
As part of its mission to advance science education, the Amgen Foundation announced its partnership with 10 universities to provide hundreds of selected undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in a fully funded, hands-on research experience each summer.
Amgen Scholars is a $25 million, eight-year program that will provide research experience for students interested in pursuing a graduate degree and a career in science. For the first phase of the program, which extends through 2010, each of the 10 program partners will receive $1 million over the next four years. Each institution is charged with selecting participants from both their own student body as well as from other accredited four-year colleges and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico and other U.S. Territories.
The 10 program partners are: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Columbia University/Barnard College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, University of California - Berkeley, University of California - Los Angeles, University of California - San Diego, University of California - San Francisco and University of Washington.
MIT will serve as the national program office and will play a leading role in providing coordination, technical oversight, and student outreach for the program. As the national program office, MIT will receive an additional $1 million over the next four years.
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