Huntington Society of Canada – Brain Canada Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship 2025 ($5,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: April 11, 2025

Applications are open for the Huntington Society of Canada – Brain Canada Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship 2025. The objective of this fellowship program is 2-fold: first, to draw the brightest younger scientists into the sector of Huntington illness (HD) analysis and secondly, to facilitate significant HD analysis to make clear the organic mechanisms underlying HD pathology.

The eight (8) Fellowships provide undergraduate college college students throughout Canada the OPPORTUNITY to pursue an HD analysis mission that may be carried out over a 12-week interval, between May and September. Fellowship recipients, working below the supervision of senior HD scientists, will undertake a mission that’s targeted and achievable in a brief timeframe, but useful in guiding future HD analysis.

grant

• The Undergraduate Summer Fellowship will present funds, within the quantity of $5,000, as stipend for a scholar(s) who completes a 12-week summer season fellowship and submits to HSC a report of their actions and findings.
• Awards can be paid by HSC on to the scholar in two installments: the primary (75%) cost shall be made upon written acceptance of the award; the second (25%) installment shall be made upon profitable completion and achievement of the phrases and circumstances of the award.
• Any and all revealed papers, posters and abstracts ensuing from analysis carried out as an awardee should acknowledge the Huntington Society of Canada and be supplied to HSC when in-press.

Eligibility

• Open to enrolled undergraduate life sciences college students who’re presently attending accredited establishments in Canada.
• Applications may also be accepted for the summer season after graduating from college, the summer season after the primary 12 months of medical faculty, or the summer season after spending a 12 months as a laboratory technician. The college students will conduct full-time analysis, below the course of a mentor, investigating a topic related to Huntington illness.
• Applications should be accompanied by a letter of assist from the mentor who oversees the laboratory the place the analysis can be carried out.

Application

Complete the next application and ship it to Alexander Maxan ([email protected]) no later than April 11, 2025 (5:00 PM ET).

Download the application form

For extra info, go to Student Summer Fellowship.