Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 3, 1 March 1986 — Biomedical Sciences for Undergraduates [ARTICLE]

Biomedical Sciences for Undergraduates

Native or part Hawaiian undergraduate students are among the ethnic groups being sought to pursue careers in biomedical sciences at the University of Hawaii Manoa. The UH Pacific Biomedical Research Center is also extending invitations to Filipino, Samoan and American national Pacific islander undergraduates to get into one of the two programs — the Haumana Biomedical Program and the Minority Access to Research (MARC) Honors Program.

A total of 31 students will be selected by the two programs. Applicants must be enrolled fulltime at UH Manoa by Fall 1986 and have accumulated sufficient college credits to be classified junior or senior. Students accepted into either program will begin working fulltime June 1 in a research laboratory over the summer with a selected university faculty member on a biomedically related research project. During the school year they will continue their research efforts on a part-time basis while carrying a minimum of 12 university course credits.

Both programs are funded by the National Institutes of Health and allow participating students to eam up to $3,600 in the Haumana (Hawaiian word for "student") Program; and up to $4,092 stipends plus tuition and fees in the MARC Honors Program. MARC students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average over their two-year commitment in the program. Full particulars and application forms are available from Healani Chang, program coordinator, at telephone 948-8268. Honors Program is seven-years-old.