The faculty of the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the University of Kansas Medical Center is pleased to announce the availability of basic research internships for the summer of 2020 (June 1 - August 7) called the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. Undergraduate students accepted into the program will perform basic research in pharmacology and especially toxicology in the Department while studying interactions between biological systems and chemical agents. Each student will work in the laboratory of an individual member of the faculty. The program also includes weekly discussion sessions with faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and current toxicology graduate students. The SURF program will conclude with presentations by the participating students highlighting their research work conducted in the program.

Aside from gaining experience in basic biomedical research and being introduced to the discipline of pharmacology and toxicology and presenting data in a typical graduate student seminar setting, each summer intern will receive a $3,000 stipend (does not include room and board; there is no student housing available on the KU Medical Center Campus) throughout the 10-week program, following the KU Medical Center payroll schedule.