{"id":3817,"date":"2012-12-22T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T07:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=3817"},"modified":"2013-09-02T17:16:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T11:46:53","slug":"summer-undergraduate-research-program-ims-university-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/summer-undergraduate-research-program-ims-university-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Internship in Canada – Life Science Research – IMS, University of Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMS\"The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) has an exceptional Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) that provides an opportunity for undergraduate B.Sc. and medical students to get involved in projects relating to\u00a0bio-medical\u00a0research. You wouldn’t want to miss such an excellent internship, so hurry up! The deadline is 19th February, 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the IMS: – <\/strong>The Institute of Medical Science (http:\/\/www.ims.utoronto.ca\/about.htm) is one of the oldest medical faculties under the University of Toranto. And also, IMS is the largest graduate unit of the Faculty of Medicine, with over 500 graduate faculty members and over 500 graduate students.<\/p>\n

About the internship<\/strong>: –\u00a0Participants selected for the program will be working in a laboratory or clinical setting, on a research project.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, the IMS offers weekly seminars rendered by eminent researchers from the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Who can apply:-<\/strong>\u00a0Participants in the IMS Summer Student Program must be enrolled in medical school or pursuing an undergraduate science degree program. Undergraduate applicants must\u00a0have an average of B+ Cumulative GPA (3.3\/4.0 or 77%) or higher.\u00a0 Participants who apply for IMS funding must hold a Cumulative GPA of A – (3.7 GPA, 80% or First Class Distinction) or higher.\u00a0 Medical student applicants must be in good standing as determined by their school registrar\/head.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0 -University of Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n

Duration: –\u00a0<\/strong>3 months (From June to August, 2013).<\/p>\n

Stipend: – \u00a0<\/strong>Please refer to\u00a0<\/strong>Funding<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a> section for detailed information.<\/p>\n

How to apply: –\u00a0<\/strong>Please refer to International Student Application Process<\/a><\/strong> section for detailed information. The last date to apply is 19th February, 2013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Information above is my interpretation and paraphrasing of what I found on the shared link. If you have any more specific information on this internship or have interned in this program before and would like to share your experience, please leave a comment.<\/p>\n

This internship was shared by Karanpreet Singh from IIT Ropar and with this he yet again wins a prize in Share an Internship \u2013 win exciting prizes! <\/strong><\/a>contest. Congratulations Karan \u2013 keep up the good work!<\/em><\/p>\n

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