Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Summer Scholars Program in Regenerative Medicine
Through an annual Summer Scholars Research Program, the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) offers undergraduate students opportunities to gain hands-on experience tackling today’s most challenging areas of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM) and collaborate across many disciplines of science, engineering, and clinical practice, including cell and molecular biology, chemistry, engineering, and physiology. Within the anticipated 24 student cohort, 10 positions will focus on enabled technologies, biomanufacturing and biofabrication and 8 positions focus on kidney and urologic diseases applications.
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
- Be currently enrolled at time of application in a degree-granting program at an undergraduate college, community college or university in the U.S., Puerto Rico or other U.S. territory and have completed at least two semesters of undergraduate education by the start of the Summer Scholar Program
- Have committed/interested in pursuing Postgraduate education
- Have minimum cumulative GPA of 2.85 or higher (on the 4.0 scale)
- Be 18 years of age on or before the first day of the summer scholars program
- Be a citizen or a permanent resident of the U.S. or be eligible to work in the U.S. at WFIRM for the 10-week summer program.
- International students who currently have a J-1 or F-1 visa and who are already attending school in the United States are eligible to apply.
Students accepted to the program will carry out research under the supervision of prominent biomedical scientists, participate in a range of scientific and professional development activities, network with leaders in the field, write a research summary, conduct an oral presentation, and have the opportunity to see their work published. Selected scholars receive a $6,000 stipend for the 10-week period (June 2 – August 6, 2027) and housing at Wake Forest dorms.
There will be a virtual information session on November 19 at 4:00 pm Eastern Time.
Application deadline: December 15, 2026 at 5 pm Eastern Time