When
Where
Border Latino and American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) was created to address health disparities in Arizona’s ethnically diverse and fast-growing communities. This cutting edge 10-week, undergraduate research experience provides an extraordinary laboratory training opportunity, pairing the junior and senior level student-scholars with preeminent UA health sciences researchers. This is a premier research experience for undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds arming them with skills to make them competitive and successful in their pursuit of post-secondary education and research.
This program is held annually in the summer to allow students the opportunity to immerse themselves on campus at the University of Arizona – the next program runs June 7 to August 11, 2021. A maximum of twenty students will be accepted annually.
For 2021 the Program will be held from June 7 to August 11.
Student Eligibility
- Current Junior status or beyond
- Cumulative 3.25 GPA
- Special attention to: Latinos, Native Americans and African Americans, populations that are underrepresented in the biomedical and health sciences, and Arizona residents
- Currently majoring in: biology, chemistry, physiology, microbiology, engineering, computer sciences, and similar fields
- U.S. Citizen/U.S. Permanent Resident card holder
***See website for more information.