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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>NEI Pre-doctoral (T35) Summer Research Fellowships for Optometry Students
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Program
Overview</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Graduate Center
for Vision Research at the SUNY College of Optometry is seeking applicants for its summer research program supported by a T35 Training Grant from the National Eye Institute. The program is designed to introduce optometry students to basic, translational, and
clinical vision research and the critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential not only to research, but also to improved clinical practice and patient care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are an optometry student with a potential interest in research, you are strongly encouraged to apply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prior research experience is not required. Optometry students who participate in the program will receive a stipend of $4,967 for a full-time, ten-week summer commitment (June 4 to August 10) and up to $875 for research-related expenses.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 8 trainee slots open to students who are enrolled in an accredited optometry program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Students from underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our Office of Student Affairs will assist students in finding summer housing.</span></p>
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application materials to:</span></p>
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