Founded in 1946, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institute dedicated to understanding and developing more effective treatments for human diseases. Its scientists focus on such critical research areas as cancer, diseases of aging, lupus and cardiovascular disease.
OMRF offers several summer research programs for high school and undergraduate students, including The Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars Program, which has been providing hands-on research opportunities for graduates from Oklahoma high schools since 1956. These highly competitive, paid internships run for 8 weeks each summer. Participants are paired with world-class research mentors for two months of hands-on laboratory science and earn at least $5,000 for their work advancing discoveries in human health. Applications are due at omrf.org/SummerScholars on Feb. 1.
Learn more at omrf.org.