Deadline Extended! The 2023 dkNET Summer of Data Student Program

Deadline Extended! dkNET Summer of Data Student Program 

Are you a student, or do you know any students, who are doing research in NIDDK fields such as diabetes, kidney, digestive, obesity, metabolic, liver, endocrine, urology, nutrition or hematology diseases? 

The 2023 dkNET Summer of Data Student Program provides students an opportunity to utilize the dkNET tools and resources in a research project. Don't miss this opportunity to refine practices in rigor and reproducibility. Students will learn the basics of good data management by following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data principles!

• 6 week program, June 12 to July 21, 2023

• Week 1: Online bootcamp (2 hrs/day)

• Week 2-6: Weekly conference call & discussion (2 hrs/week)

• Complete a brief end of program report and a survey

• Students from current high school to graduate education who are currently working in a research lab or who will work in a research lab during summer 2023 may apply

• No programming skills or bioinformatics background are required

• $500 scholarship award opportunity

• Application due May 8, 2023 (extended)

• Please note that only domestic students that are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply to the program 

Research projects should be in the areas of the NIDDK including diabetes, obesity, nutrition, digestive, kidney, liver, urologic, endocrine, metabolic, bone, and blood diseases. The program is designed for both bench and bioinformatics scientists. Preference will be given to those projects that would most benefit from the types of services offered by dkNET, e.g., projects that involve antibodies, genetically modified organisms, and ‘omics’ data.

For more information, please go to https://dknet.org/about/Summer-Program or contact summerofdata@dknet.org. Application Due Date: May 8, 2023.