DDRI Summer Internship in Diabetes Research
Information for Summer Intern Sponsors

The Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland's Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute (DDRI) offers a limited number of summer research internships to full-time undergraduate, graduate and medical students. An award of $2,500 is given to successful applicants for ten (10) weeks of sponsored diabetes research in the Greater Cleveland area (June through August).

DDRI Summer Internship in Diabetes Research applications and Sponsor Registration form are posted online each winter for the upcoming summer. Candidates and sponsors will be notified of awards by the end of April.

If you are interested in sponsoring a DDRI Summer Intern, you must submit the online Sponsor Registration form.

A sponsor may have a student already in mind for the summer internship or may be added to DDRI’s Sponsor List of possible summer internship sponsors for students without sponsoring researchers. Applicants looking for a sponsoring researcher will contact potential sponsors directly.

Sponsor Guidelines

• Sponsors must complete the online Sponsor Registration Form. A sponsoring researcher may register to sponsor only one applicant each summer
• Sponsors must be established diabetes researchers working in a northeast Ohio research institution
• Sponsor will work closely with summer intern designing and completing a research project in the area of diabetes
• Proposed research cannot be part of the candidate's fulfillment of degree requirements
• A letter from the sponsoring researcher and a biosketch must be included with the summer internship application
• Sponsors (and lab members) are encouraged to support their summer intern by attending the Summer Intern Reception in early August
• Sponsor is required to provide a summary of the project and a Sponsor Evaluation of the intern’s performance and program by September.

Required Forms - Summer Intern Sponsors
Online Sponsor Registration Form
Sponsor Evaluation (to be completed at end of the program)

Questions? Contact ddri@dagc.org

Information for Summer Internship Applicants

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