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 Undergraduate Research Program (URPs)
In 1997, we received 375 applications-a record number-for the Undergraduate Research Program. The 23 successful candidates, 16 men and 7 women, came from six countries. The program, known as the URP program, was initiated in 1959. Many former URPs have gone on to productive careers in the biological sciences, including David Baltimore, a member of the first class, who went on to share the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The URP program exposes students to hands-on experimental approaches to science and helps lead them to a greater understanding of the issues involved in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular and cellular biology. Participants live and work at the Laboratory for 10 weeks during the summer, so that they are exposed not only to science in the lab, but also to life as scientists.
A list of the students, their schools, mentors, and research projects may be found in the Undergraduate Research Program Section of this Annual Report. Information about the URP program and its alumni may also be accessed through the Labortory's web site at: /URPsite/URP.html.
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