The application deadline for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s 2008 Sir Alexander Fleming summer scholarship program is Feb. 1. High school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. Selected students will spend 8 weeks honing their research skills alongside world-class scientists at OMRF. In addition to invaluable lab experience, the scholarship […]
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OMRF offers scholarships for science teachers
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is offering scholarships for Oklahoma science teachers to participate in OMRF’s 2008 Foundation Scholar Program. For two decades, OMRF’s Foundation Scholar Program has helped Oklahoma science teachers build their classroom curriculum through hands-on laboratory work and interaction with scientists and other educators. Scholarships provide a $2,000 stipend plus housing (if […]
OMRF accepting summer scholarship applications
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is accepting applications for its 2008 Sir Alexander Fleming summer scholarship program. The program lets students enhance their research skills by working alongside world-class scientists for eight weeks in OMRF’s state-of-the art laboratories. The application deadline is February 1. “The Fleming scholar program provides a phenomenal experience to young people […]
Students wrap up summer of research
While their peers may have spent much of June and July sleeping late and lounging by the pool, for a dozen of Oklahoma’s most talented science students, the summer of 2007 meant donning lab coats and safety goggles in laboratories at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The 12 students, chosen from approximately 100 applicants statewide, […]
Science teachers sharpen skills in OMRF program
A classroom can be a lonely place. Not for students, for teachers. But for eight Oklahoma science teachers, this summer has been anything but solitary. These eight educators were selected to participate in the Foundation Scholar Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. So for the last month, they have bonded as colleagues while learning […]
Fleming Scholars Program
Fleming Scholars Program History The Fleming Scholars Program was founded in 1956 as a way to give Oklahoma’s high school and college students “hands-on” biomedical research experience. The program is named for Sir Alexander Fleming, the famed British scientist, who discovered penicillin and in 1949 came to Oklahoma City to formally dedicate the Oklahoma Medical […]
