GCC SRE Online Application FormApplication Status Portal
Program Dates: June 2024 – July 2024 (6 weeks, Monday to Friday).
Note: GCC SRE Participants must be available to attend the entire summer session.
We invite high school students interested in biomedical sciences to participate in leading-edge cancer research and career exploration at the Georgia Cancer Canter (GCC) at Augusta University. Participants will spend 6 weeks alongside top cancer researchers and help advance novel research projects in cell and molecular biology, cancer immunology, metabolism, clinical investigation, developmental therapeutics, genomics, population science, health disparities, or other focus areas. Students will learn key principles of cancer biology and laboratory investigation, gain hands-on laboratory experience, explore possible career paths, and benefit from individual mentoring and ongoing interactions with multidisciplinary researchers, students, and colleagues in the GCC community.
Students applying for the GCC SRE Program must:
Priority will be given to students from Richmond, Columbia and Aiken Counties.
Applicants are not required to have prior research experience.
Students from groups underrepresented in the U.S. biomedical research and health care workforce, including African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indian, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.
A complete online application, including your most recent transcript, a personal statement (up to 250 words) describing what cancer research means to you and why you are interested in this SRE opportunity, and two letters of recommendation (at least one letter should be from a teacher/guidance counselor) must be submitted by 11:59 pm on January 15, 2024.
Note: for the letters of recommendation, after you submit your online application form: (1) log into your applicant status portal and (2) submit the names and current email addresses for 2 individuals that you have asked as your recommenders. Once you submit your recommender contact information, each recommender will receive an email notification directing them to the online site where they can complete their recommendation.
Students interested in a specific GCC research program such as Cancer Immunology, Inflammation and Tolerance, Molecular Oncology & Biomarkers or Cancer Prevention, Control & Population Health should include this information in their personal statement. Although we make every attempt to match students with mentors in accordance with the students' declared interests, matches are based on faculty availability.
Admission to the program is selective and based upon interest in the program, personal qualifications, letters of recommendation, and space available.
SRE Alumni
The GCC SRE was an amazing program that I am so thankful I got to be a part of. I got to meet a wonderful group of people who helped me through the whole process of getting into the labs and anything after that. We got to go see a lot of cool things as a group like the simulation center for medical students and my personal favorite the biorepository. I got to work in a lab with some amazing scientists and experience what it truly means to be a researcher. – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
I was quite nervous going into the program but everyone I met was extremely nice! I learned so much through this program and couldn’t have asked for anything better. I have gotten so many opportunities to meet people and build relationships, that I wouldn’t have been able to do until later in my college career. I am so glad I was able to experience such a great program! I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the AU Summer Research Experience! – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
I loved my time with GCC and in the lab! I was able to experience a true lab setting, and I felt like I was contributing to something really important that could impact so many lives! – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
My experience with the SRE was an excellent learning opportunity and allowed me to gain experience in an academic research setting. I had wonderful mentors, who provided support that gave me the confidence to pursue a medical career. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to learn and contribute to the field. – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
The SRE Program, in my opinion, is an extremely valuable opportunity. This program truly lets high school students get into the depths of what real professional research is like, teaching us so many key skills. In addition to that, it also served to be fun and enjoyable, making me look forward to each and every day. – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
The GCC SRE Program allowed me to gain a hands-on experience in professional research labs while learning and practice lab techniques. Not only did this experience provide me with a wonderful opportunity, it also gave me the ability to gain first-person insight of what it is like to work in research professionally. – 2023 GCC SRE Participant
2023 GCC SRE participant activities
(Left) 2023 SRE Participants, faculty, mentors, and program staff. (Middle) 2023 SRE participants visiting Augusta University’s Transgenic Zebrafish Core Laboratory. (Right) 2023 SRE participants in action in the research laboratory!
2023 GCC SRE participant activities
(Left) 2023 GCC SRE participant receiving his certificate of completion during the Celebration
Ceremony. (Middle) 2023 GCC SRE Celebration Ceremony. (Right) 2023 GCC SRE participant giving his oral presentation on his research project during
the Celebration Ceremony.
2023 GCC SRE participant activities
(Left) 2023 SRE participants visiting the GCC Biorepository. (Right) 2023 SRE participants visiting Augusta University’s Interdisciplinary Simulation Center.
GCC SRE Program
Health Sciences Campus
Georgia Cancer Center – M. Bert Storey Research Building
SRE_GCC@augusta.edu
