The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate university students to gain experience in medical physics by performing research in a medical physics laboratory or assisting with clinical service at a clinical facility. In this program, the AAPM serves as a clearinghouse to match exceptional students with exceptional medical physicists, many who are faculty at leading research and clinical centers, including the University of Pennsylvania. Students participating in the program are placed into summer positions that are consistent with their interest. Students are selected for the program on a competitive basis to be an AAPM summer fellow. Each summer fellow receives a stipend from the AAPM. Information on this program is available on the website of the AAPM:

http://www.aapm.org/education/sufp/

For Penn undergraduates, the University of Pennsylvania offers an undergraduate research program called the "Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program."  There are opportunities for medical physics related research through this program. The office which administrates this program is the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF).

Contact info: The Arch, 3601 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6224. Phone: 215.746.6488 Fax: 215.573.4869 E-mail: curf@pobox.upenn.edu, Web: www.upenn.edu/curf