Clinical and Health Research Professional Pathways Program - Summer 2025
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL LINK: https://umms.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1956263 Applications that are submitted only through the Handshake software and not through a InfoReady account on the U-M website will not be considered.
The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) offers a Clinical and Health Research Professional Pathways (CHRPP) Program for students pursuing a degree in health sciences from colleges and universities in Michigan. The ten-week full-time program is a paid hands-on research training program that combines curricular workshops and immersive research team shadowing experiences to build key research skills competencies. Continued part-time employment with a clinical or health research team beyond the program end date may be available.
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS:
- The program is open to students currently enrolled in a certificate, associate, or bachelor’s degree-granting health science program at a college or university in Michigan.
- Applicants should be interested in careers in clinical and health research at the staff research coordination level, as opposed to the level of a faculty role (i.e., MD, PhD).
- Program dates are June 2 - August 8, 2025. Program dates are NOT flexible. You must be able to participate full-time for the duration of the program.
- Approximately 10 hours per week will be spent in workshops and activities completed through remote learning in a virtual classroom setting. The experiential shadowing hours will take place in a hybrid (in-person and remote) environment, working with research teams based on the U-M Ann Arbor campus.
- All program participants will be required to attend in-person orientation and capstone events on the U-M campus during Week 1 (June 2-6) and Week 10 (August 4-8).
- Admitted participants will be hired as temporary U-M employees. The program will fund students at $18/hour for all time spent on program elements, which will amount to 35-40 hours per week. Health care and other benefits are not provided.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
- Contact the program manager, Stephanie Slat, if you have any questions at stslat@med.umich.edu.
APPLICATION MATERIALS:
See the attached PDF "MICHR CHRPP Program Application Instructions" for full details on application requirements. Application materials listed here must be in .pdf format. You must submit this application for this program through the Competition Space portal.
MICHR Application:
- Competition Space application questions
- Application File Upload that includes:
- Your resume
- Short answer questions (3 questions, 200-250 words for each question)
- Letter of Recommendation request
- Personal Identifying Information survey through Qualtrics.
Note: The application system will ask you for a "Proposal Title." This is not needed and you may write "N/A" in that field when submitting your application.
Additional items after acceptance to the program will include a "New Employee Health Assessment", time-sensitive drug testing, vaccine requirements, and I-9 processing.