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Amgen Scholars Program
May
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2013 Information
Program Benefits
 Housing
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Dorm style room in UCB Unit 1 Residential Hall and campus meal plan, Internet, linen
provided
All participants are required to live in designated housing including Berkeley
undergraduates
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Housing is available starting Saturday, May 26, 2013
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Roundtrip airfare is provided to and from the Berkeley campus
Airfares will be booked through UC Berkeley travel services
Participants use Bay Area Shuttle Services to/from airports
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 Airfare
 Amgen Symposium
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All expenses paid to attend the 2013 Amgen Symposium held at UCLA
July 2013
This event includes over 250 scholars from all 10 US Amgen campuses
 Stipend
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A $4,000 stipend will be paid and distributed in three monthly installments
( June, July, and August)
August stipend will be received once all program requirements are fulfilled
Stipends will be supplemented for participants receiving other summer research
funding such as MARC, HHMI, or other funding for the summer
 Kaplan GRE Prep Course
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 Attend Network Activities
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Lunchtime roundtable discussions with UCB faculty
Program Benefits
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 Social Activities
 Sight-seeing in San Francisco, hiking in Muir Woods, attending Monterey Bay
Aquarium, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Oakland A’s or San Francisco Giants
baseball games, Alcatraz, street festivals, and other fun social activities in the
San Francisco Bay Area
 Free Summer Session Enrollment
(for non-UCB students)
 Transferable research units (up to 2 semester units)
 Free local bus transportation for the Berkeley campus and the city of Berkeley
public transportation systems (AC Transit)
 Access to campus facilities including libraries, Recreational Sports Facility, etc.
Golden Gate Park Summer Concert
Muir Woods
Oakland A’s Baseball Game
Program Requirements
 Research Project
 Direct participation in a research project
 Faculty mentors are matched based on
applicant’ss research interest
applicant
 Postdoc and/or graduate student lab
mentor assigned to each scholar
 Seminars & Workshops
 All scholars attend mandatory weekly
science seminars or workshops
 Abstract
 All scholars must submit preliminary and final abstracts
 Poster
 All scholars must present their research findings in a poster presentation
 Oral
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 All scholars must present their research findings in an oral presentation
(a 10-minute oral presentation plus 5-minutes for questions)
 Graduate Student Assistants Meetings
 Attendance and participation in weekly GA meetings and completion of
any assignments (group and individual meetings)
Program Requirements
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 Complete all program requirements
 Submit e-poster and e-oral presentation
 Complete online program evaluations and surveys
 From both Amgen and UC Berkeley
 Complete UC Berkeley
Berkeley’s
s Oral Exit Interview
 Oral program evaluation with Graduate Student Assistant
 Complete future surveys
 From both Amgen and UC Berkeley
Program Expectations as an
Amgen Scholar
 In the lab
 Scholars will work full-time hours or more in the lab each week
 Depending on the progress of your project, evening and weekend hours may be
required
 In meeting program requirements
 Challenge yourself in the lab, submit requirements on time, collaborate with your
lab to complete your abstracts and contents of your presentations, and report
weekly on your progress or challenges in the lab
 Behavior on and off campus
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 Scholars are expected to be on their best behavior as participants in the program
 Scholars will sign University of California, Berkeley and Amgen Code of Conduct
forms
Role of Graduate Student
Assistants
 Program Assistants
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As an added benefit, UC Berkeley graduate students will be hired to assist you in all
aspects of the program with particular emphasis on the academic and social
components of the program
 Meetings
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Graduate Student Assistants (GAs) will meet with you on a weekly basis, individually
and/or as a group to learn about your progress and challenges in the lab and to
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 Assignments
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GAs will assist and review your abstracts, presentations, etc. and may assign other
materials to read or complete
 Support
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GAs will provide various support for you in and out of the lab, on and off campus, and
assist you in acclimating to the campus community and the Bay Area
 Mentoring
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GAs will also serve as a mentor for you in a variety of ways including your educational
and career goals, graduate studies, research, etc.
 Social Activities
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GAs will arrange and participate in the majority of social activities during the summer
Scholars will pay for entrance, ticket, and other fees to most of the social activities