Student Researchers

DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL has received a renewal of a grant of $12,000 for each of the next five years, for the encouragement of scientific research by undergraduates. The grant has been made by the National Heart Institute of the United States Public Health Service, which also sponsored the first five-year program now nearing an end.

Students in the Undergraduate Research Assistant Program become associated with a specific research project being carried on in Hanover, either in the College, the Medical School, or the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Each student is encouraged to become a member of a research team to the extent that his ability permits. Part-time work during the college year provides a stipend of $75 a month, and full-time work during the summer $200 a month.

In the first five years of the program over ninety students have participated in projects in sixteen different science departments. The seriousness of their participation is indicated by the fact that the names of 35 of these student assistants appear as co-authors of scientific publications. Most appointees have subsequently gone on to graduate work in medicine or one of the basic sciences.

The faculty committee in charge of the program is headed by Dr. Henry Heyl, assistant director of medical sciences and executive director of the Hitchcock Foundation.