Overview
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Flinn Foundation Summer Research Internship provides a hands-on opportunity for qualified undergraduate students to engage in hypothesis-driven biomedical research. Interns work in a collaborative interdisciplinary environment that fosters critical thinking, scientific analysis, technical laboratory skills, and clinical techniques. Over the course of 10 weeks, interns are mentored by a biomedical scientist to develop a hypothesis and conduct guided research. Interns also attend weekly Lunch and Learn discussions with physician scientists, college leadership, and current medical students. Interns are paid a stipend of $4,000 during the program.
This internship is a great fit for college students who are passionate about translating laboratory findings into tangible, patient-centered health solutions and interested in exploring a career path as a physician-scientist. Read about 2024 Interns here. You can complete this form to be notified when the 2026 internship application opens.
- Application Deadline for Summer 2026: TBA
- Reference Letters Accepted until TBA
- Interviews will be scheduled between TBA
- Applicants will be notified in early TBA
- The 2025 internship will run from June 2, 2025 to August 8, 2025.
Application Instructions
To complete the application (linked below), you will need:
- A personal statement, no longer than two pages, that answers the following questions:
- Why are you applying for our program and what do you hope to gain?
- Do you intend to apply to medical school? Is a MD/PhD program of interest to you?
- Do you have professional laboratory experience (beyond science class labs)?
- Do you have other clinical, leadership, extracurricular or community experiences that have prepared you for this internship?
- Which college course or other academic experience have you found most rewarding? Why?
- What has influenced your decision to pursue medicine? Please provide a thoughtful response to this question.
- What would you like the selection committee to know about you that was not addressed in the questions above?
- A PDF of your (unofficial) high school transcript
- A PDF of your (unofficial) college transcript
- A PDF of your CV/Resume
- The email address of a college professor who will write a reference/recommendation on your behalf. They will receive an email requesting the completion of an online form.
You must complete the screening questions in order to gain access to the full application.
If you choose to complete the application in more than one sitting, please retain your Return Code. Contact Sabrina Uddin (@email) if you do not have or do not remember the code.
Eligibility for the Summer 2026 Cohort
- Current Undergraduate student (must be enrolled as a Sophomore, Junior or Senior for Fall 2026 or be a recent college graduate taking a gap year).
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
- US Citizen or permanent resident
- Able to commit to the full 10-week summer research experience. Vacations or conflicting commitments will not be accommodated.
- We encourage applications from students that are first generation college students and/or belong to backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine.
For more information, please contact Sabrina Uddin, Flinn Program Manager, at @email