The Lucas T. Ahn Family Scholarship aims to support a junior/senior undergraduates or first-year graduate students who have an interest in an opportunity to network with colleagues at all career levels, a semester exposure to a laboratory environment that targets Dup15q research. The scholarship is a one-time $2,500 gift.
Well-prepared, independent, and committed individuals looking for a chance to form life-long scientific collaborations and an interest in Dup15q Syndrome research are encouraged to apply.
Participants can anticipate to work 10 hours/week in the lab of their mentor, attend research seminars, participate in lab meetings.
The criterion includes:
-GPA of at least 3.2
-Junior or Senior undergraduate status or first-year graduate student
-A short essay on why they are applying
-identification and sign-off by the potential mentor
About The Funders of The Lucas T. Ahn Family Scholarship and why micro-scholarships are important to them.
JiYoung Kim Ahn RN, PCCN has a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from California State University and works as a relief charge nurse of a Telemetry/Oncology unit of Kaiser Permanente for 14 years. As an undergraduate, she was the recipient of the Howard Hughes Research Scholarship which inspired her to create the Lucas T. Ahn Family Scholarship given to bright undergraduate students interested in researching Dup15q Syndrome. The scholarship aims to be a long-term investment to attract talented young students who, through exposure to a research milieu, will foster a desire to further their pursuits to find a cure for Dup15q Syndrome.
