Application Process

Application Timeline

• Application Portal Opens: Mid-November, 2024
• Deadline to Initiate application: Friday, January 31, 2025 (preferred); Sunday, February 16, 2025 (final)
• Deadline to add a mentor to the application portal: Friday, January 31, 2025 (preferred); Sunday, February 16, 2025 (final)
• Application Deadline: Sunday, March 23, 2025
• Decisions Announced: Mid-April, 2025

Main Application Components

There are 3 main components to the PRISM Application. 

1. Student Application and Documents

• A standardized curriculum vitae including all research related activities
• • In your research statement, include a few sentences to answer why you are interested in PRISM and what you hope to gain from the program
  • Students can use the OSR biosketch template and follow the biosketch instructions
    
    
• Research Plan
  • Please see Research Plan Instructions.
  • Your research plan should not exceed 4 pages.

2. Letter of Recommendation (Optional)

3. Mentor Documents and Information

• Mentor Declaration Form
• Mentor Biosketch
  • NIH biosketch is preferred (5 pages max)
• IRB/IACUC Protocols 

All documents will be submitted via Research Logix. The application portal will open in Mid-November.