The BME Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars for Cancer, or BME CUReS Cancer, is a National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Each Scholar will have both a faculty mentor and a graduate-student mentor (GSM), a mentoring system that has proven effective. The faculty mentors chosen for this project are professors who routinely mentor undergraduates in their labs and have a strong record of supporting undergraduate publication. These faculty mentors will likewise choose GSMs who are enthusiastic about mentoring undergraduates and have undergone mentor training.

This summer program will reinforce and enrich the community of undergraduate researchers through partnership with a Texas based philanthropic organization, Texas 4000. Texas 4000 riders go on a 10-week, 4000-mile journey from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AK “to share hope, knowledge and charity in the fight against cancer.”

BME CUReS Cancer Scholars will be on a parallel 10-week journey to become researchers in the fight against cancer. This program forges a connection between the riders and the Scholars allowing them to share their struggles and inspire one another.