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A. Background
The mission of the Leadership Alliance consortium and its 27 member institutions is to help develop outstanding minority leaders and role models. To this end, Alliance member institutions are dedicated to encouraging undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to pursue advanced degrees. Funds are provided for summer internships that permit the student to engage in a mentored research project.
B. Institutional Selection Process
In January of each year, Leadership Alliance headquarters at Brown University supplies the Johns Hopkins University with applications from undergraduates interested in a summer program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Those applications include academic transcripts, letters of recommendation, biographical information and a personal statements outlining areas of research interest. With a list of faculty who have indicated a willingness to mentor a Leadership Alliance student, an effort is made to match the research interests of the student to that of the faculty mentor. Acceptance letters are then sent to the student who must then declare their intention to participate.
C. The Summer Program
Leadership Alliance students are housed together on the Homewood campus and have available to them a range of activities from seminar presentations to the Artscape Festival. The program begins in early June and ends with student poster presentations in early Aug.
D. Faculty Participation
The program depends on the willingness of faculty to provide mentoring and participation in a summer research project to these highly motivated, high achieving students. If you wish to place your name on the list of potential sponsors for future programs, please email ksaunder@jhsph.edu of your interest. We will make every attempt to match the research interests of the student to the faculty member's research project.
E. More Information
The Leadership Alliance maintains a useful website at: www.theleadershipalliance.org
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