{"id":591,"date":"2016-05-13T15:12:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:51:47","slug":"pre-college-research-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/pre-college-research-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-College Research Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-591\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-591-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-591-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-591-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>This program has been cancelled until further notice.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Program Is:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For college pre-freshmen who will be matriculating at UConn. Priority consideration will be given to pipeline participants.<\/li>\n<li>A six-week summer program.<\/li>\n<li>Focused on enhancing the preparation of high school seniors for college.<\/li>\n<li>Held on the campus of UConn in Storrs.<\/li>\n<li>Provides a research experience in one of the basic science laboratories.<\/li>\n<li>Structured to provide room and board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>This program has been cancelled until further notice.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All Applicants Should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be college pre-freshmen who will be matriculating at UConn with a \u2018B\u2019 average or better.<\/li>\n<li>Have a high motivation and demonstrated potential for pursuing a career in medicine, dental medicine or biomedical research.<\/li>\n<li>Be first-generation college, low income, and educationally under-resourced students who meet all eligibility criteria and have a high probability of fulfilling the social and educational goals of this program.<\/li>\n<li>Submit a completed application\u00a0to hcop@uchc.edu.<\/li>\n<li>Have an official transcript submitted from each high school attended.<\/li>\n<li>Provide two letters of recommendation, at least one from a science teacher.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a copy of your Federal Income Tax Form 1040 or Equivalent (submit 1040 when completed and filed).<\/li>\n<li>Submit official SAT and\/or ACT score report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Priority consideration will be given to Pipeline participants.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p><span>Kerry-Ann Stewart, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Assistant Director<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs<\/span><br \/>\n<span>UConn Health<\/span><br \/>\n<span>263 Farmington Avenue<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Farmington, CT 06030-3920<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Email:\u00a0<\/span>hcop@uchc.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative This program has been cancelled until further notice. The Program Is: For college pre-freshmen who will be matriculating at UConn. Priority consideration will be given to pipeline participants. A six-week summer program. Focused on enhancing the preparation of high school seniors for college. Held on the campus of UConn in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":548,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 19:15:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3201,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions\/3201"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}