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Contributors
• Core Competencies of a Successful Scientist was prepared by the National Postdoctoral Association
(www .nationalpostdoc .org) .
• Some of the weekly writing assignments were inspired by Zadra, Dan, Five . Ed . Kristel Wills .
Washington, Compendium, Inc ., 2007 .
• Parts of the Writing Workshop curriculum were adapted from Deborah L . Illman, Ph .D . and John
Augusto, MA .
• Sections of the Writing Workshop curriculum include content from Strunk, William Jr ., and E .B . White,
The Elements of Style . Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon, 2000 .
• Advice from Admissions Representatives was obtained from Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab
(www .owl .english .purdue .edu/owl/resource/642/03/)
• The Graduate School Preparation Checklist was prepared by Drs . Michele Shuster (mshuster@nmsu .
edu), Karen Peterson (kpeterso@fhcrc .org), Gloria Coronado (Gloria .D .Coronado@kpchr .org), Noah
Espinoza (nespinoz@fhcrc .org), and Jennifer Anderson (janderso@fhcrc .org) .
• The Art of the (Recommendation Letter) Request was prepared by Jennifer Anderson .
• Some content from the Applying for Graduate School section was obtained from Pausch, Randy, and
Jeffrey Zaslow . The Last Lecture . 1st ed . New York: Hyperion, 2008 .
• How to Conduct a Literature Search was prepared by Noah Espinoza and Jordan Cañas (jecanas@
fhcrc .org) .
• The Resumes and Cover Letters document was prepared by University of Puget Sound Career and
Employment Services (ces@ups .edu or (253) 879-3161) .
• Instructions for Creating a Poster to Presentation was prepared by Noah Espinoza, Jordan Cañas, and
Jennifer Anderson .
• How to Deliver a Presentation with Confidence was prepared by Noah Espinoza, Jordan Cañas, and
Jennifer Anderson .
• The Example Poster Format was contributed by New Mexico State University .
• The Poster Evaluation Form was prepared by Dr . Michele Shuster (mshuster@nmsu .edu) .
• Abstract and poster examples are included with permission from the respective primary author .
• Personal statement examples were contributed by former interns, graduate students, and post-doctoral
fellows at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) or the University of Washington
(UW). All names and institutional references have been altered to maintain author confidentiality.
DISCLAIMER
This Manual was created as a resource for students participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research
Program (SURP) sponsored by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and is supported in
parts by NCI grants: 5 U54 CA132381 (FHCRC), 5 U54 CA132383 (NMSU) and P30 CA015704 (CCSG CURE
Supplement) . No part of this Manual may be replicated or distributed without express permission from the
contributors .
The information contained in this Manual is subject to modification and further development in order to
accommodate changing program practices . Program staff reserve the right to modify or delete information in this
Manual without advance notice . This Manual does not constitute a contract of employment, an offer to enter
into a contract of employment, or a promise of specific treatment in certain situations.
Abstract and poster examples are included with permission from the respective primary author .
For questions regarding the content of this Manual, please send an email to: SURP@fhcrc .org .
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