# Mayo Clinic Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF)

> **NIH NIH R25** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2021 · $135,000

## Abstract

Abstract: Mayo Clinic Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF)
 The Mayo Clinic has a rich history in both basic science and clinic science research in Nephrology &
Urology, and has active PhD, MD and MD-PhD training programs. Annually, the Mayo Graduate School
receives >1200 applications from Undergraduates to work with Mayo Clinic Investigators. The Mayo Clinic is
home to both an O’Brien Urology Research Center as well as a Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease
(PKD) Center. Both Mayo Centers are one of four NIH funded Centers in the US. For the past several years,
both Centers have received supplemental funds to support summer undergraduate research related to kidney
stones and PKD, respectively. This proposal (renewal), in response to RFA-DK-18-006 (R25) merges these
three successful summer undergraduate programs (~115 students) into a more generalized Mayo Clinic
Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF). Several students from Mayo’s
programs have entered PhD, MD, or MD-PhD programs, or have co-authored Nephrology or Urology-oriented
peer-reviewed papers.
 Over the next 5 years, we proposed to fund 14 students/summer (70 students total) through nuSURF to
work specifically with Mayo Investigators engaged in basic or translational research in Nephrology & Urology.
This 5 year period will allow undergraduates in the program to perform innovative Nephrology & Urology
research with leading Mayo Clinic research laboratories. Students will also participate in various educational
programs (e.g., weekly seminars and mini-courses) to enhance their research experience. Their 10-week
summer experience will culminate with (1) a 10-minute oral presentation of their work, (2) a Mayo-wide
Summer Undergraduate poster presentation (> 120 student/yr) and (3) a NIDDK-KUH Summer Undergraduate
Research Symposium held annually at the end of the Summer at one of the funded R25-centers. Following the
Summer Program, students will be academically tracked to determine the effectiveness of the Mayo nuSURF
experience in Nephrology & Urology, basic research and clinical medicine. Our goal is to increase the number
of basic and clinical Nephrology & Urology researchers as a result of this nuSURF training experience.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10133624
- **Project number:** 5R25DK101405-08
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL F. ROMERO
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $135,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-04-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10133624

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10133624, Mayo Clinic Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF) (5R25DK101405-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10133624. Licensed CC0.

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