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

> **NIH NIH R25** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2024 · $132,204

## 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 >1500
applications from Undergraduates to work with Mayo Clinic Investigators. The Mayo Clinic is home to both an
Kidney Stone Research Center as well as a Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center. Both
Mayo Centers have been NIH funded. 2011-2013 both Centers have received supplemental funds to support
summer undergraduate research related to kidney stones and PKD, respectively. This second renewal proposal,
in response to RFA-DK-23-013 (R25) merged these successful summer undergraduate programs into a more
generalized Mayo Clinic Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF; ~234
total students). Numerous students from Mayo's programs have entered or finished PhD, MD, MD-PhD, DO,
DMD, VDM, MPH and MBA programs, or have co-authored Nephrology or Urology-oriented peer-reviewed
papers. The “fruit” of the nuSURF program is that more than 25 federal / foundation grants were awarded,
and at least 16 alumni (of 234) are in Nephrology or Urology-related research or clinical areas.
 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 (> 180 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 continue increasing the number of
basic and clinical Nephrology & Urology researchers through this nuSURF training experience. Thusfar, ~10%
of our nuSURF alumni (those who have graduates college) are pursuing Nephrology or Urology-related careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10916633
- **Project number:** 2R25DK101405-11
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL F. ROMERO
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $132,204
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2014-04-01 → 2029-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10916633

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10916633, Mayo Clinic Nephrology & Urology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (nuSURF) (2R25DK101405-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10916633. Licensed CC0.

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