# MENTOR: Medical Enrichment Through Opportunities in Research

> **NIH NIH T35** · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $37,210

## Abstract

The Clemson University Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center (EPIC), founded in January
2013 and designated as a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence by the National Institutes of
Health, stands at the forefront of biomedical research on significant eukaryotic pathogens. The EPIC
Medical Enrichment Through Opportunities in Research (MEnTOR) program will provide short-term
summer research fellowships to five medical students from the University of South Carolina School of
Medicine Greenville (USCSOM Greenville). Clemson University is the research partner for USCSOM
Greenville and serves as the research administrator for the Greenville Hospital System through the
Clemson University School of Health Research. Thus, EPIC is uniquely positioned to provide this
research opportunity for medical students at USCSOM Greenville. This eight-week program will
deliver: (1) laboratory-based research in the area of globally important eukaryotic pathogens; (2)
mentoring relationships with accomplished physician-scientists, (3) weekly workshops on advanced
research techniques and instrumentation used to diagnose infectious disease; and (4) weekly
workshops providing training in the responsible conduct of research. The MEnTOR program will be a
valuable part of the Fellows' medical school education, thus helping to prepare Fellows for their
careers as physicians or physician-scientists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9952314
- **Project number:** 5T35AI134643-03
- **Recipient organization:** CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** KERRY Scot SMITH
- **Activity code:** T35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $37,210
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9952314

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9952314, MENTOR: Medical Enrichment Through Opportunities in Research (5T35AI134643-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9952314. Licensed CC0.

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