11.16 pm Feb 19, 2018: One of the best moments of my life happened that I can never forget. I was busy preparing for my mid semester exams and got a notification on my webmail from scholar@indousstf.org. I was really excited when I saw the first line of the email stating, “Dear Swati, Congratulations! I
Read MoreI am currently an M2 at Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science — my interests have changed from bio research to community outreach and engagement. I am implementing programming in lead education (protocol for this study will be on display at the Family Medicine Midwest Conference at UW Madison this November)
Read MoreI don’t know for others, but for me 25th January will always be an important day for me. I still remember how many times I checked the mail from IUSSTF so that it doesn’t turn out to be a spam mail and still today, even after completing my internship, I still can’t believe that I
Read MoreAfter 5 years of break, pursuing Master’s in Anna University (BIT Campus), Tiruchirapalli, is quite strange. It was difficult at first to keep me updated in this field of Biotechnology. Later on, I realised that this is my field of interest. With the help of my friends, I started learning enthusiastically. With their support and
Read MoreNever did I ever have such an enriching experience throughout my life as the one I had during this fellowship. The states have always fascinated me and I have been to the US before but barely did I realize until the time I was privileged to be a part of this scholarship, what pride means
Read MoreTraveling to India after my college graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and has decidedly impacted my future career path and life choices ever since. My name is Daniel Howard and in summer 2015 I was a S.N. Bose Scholar supported by Winstep Forward and the
Read MoreAnn Arbor is one of the United States’ most educated towns. It is a university town, which means a lot of greenery , as opposed to being a densely populated concrete jungle like some of the major cities in America. It does have plenty of attractions and events happening during the summer.The town is well
Read MoreThis past summer I worked at Hughes Lab in Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Riverside is a very big county but the city Riverside that I had the privilege of living in was a quaint little town. It was a beautiful town with all the basic amenities in form of shops available
Read MoreI remember the exact moment when I had received an acceptance mail for this program. The confusion and disbelief followed by unprecedented joy is something that I would never forget. After around a month of waiting in anticipation, I had set off to Chicago looking forward to a new adventure; excited, nervous but determined to
Read More10 weeks and yet it feels like it was just yesterday that I landed in Chicago with dreams of the summer of a lifetime. An internship in the US. Who hasn’t ever fantasized that? It started out with a 16 hour long flight from Mumbai to New York; most of which I spent sleeping of
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