Group photo of the CREU Program

Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)


 

Through the University of Colorado Cancer Center's Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU), every summer, selected college undergraduate fellows spend ten weeks in our laboratories at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. An R25CA240122 grant and the University of Colorado Cancer Center support the CREU program.

The goal of the program is to engage scientific curiosity in the next generation of scientists, challenging qualified college undergraduates to consider a cancer-related career in the future.

Additional participants in the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Diversity in Cancer Research (DICR) Internship program will form a cohort with fellows participating in CREU. For more information on the DICR Internship program, which will use the same application as CREU, click here.

Important Dates

November 1, 2024 – February 3, 2025: Program application open

February 3, 2025: Final application deadline (11:59 pm MT)

May 27 – August 1, 2025: CREU/DICR Program

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Meet Our Past Fellows



Elijah Johnson, a 2022 CREU Fellow, came to the CU Cancer Center to research the mutation that makes him more likely to develop cancer.

Growing up in Windsor, Colorado, Elijah Johnson thought he would grow up to be a professional musician. He never considered a career as a biomedical researcher. But that all changed when his mother was diagnosed with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a rare genetic mutation that increases the risk of cancer.

→ Read Elijah's Story Here.

Elijah Johnson (cropped, 800 x 480)


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