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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">2026
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Undergraduate Mentored Research (SUMR)</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"> Program</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">University of Pennsylvania</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>SUMR Application Timeline</b></span></p>
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<li style="color: black;"><span role="presentation" style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>The SUMR 2026 application cycle is now
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open</a>.</b></span></li><li style="color: black;"><span role="presentation" style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Application Deadline: 11:59PM on February 2, 2026</span></li><li style="color: black;"><span role="presentation" style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Applicant Interviews: March 2026</span></li><li style="color: black;"><span role="presentation" style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Admissions Notifications: April 2026</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">The UPenn SUMR Program is a
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA79764d1b-83fd-9de6-228e-04fa0687fce6" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="https://d14lxJ04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/V+113/d14lxJ04/VX0kq_7Sm4cWW5y4G5G8Djn23VGwS3m5FwyVgN2qdv2v3m2nnW8wLKSR6lZ3l8W1wVYqx6vNkpdW4ml1KD8ChyxFN35RDcVlkxPVM_c8llL-DXyW9fxYjN6jcCyXW3zgSmJ1JFfdmW7T98g716wLPZW5DNjrz3jChrJW3P207J3zNRbbW55T4WW9dmM-RW78813Q5Kpz--W7ySQ6c3blfbwV33pNV7nJTlQW6BmC3983P84qW5jc9VC22jyPJV6xCKR1v9hkHW5cZQcY3RpgtNW8tZDt03j2KN0N8w860WmSP1KVk9wY14yq_kDW7l5jtp8nYNm0W90QngR9cxqZ0N58-f1WJgT-5W4DvVy48-xrm4W3j5ntk96WJQGW7J15tv3cjXM1W7m8TPw1pmRFHW6R1NfD86mCsZdhh_xd04">Summer
Undergraduate Mentored Research (SUMR)</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>Program</b> that introduces students to health services, population health, and clinical epidemiology research. Participants
work with Penn faculty on a research project, receive a stipend, and gain experience through seminars, presentations, and social activities.</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">The SUMR Program recently received a
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAcf8469db-3072-b350-eb05-28b7c3168592" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="https://d14lxJ04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/V+113/d14lxJ04/VX0kq_7Sm4cWW5y4G5G8Djn23VGwS3m5FwyVgN2qdv105kBVzW5BWr2F6lZ3mWW51k86w7MzpCHW3zNy4K3MDRy_W3pTmNX6QyhpvW3Jz2_l24j_sJW3VswFl7YY7PQW4z20Hs8bd4YcW7RgTGd80p1XwVxdKtn5NFLcRW5vccrW5_T_PNW7h-08w7mVVQZW485NBr3f2Y_lVm47nQ34t634W8HDCd01d6PDQW5nv68L1VW6XNW4HFDG84RCKjMW661Zly7lLrQ2N3kB4c2jv2FzW8zCcTK1x-tCBW7RpXX_3D9hqpW59fHNV419rRlW22Sjv57p3bZdW5VFblf4khBgnW96d4kQ1mt-NbW96vZdM5fcTCcW15Z4gy467HK2W1-zlrW3V91m-W5xndwk7pd4htW5-WFLJ5Cxgl1N5TgfpybZqKdW5L9yqL3nqGWlW3TFqtc8qX_W5VyDNmV4ydZccN2XjxcmzBg-8W9g8CwY6HQfQxf2dzZTj04">major
gift</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"> from Alan S. Davis, JD, and the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund to expand the program and also support Penn LDI initiatives aimed at increasing population access to
health insurance and health care. The gift establishes a Davis Family SUMR Program Endowment Fund that allows Penn LDI to increase the stipends of all SUMR scholars and fund five SUMR scholars who will focus on expanding health care access. Two of these select
students will have the opportunity to expand the 12-week SUMR Program to 15 months, extending mentorship and training opportunities. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>The deadline to apply for SUMR is</b>
<b>Monday, February 2, 2026.</b> </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">See program details below, and feel free to email me at
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAca9f03d8-c53c-f156-6ebd-a1bf9a3144e1" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="mailto:levyj@wharton.upenn.edu">levyj@wharton.upenn.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"> with
any questions or concerns.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe883dbc8-ef12-dd66-f670-747ed05bdcd0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="https://d14lxJ04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/V+113/d14lxJ04/VX0kq_7Sm4cWW5y4G5G8Djn23VGwS3m5FwyVgN2qdv1W3m2nnW7lCdLW6lZ3lvW4GdVQQ8X9c9kW1LNX5s4SySq_W223glk8H214ZW4R8X6z50WbCLN29vWyfRTc_qW4X_DPJ5z3qq0W3lLxtZ2gKBp2W2m7gkp1XFvVWW283PwP6Hfc4jW2XRc4t21284hW6fqm3v4hs9zrW1kr0_k7ym2sYW2dctkc1qlMfFW2zxY3h6zpJCCW4dDxrf50GghgW7_1bZ46-t53LW2tj8vf2S56ZnW4fB0rY6q-bVwW2Jj4y_2vqSdlW7PNnmg7KTzZ_W6wnkdC2B9z0GN5PDnwmWwcBVW9gVj465TnW77N65RCT1gq83Tf6_1zSF04">Complete
the SUMR Application >></a></b></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>CONTACT</b></span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>Joanne H. Levy, MBA, MCP</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(35, 73, 109);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Founding Director, SUMR<br>
Associate Director, Health Care Management and Economics PhD Program<br>
Health Care Management Concentration Faculty Advisor</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">University of Pennsylvania</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104</span></p>
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