The Student Corner is a resource for genetic counseling students and new graduates. Here you can find useful information as you work toward and begin your career as a genetic counselor:

• NSGC Membership for Students
• Getting Involved
• Helpful Resources
• Board Certification
• Employment 
• NSGC Mentorship Program
• Student Research Survey Program

Important Announcements:

• 2013 Jane Engleberg Memorial Fellowship (JEMF) Student Research Awards Call for Proposals 
  The Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship Advisory Group will fund up to 10 student research proposals, for a maximum of $500 per proposal. Proposals must have a research focusand are due June 3, 2013 at 11:59pm CDT.  For more information, click here.

• Congratulations to the Inaugural Winner of the Research SIG Grant Award 
  The Research Special Interest Group Grant Award (RSGA) committee is pleased to announce the recipient of our inaugural grant award: Ms. Setareh Ashtiani. This is the first (of many!) annual awards to be given to Research SIG member genetic counselors or genetic counseling graduate students with a supervisor who is a member of the SIG.
  
  Ms. Ashtiani's project is entitled: "Parents' experiences of receiving their child's genetic diagnosis: A qualitative study to inform clinical genetics practice". We look forward to the findings of Ms. Ashtiani's project and to benefiting from further insight into the experiences of parents receiving a genetic diagnosis. These findings will be of benefit to the broader genetic counseling community, so keep an eye out for the results in 2013! 

Find members of NSGC through the Find A Genetic Counselor search.  Genetic counselors work in university medical centers, community clinics, public health departments, diagnostic laboratories, and many other health, education, and related agencies.