Two College of Arts and Sciences students have been selected for the Amgen Scholars U.S. Program. They will each travel to other institutions to conduct research projects this summer.

Jarrod Hicks, left, and Akhil Kaushik Jarrod Hicks, a neuroscience student in the Department of Psychology and the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurobiology, has been admitted to the program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Akhil Kaushik, a biology major, has been admitted to the program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Both Hicks and Kaushik are students in the UAB Honors College Science and Technology Honors Program. They are the third and fourth students from UAB to be selected for the Amgen Summer Research Scholarship since 2014.

Made possible through a 12-year, $50 million commitment from the Amgen Foundation, the Amgen Scholars summer program allows undergraduates from across the globe to participate in research opportunities at world-class institutions.