Cash awards available to undergraduate college students

This essay contest asks students what they would do if faced with the challenges of a cancer diagnosis, and honors Mr. Rhio O'Connor. Please visit this website http://www.cancermonthly.com/scholarship.asp for additional information.


Deadline:  Friday February 26, 2010 at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time.


$5,000 First Prize
$2,000 Second Prize
$1000 Third Prize
$500 Fourth Prize
$100 Fifth Prize
$50 Honorable Mention (there are thirty Honorable Mention awards)

Chinar Sanghvi wins grand prize at the Herty Undergraduate Research Symposium

Dr. Cora MacBeth writes with this fabulous update on one of her SURE 09 fellows:

Chinar Sanghvi, an undergraduate researcher in my lab, recently won the grand prize at the Herty Undergraduate Research Symposium. This is an annual symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society. This is a pretty competitive event with students from 14 area colleges and universities presenting.  Chinar started as an Oxford student and was able to continue her project in my lab because of the funding provided by the SURE program.  I just wanted to say thanks to each of you for all of the work you do to keep these programs running.  Chinar is an outstanding student and has certainly benefited from these opportunities.

Congratulations, Chinar and Dr. MacBeth! 

Emory opportunities: Fall Research Symposium, International summer research

1. Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday Oct 16 3 – 5 pm and Saturday Oct 17 10 – 12 pm DUC commons
Encourage students to register to present their work!  Please distribute the attached registration form widely.  Registration is due Oct 2nd. Graduate student volunteers will judge the presentations and give feedback to each student.  Encourage students in your classes to attend – maybe even a few participation points for turning in a short summary or interview of a few students?
More information is on the SIRE website: http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/research/SIRE/symposiums/index.html

2. SIRE Program for Undergraduate Research: New Offerings and Spring Deadline Oct 24
New this year, the SIRE program has special support for students traveling to Germany as part of their research experience.  Also new this spring, we will be able to offer two grants of office space in the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry to students in the humanities. The deadline for spring funding is Oct 24.  Please see our website for more information: http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/research/SIRE/grants/index.html

3. IRES Program for International Research Experience in the Sciences: Summer 2010 deadline Oct 24
The IRES program offers experienced student researchers the opportunity to spend a summer working in an international lab.  The deadline for this summer is fast approaching - Oct 24. More information is available on our website: http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/research/SIRE/summer/ires.html

Emory & SURE alumni Brian Hare on Time.com

This article on dog intelligence features Dr. Brian Hare, Emory alumni and former SURE fellow.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614,00.html

Brian's interest in dog intelligence began when he was an undergraduate here at Emory. He is now an assistant professor at Duke University. 

The biggest challenge to the new experiments, Hare says, will be not the giant pack of dogs he'll be studying but their anxious owners. "When a puppy does badly, people get upset," says Hare. "You have to emphasize that this is not the SATs."

The Metro Atlanta Solar System... and we are Jupiter!

Well, at least in this Agnes Scott College representation of the solar system

http://www.agnesscott.edu/events/projectgalileo/mass.aspx

Too cool.

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships @ US Dept. of Energy

The Dept. of Energy offers academic year and summer paid internships. Don't be misled by the "Energy" label--these laboratories conduct research in a vast array of scientific disciplines including life sciences, chemistry, physics, all sorts of engineering, environmental studies, and even social sciences.

Go to http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/erulf/choose.html for a list of facilities and descriptions of the work conducted there.

Then, visit their website http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/erulf/faq.html for application guidelines and other information.

Council for Undergraduate Research Travel Award

Biology Division Announces 2009-2010 Biology Travel Awards:

The Biology Division of the CUR is offering a limited number of travel grants for undergraduate students presenting original research results at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting during the period of September 2009 – August, 2010. The grants will total up to $250 each. Award recipients are required to acknowledge CUR for support of their travel in their talk or poster. Minority students are encouraged to apply.
For further information and the application requirements, please visit http://www.cur.org/biostudenttravel.html
Direct inquiries via email to Evelyn Hiatt, CUR Councilor: ehiatt@kwc.edu

Undergrad research video featuring SURE fellows

This video includes interviews with SURE fellows Zach Rohm, Robin Iriele and Scott Seitz. I also spotted a picture of Jessica Ivy, another SURE alumna. It includes brief footage from this summer's SURE poster session (featuring Christopher Caughman, Marquise Hopson and Samuel Hong) and some words from Dr. Pat Marsteller, Director of the Center for Science Education and SURE program founder.

Frank and Sara McKnight Undergraduate Prizes in Molecular Sciences:

This competition will enable finalists to travel to UT Southwestern to present their research and is open to undergraduates in their senior year who have conducted outstanding research in chemistry, biological chemistry, biophysics or quantitative biology.

How to apply:

By October 1, send an application by email to mcknightprize@utsouthwestern.edu. Include on the subject line Chemistry Prize, Biological Chemistry Prize or Biophysics or Quantitative Biology Prize. The application should include the following:

1. A brief (generally 250-750 words) abstract describing an undergraduate research project.
2. A letter of recommendation from your research advisor (may be sent separately).
3. Self-reported grades and GRE’s (if available).
4. A mailing address.

For more information, please visit http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept23109/files/304738.html

Undergraduate research @ NASA (spring, summer)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) offers undergraduates across the United States mentored internship experiences at NASA Centers and research support facilities. The NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program is NASA’s largest nationwide internship program.

Spring 2010
Deadline - October 23, 2009

Summer 2010 Session
Deadline - January 22, 2010

See website for details and application: http://usrp.usra.edu/

Berkley Edge conference: deadline extended to Sept. 10!

The Berkeley Edge Conference is designed to encourage underrepresented minority students who are competitively eligible for Berkeley's Ph.D. programs to plan to apply to UC Berkeley. Approximately fifty students are chosen from the applications submitted.

Please visit their website to apply: http://ls.berkeley.edu/diversity/bep/conf/

If selected, they cover costs for your trip to Berkeley. The application has 2 parts: one to be filled out by the student applicant, and another by the person recommending them.

NIH loan repayment program (for graduate students)

The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) encourage promising researchers and scientists to pursue research careers by repaying up to $35,000 of their qualified student loan debt each year, through:

Extramural LRPs - for researchers and scientists conducting research at universities and other nonprofit organizations

Intramural LRPs - for NIH employee researchers

For details, please visit http://www.lrp.nih.gov/