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ChBE STEPS Program at Georgia Tech

The School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech is seeking underrepresented minority students who are majoring in chemistry, biology, physics, math, or other degrees who wish to pursue a career in chemical engineering.

The ChBE STEPS Program is a summer semester program designed especially for science majors at community and liberal arts colleges. The program facilitates the student's introduction into Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech.

Application deadline is February 15.

SuperMe
Supercomputing Undergraduate Program in Maine

 SuperMe provides scientific exploration ranging from
engineering to sciences with a coherent intellectual focus on scientific
computing. With integrated expertise of ten faculty researchers from both
computer systems and domain applications, SuperMe allows each undergraduate to conduct meaningful research, such as developing supercomputing techniques and tools, and solving cutting-edge research problems through parallel computing and scientific visualization.

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Marine Science

An undergraduate summer research opportunity at the College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware.  Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, this REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program supports ten  undergraduate students to conduct research in marine science.

CDC Internship in Environmental Health

Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health

CDC invites qualified applicants to apply for a ten week summer undergraduate internship program in Environmental Public Health at the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) in Atlanta.

ACS-IREU Research Opportunities in Europe

American Chemical Society-International Research Experiences for Undergraduates

This program, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), allows US citizens or residents currently enrolled at US institutions to participate in a 10-week research program at various universities in Europe.

U.S. Dept of Energy's Summer Undergraduate Research Exerpience
(SURE) Program

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research sponsors the Global Change Education Program (GCEP) to promote undergraduate and graduate education and training in support of the Department's global change research activities. Global change research encompasses a number of technical areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climate, and terrestrial processes.

Summer 2009 Research Opportunities

Summer Science Research

 A list of science research opportunities provided by the ASC Career Planning Office!

The Georgia Tech FOCUS 2009 Program

The Georgia Tech FOCUS 2009 Program

 You are invited to apply as a prospective Scholar participant in FOCUS 2009.  The program will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at Georgia Tech, January 15-18, 2009, and is one of the nation’s premier programs for raising the awareness of graduate education.  It is designed to attract the best and brightest underrepresented minority students and encourage them to pursue graduate degrees, although the program is open to any student who thinks the program will be of value.  This year’s program celebrates eighteen years of diversity in graduate school!

Spend a Semester with Greenpeace

ACTION * TRAVEL * TRAINING

Spend a Semester with Greenpeace. Summer and Fall programs are filling up, and early applications are due March 7th. Apply at http://www.greenpeace.org/got.

The semester is offered in the Washington D.C. and San Francisco Greenpeace offices. Contact program staff with questions at got@wdc.greenpeace.org or 877-450-3517 ext. 320.

Environmental Health Summer Undergraduate Internship

Global Change Education Program

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science Office of Biological and Environmental Research Climate Change Research Division (CCRD)

http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/

The Global Change Education Program (GCEP) promotes undergraduate and graduate education/training in support of the DOE global change research activities.

Global change research encompasses a variety of technical areas including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climate modeling, and terrestrial processes.

For more details about GCEP-SURE and –GREF, and to access electronic applications, please visit the website (see top of page). The application deadline is 04 February 2008, so you still have time to apply. Contact Barbara Dunkin at (865) 574-6440 or Barbara.dunkin@orau.org if you have questions.

Space Career Fair

Thursday, April 10, 2008. Click here for details.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Are you interested in conducting research at the US Department of Energy’s largest multi-purpose laboratory?

Do you know someone who would be an excellent intern, participating in world-class research with world-class scientists?

Would you like to get paid to learn?

Are you interested in expanding your resumé?

Would you like to gain research experience before entering the workforce or graduate school?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above then you should visit www.scied.science.doe.gov

Deadline February 1, 2008~ APPLY ONLINE NOW~

National Science Foundation - Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Summer Research Opportunity at Clemson University:

For details, please click here.

DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program:

Apply now for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM Summer Internship Program that will support students during summer 2008. This program provides 10-week summer internships at federal research facilities for undergraduate students majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) disciplines.

Students receive a $500/week stipend and travel reimbursement.

Complete information is available online at www.orau.gov/dhsinternships. The deadline for submitting an application is December 14, 2007. Questions regarding the DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program can be sent via e-mail to dhsed@orau.org. Please print and post the program poster available at: http://www.orau.gov/dhsinternships/2008DHSInternshipPoster.pdf

DOE Day of Science :

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is hosting the 2007 DOE Day of Science at the Knoxville (Tennessee) Convention Center on October 29. Additional program information and the online registration may be found at http://www.orau.gov/dayofscience. Please note that this year there is no limit on the number of students and that US citizenship is not required.

Georgia Tech URS Program:

STAR, Student Training and Research Program for Undergraduates at the Medical College of Georgia

The STAR program is designed for highly motivated and talented undergradute studetns with a strong desire to pursue a graduate education in the biomedical sciences. Participants of the program work on collaborative research projects focusing on cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes/obesity, infection/inflammation, neurologyical diseases and more. For additional information on the program and the application process visit http://www.mcg.edu/star/.