This summer research opportunity is hosted at UConn’s National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT), one of the nation’s premier research centers supporting the navy and shipbuilder. This ten- week program enables participants to work on federally-funded projects on underwater vehicle technologies, includes a $6500 stipend,housing, meals, and transportation to UConn’s main campus in Storrs, CT. Learn more and apply at their web site. Questions? Email ENGR-NavySTEM@uconn.edu.
Category: Summer Program
Douglass-O’Connell Global Summer Internship – Apps Due Nov. 29, 2024
Students seeking a rich international experience that combines real-world work experience in Ireland with an exciting overview of Irish history and culture are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Award recipients will spend 8 weeks in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on social change, freedom, equality, social justice, and economic mobility. First, second or third-year students with a GPA of 3.0+ who are Pell Grant eligible are welcome to apply. Applications are due on November 29, 2024. Learn more, register for an information session (Nov. 13 or 21) and apply on the Douglass-O’Connell website.
Summer Fellowship with National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Applications Due 3/17/24
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)—a nonpartisan, independent Asia policy research institution located in both Seattle and Washington, D.C. is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Diversity Fellowship Program (UDFP), aimed at community college and undergrad students eager to dive into international affairs and Asia policy.
The Undergraduate Diversity Fellowship at NBR
Key Highlights:
- Paid Fellowship: Work with NBR’s research teams in Washington, D.C. this summer (May – August)
- Eligibility: Open to first-year, sophomore, and junior students, as well as community college students
- Application Deadline: March 17, 2024
- Learn More & Apply: www.nbr.org/udfp
For questions or to request a individual consultation, reach out at fellowships@nbr.org.
Mathematics Summer REU Application Deadline 3/29/24
The Department of Mathematics at the Texas A&M University-Commerce (TAMUC) will host an NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program June 10 – August 2, 2024 at the TAMUC campus in Commerce, Texas. Application is available at https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1585 . Deadline is March 29, 2024
Eligibility: Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Stipends: $4,800, housing and travel support. Members of of traditionally underserved groups in STEM fields encouraged to apply.
Research Projects
- Project 1: Coding Theory: “Graph based quantum error-correcting codes”(Mentor: Padmapani Seneviratne)
- Project 2: Complex Analysis: “The excess area between images of domains under analytic mappings”(Mentor: Mehmet Celik)
- Project 3: Image Analysis: “Correlation between vector field features embedded into modified by operators and original images”(Mentor: Nikolay M. Sirakov)
- Project 4: Mathematical Biology: “Estimating the damage due to reperfusion caused by Ischaemia via a mathematical model”(Mentor: Aditi Ghosh)
REU Activities The eight-week program will include an orientation, introduction to computer algebra systems and LaTex, collaboration on a research project with faculty mentors, and other REU students, weekly guest speakers from academia or industry, roundtable discussions, a field trip to a research institution, written project reports, final presentation, and social activities. Submit a letter of interest, unofficial transcripts, a reference letter, and a ranking of 2024(from highest to lowest) projects in which you would like to participate.
Summer Research Field Program: Preserving African-American History
From the CEFP at Mississippi State University: Applications for the CEFP, a community-based field school centered around the preservation of Brush Arbor/Starkville Colored Cemetery, a historical African American cemetery located in Starkville, MS, are due January 31, 2024. The field school will take place from June 17-July 19, 2024.
Participants will:
- Learn how to conduct research using a decolonial framework
- Work with community members to develop projects
- Learn cutting-edge anthropological and archaeological methods students including: ground penetrating radar, pedestrian surveys, oral history, archival research and story mapping.
- Train with a team of interdisciplinary specialists at Mississippi State and beyond.
This is a fully funded research program. We are accepting 10 students this year and will be providing room and board as well as a $200 per week stipend.
Eligibility is open to upperclassman (rising junior or higher) and early career graduate students (MA or pre-quals PhD) from a variety of majors including applied/cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, history, African American studies, museum/archival studies. We are particularly interested in recruiting BIPOC and first gen students from humanities and social science disciplines. Applications are open now and will close January 31, 2024. The applications can be accessed through the www.cefp.msstate.edu .