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UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES UPRM- BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES UPRM- BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. http://sro.uprm.edu /. WHY PARTICIPATE IN AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM ?. Excellent experience! Prepares you for graduate and professional school Exposes you to modern research and technology

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UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES UPRM- BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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  1. UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES UPRM- BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT http://sro.uprm.edu/

  2. WHY PARTICIPATE IN AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM? • Excellent experience! • Prepares you for graduate and professional school • Exposes you to modern research and technology • Helpsyoudevelopresearch and laboratoryskills • Improvesyourenglishcommunicationskills • Enhances your writing and scientific presentation • skills • Assists you in career decision • Allows for networking opportunities with graduate students and scientists

  3. You may receive credits for the experience through COOP Practice-RUM http://www.practicacoopenbiologia.webs.com/ • Excellent social activities • Many are completely or partially paid for (housing, stipend and/or travel)

  4. Look for opportunities at: • http://sro.uprm.edu/ • Internet/WEB • Bulletin Boards • MARC

  5. Searching for opportunities: Clue Words for searching the web: Summer undergraduate minority research program Summer undergraduate internship minority Minority summer undergraduate internship May add area of interest Summer minority internship neuroscience May search by institution of interest

  6. Opportunities available in all fields • Ecology • MD/PhD • Biomedical • Marine Sciences • Nanotechnology • ETC…..

  7. 1. Look for opportunities. 2. Identifyprogramsthatinterestyou. 3. EntertheprogramHomepagetomakesureyoumeettheircriteriaregarding: Career interest (PhD, MD / PhD, health-related) GPA Academic standing (yearof study)

  8. GUIDELINES 4. Download the application 5. Apply to more than one institution 6. Contact through email if have questions 7. Request letters of recomendation from faculty (with time!). Prepare a resume or summary (with GPA, course and grade, hobbies, associations, jobs, volunteer work etc.) 8. Request official transcripts

  9. information and forms at http://www.practicacoopenbiologia.webs.com/ See page for requirements COOP coordinator Dr. Carlos Muñoz PLAN COOP-Can apply for credit and grade (maximun allowable 6 credits):

  10. Student Research Opportunities Homepage • http://sro.uprm.edu/ • Pagina para buscar las oportunidades de investigación. • Se les notificara de opportunidades disponibles de acuerdo a sus intereses. • Entrar a pagina y registrarse • Videos de investigación de algunos profesores

  11. Summer Opportunities Listings

  12. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/ug/intern.html http://www.cic.net/Home/Students/SROP/Home.aspx http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/ http://www.neagep.org/ http://theleadershipalliance.org/tabid/242 Listings

  13. Example of an Undergraduate Research Program Description

  14. Caltech’s MURF program Caltech’s MURF program provides support for talented undergraduates to spend a summer working in a research laboratory on the Caltech campus. The MURF program aims to increase the participation of underrepresented students (such as African American, Hispanic, and Native American, females who are underrepresented in their discipline, and first-generation college students) in science and engineering Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. Eligibility Requirements • Be current sophomores, juniors, or non-graduating seniors • Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2/4.0 • Be a US citizen or Permanent Resident • Have an interest in pursuing a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. Program Elements • Students carry out individual research projects under the mentorship of Caltech faculty or JPL technical staff over a ten-week summer period. • MURF students may work on a day-to-day basis with a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar co-mentor. CompensationMURF students receive payments of $600/week. Payments will be distributed in equal installments three times over the summer.

  15. GUIDELINES • Criteria to considered if accepted to more than one opportunity: • Research project • Potential institution to pursue advance studies • Networking criteria

  16. Examples of Opportunities

  17. HEALTH- RELATED OPPORTUNITIES • Summer Medical and Research Training Program- SMART Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas http://www.bcm.edu/smart/ • Biostep Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program for Minorities Yale BioSTEP (Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program) provides intensive, short-term summer research training for undergraduates, especially students from groups underrepresented in biomedical sciences at research-intensive universities.  

  18. Summer medical and dental educational program). SMDEP is a six-week summer medical and dental school preparatory program. Applicant must be currently enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in college; GPA of 3.0, with 2.75 in the sciences. www.smdep.org Tri-institutional MD-PhD Program in New York Cityhttp://weill.cornell.edu/mdphd/summerprogram/

  19. Undergraduates Opportunities In RUM • MARC • for students interested in PhD or MD/PhD B-265 http://academic.uprm.edu/marc/index.php

  20. BIOL 4901-4902. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN BIOLOGY. BOTA 4995-4996. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN BOTANY. Researchthroughoutthesemester at RUM One to three credit hours per semester. Prerequisite: twelve credits in Biology Needs faculty mentor approval (mustcontactfacultyforavailability) Special problems

  21. Student Research Opportunities Homepage • http://sro.uprm.edu/ • Pagina para buscar las oportunidades de investigación. • Se les notificara de opportunidades disponibles de acuerdo a sus intereses. • Entrar a pagina y registrarse • Videos de investigación de algunos profesores

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