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Undergraduate Training Program (UTP)

The program is run as a nine-week summer internship in a research laboratory of selected research mentors. The UTP includes scientific mentoring, participation in scientific seminars and lectures, educational enrichment activities, participation in our Health Disparities Research Symposium, and opportunities to attend national meetings to make scientific presentations.

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Explorations in Statistics: An Undergraduate Summer Program

All program participants’ round-trip travel to Berkeley and their room and board will paid by the program. Explorations in Statistics is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Over the course of our seven-day program, we will explore scientific questions using statistical approaches ranging from simple summaries to more sophisticated modeling approaches.

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Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Research Experience

California Current Ecosystem (CCE) – Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) seek 3-5 undergraduate students to participate in interdisciplinary oceanographic research as part of the NSF-funded California Current Ecosystem (CCE) Long Term Ecological Research LTER site.

The CCE LTER site is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, students and educators working to understand and communicate the effects of long term climate variability on the California Current pelagic ecosystem, a major coastal upwelling biome (see http://cce.lternet.edu/ for more information).

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Structure and Function of Proteins Research

The Interdisciplinary REU Program in the Structure and Function of Proteins will provide undergraduate students with a 10-week research experience in the areas of biochemistry, biophysics, cheminformatics, computational chemistry, enzymology, marine biology, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences and plant biology.

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Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Academy at the City of Hope

Hundreds of physicians, nurses, and scientists are conducting studies that will revolutionize our understanding of nature, thereby enhancing our ability to treat and prevent cancer, diabetes, AIDS, and other diseases.

City of Hope and its Beckman Research Institute are among the nation’s top centers for innovative medical and scientific research.

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2009 Space Grant Student Opportunities

Ongoing Space Grant Internship Opportunities at JPL. Over 150 internships available!

2009 Space Grant Student Opportunities
(Great opportunities that lead to STEM careers)

This is now a year-round program. Students may come to JPL for Summer/Fall/Spring internships

Submit applications to (tlazzouni@ucsd.edu) along with unofficial transcripts.

The deadline (flexible) for summer 2009 internships is February 1, 2009.

Several student-written abstracts from this year’s JPL Space Grant Internships, to give you an idea of the kinds of projects available for students:

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University of Colorado at Boulder Summer Undergraduate Research

Are you looking for a summer research experience that is both professionally and personally rewarding?
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado will be conducting a
ten-week summer research program for undergraduates in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental engineering, bioengineering, materials science, and related fields.

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