Invitation to Gravitational Waves Summer Workshop for Undergraduates

From the Local Organizing Committee, Missouri University of Science & Technology:

Dear Students and Faculty, 

We are excited to invite you to the "Coding The Cosmos: Introduction To Gravitational Waves Summer Workshop" taking place from May 21st  to 24th , 2024, at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, MO. 

This four-day workshop is designed for undergraduate students interested in exploring the fascinating field of gravitational waves.

As LIGO, Virgo, and Kagra continue their fourth observing run, searching for compact object mergers, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and learn from experts in the field.

During the workshop, participants will:

• Learn basic Python syntax and coding practices 

• Attend lectures on Gravitational Wave Detections with Multi-messenger Astronomy 

• Engage in hands-on software tutorials 

• Receive guidance on advanced STEM careers 

Upon completion, every participant will receive a certificate, and a stipend (minimum of $100) and travel assistance may be available. 

We strongly encourage students from underrepresented and underserved minority groups to apply for this invaluable learning experience. 

To register, please visit https://sites.mst.edu/gravitationalwavesworkshop/ by April 30th, 2024. 

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to explore the cosmos and the exciting world of gravitational waves! 

Best regards, 

Hasti Khoraminezhad

Postdoctoral Researcher at Physics Department,

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee,

Missouri University of Science & Technology

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CCT REU: Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences  

http://reu.cct.lsu.edu/ 

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The Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) will host a ten week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program where students work collaboratively on a wide variety of computational science projects. Each student receives a stipend of $7,000, free housing in university dormitories, and up to $600 in travel expenses to and from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ten students will be selected.

Qualifications:

Undergraduate, community college student, or high school senior attending college in the fall, interested in a major that is within the computational sciences umbrella (leaves out few majors as it includes all sciences, mathematics, engineering, finance, statistics, etc.) with at least a 2.75 GPA, considering a career in research and/or graduate school in your major, being a US citizen or permanent resident, and graduating at least one semester after completion of the REU.

Important Dates:

    March 1, 2024: Application deadline.

    April 1, 2024: Notification of decision.

    May 27, 2024 through August 3, 2024: Program dates.

The research activities of the CCT are organized into five Focus Areas: Core Computing Sciences, Coast to Cosmos, Material World, Cultural Computing, and System Science and Engineering. These are broad, and sometimes overlapping areas where faculty from diverse departments (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Civil Engineering, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computing Engineering, Music, Business, etc.) collaborate in multidisciplinary projects. Our REU students learn how to use some of the nation's largest supercomputers, may participate in the setup and management of large-scale simulations, and may take on an important role in the analysis and visualization of the simulation results.

For more information and to apply, visit:  https://reu.cct.lsu.edu/

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The LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, is an innovative research environment, advancing computational sciences, technologies and the disciplines they touch. Researchers at CCT use the advanced cyberinfrastructure - high-speed networks, high-performance computing, advanced data storage and analysis and hardware and software development - available on campus to enable research in many different fields. By uniting researchers from diverse disciplines, ideas and expertise are disseminated across LSU departments to foster knowledge and invention. For more information on the CCT, visit:  http://www.cct.lsu.edu.

We invite your best students to apply for our NIH/NCI-funded (5 R25CA023944-39) Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program. The program offers a unique opportunity for pre-doctoral students preparing for careers in the biomedical sciences, medicine, and pharmacy to gain biomedical and oncology research experience. Students participate in basic or clinical oncology research, a core lecture series designed specifically for them, as well as research and clinical conferences. All participants make a PowerPoint presentation on their research project and submit a report on their research project written in the style of a journal in which their faculty mentor publishes.

A primary goal of the POE program is to encourage students to pursue a career in cancer research. Thus, we are particularly interested in highly qualified students with a serious career interest in cancer research, either as a clinical scientist or laboratory-based research scientist. Our St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers training in leading-edge scientific fields paired with unique mentoring in the St. Jude clinical experience. Highly motivated POE students will have the opportunity to be considered for admission to the St. Jude Graduate School upon completion of their undergraduate degree.

All POE program applicants must already have research experience and be full time students at the time they apply. Applicants must be United States citizens, non-citizen nationals, or possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States (required by the funding agency). All must be in at least their college sophomore year of college at the time they apply. POE medical students spend a minimum of 10 weeks in the program. The minimum tenure requirement for all others is 11 weeks. All POE applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.40 (on a 4.0 scale) in math and science (biology, chemistry, and physics) and at least a 3.40 overall. Program participants will receive a $600/week subsistence allowance. Fully furnished group housing will be provided at no cost for non-local participants.

The POE home page contains links to the program application. The deadline for receipt of all 2024 application materials is February 1, 2024. Early application and submission of materials is highly recommended.

Thank you for your time!

Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD, FAACE
Director, Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
Associate Director, Academic Programs
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 276
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
suzanne.gronemeyer@stjude.org
https://www.stjude.org/poe
https://www.stjude.org/Gronemeyer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannegronemeyer

Additional Tips
I advise students to apply for several programs, since most programs have many more well-qualified applicants than they can place.
Many fine internship opportunities are listed on https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/great/summer-undergrad-research-programs.

 Another option may be https://www.fredhutch.org/en/education-training.html, https://www.training.nih.gov/programs, or https://ccr.cancer.gov/training/summer-internships.
Current medical students may be interested in:

·     https://www.chla.org/fellowship/summer-oncology-research-fellowship

·     https://students-residents.aamc.org/attending-medical-school/research-and-training-opportunities/

Ohio State Center for Emergent Materials

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

The NSF-funded CEM REU program involves a wide range of research projects where students will learn to address scientific issues including:

• The design, synthesis and growth of new materials (crystals, thin films, 2D) with unique electronic and magnetic phenomena.

• Developing innovative tools to understand how to control material properties within and across interfaces.

• Building a theoretical foundation for these emergent properties.

Students will participate in professional development activities focusing on preparing for graduate school and research related careers. They will also participate in peer networking and social activities. Successful REU applicants will be paired with a faculty mentor from a core CEM department (Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics) and will perform experimental or computational research projects aligned with CEM focal areas.

This 10-WEEK UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM includes a stipend of $6,000, reasonable travel costs, housing (dorm room – two people per room) and local bus transportation.

More information here.

For first consideration, please submit applications by February 15.

Applications are now being accepted for the Summer REU Program in Marine Science at the University of Delaware, an NSF-Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.

The program will take place from June 3 to August 9, 2024, at the University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp campus in the beach community of Lewes, located on the shores of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean.  Interns will work with faculty in a research-intensive setting on a research topic in chemical, physical, or biological oceanography, marine biology or marine geology. In addition to hands-on research experience, student support includes a $6,900 stipend, campus housing, and travel assistance. The deadline to apply is February 09, 2024

More information and the application can be found on our website. You may also be interested to hear directly from former interns, or see one of our field trips on the R/V Daiber on the Delaware Bay. 

The WAVE Fellows program supports this goal by increasing visibility and accessibility to Caltech's PhD programs to undergraduates in STEM fields who are seriously considering attending graduate school. WAVE Fellows is a 10-week undergraduate research program that provides robust programming in the areas of academic and professional development.

Eligibility: Students must be current sophomores through non-graduating seniors and must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or students with DACA status. A minimum GPA of 3.2 is required.

Competitive applicants will have completed sophomore-level courses in desired research field, have demonstrated through academic and/or co-curricular activities a passion for research, and can articulate how their research interests align with Caltech's research areas. The most competitive applicants will have prior research experience.

Support: WAVE Fellows will receive a $7,740 award for the ten-week program. An additional $2,000 on-campus housing supplement and $260 travel supplement will be provided.

Application: Online applications are due January 9, 2023.

Program information sessions will be held throughout November.

Click here for more information or reach out to Carol Casey, casey@caltech.edu, with questions.

Caltech's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is but one manifestation of our commitment to institutional excellence. Diversity is essential to achieving and maintaining scientific excellence. - excerpt from Caltech's Statement of Mission-Based Values

CesiumAstro engineers and manufactures communications modules, payloads, and satellites for space and airborne applications. Our multi-domain solutions enable a diverse range of commercial and defense applications. With offices in Austin, Texas; Broomfield, Colorado; El Segundo, California; and England; our global operations include hardware and software engineering, manufacturing, mission systems, systems engineering, and wireless communications engineering. 

From a recent alum: Cesium Astro has a couple summer internships open for summer 2024 - https://jobs.lever.co/CesiumAstro?department=Engineering&team=Internships%20%26%20Co-Ops 

Announcing the Sigma Pi Sigma Leadership Scholarship

The purpose of the Sigma Pi Sigma Leadership Scholarship program is to support Sigma Pi Sigma members and to encourage the pursuit of high scholarship in physics and astronomy.

These new Scholarships consist of $2,500-$6,000 awards for Sigma Pi Sigma majors that are within 10 years of their induction for the purpose of supporting advanced education. They will be awarded on the basis of upholding the four pillars of Sigma Pi Sigma (Honor, Encouragement, Service, and Fellowship) and exhibition of the potential and intention for continued scholastic development in physics, astronomy, or a closely related field.

There will be preference for those that are currently undergraduates, graduate students, or those who are recently inducted (within the past 10 years), but applicants must be enrolled for at least one more semester and be a member of Sigma Pi Sigma. 

Applicants must complete an online application, no later than November 15, 2023. The online system will guide applicants through completing the individual steps of the application process listed below, including requesting letters of recommendation. All pieces of the application must be in by the deadline in order to be considered for the scholarship. If you are not a member of SPS, please contact SPS-Programs@aip.org to be given a temporary login to the scholarship application website. 

The Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP) is an interdisciplinary biochemistry graduate program at The Ohio State University that trains students to investigate the biochemical basis of life and disease. The interests of our faculty range from understanding fundamental biochemical pathways to dissecting molecular mechanisms that underlie human diseases. The training of our students is therefore equally broad, from basic physical biochemistry, structural biology and molecular genetics, through designing treatments for disease. Our students learn theoretical and practical aspects of biochemistry, gain skills in presenting their research, attend national and international scientific conferences, and participate in a seminar series with world-renowned speakers.

To learn more about our program, please join us at one of our upcoming online OSBP Information Sessions on October 17th, November 1st and November 14th.  Applications are due December 1st.  Visit our website for additional information https://osbp.osu.edu/.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is pleased to announce that we will again offer RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) internship programs for summer 2024. RISE Germany is a summer internship program that gives undergraduates the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research projects at top research institutions (e.g. Max-Planck-Institutes) and universities in Germany. Students are paired with PhD students in German labs in unique mentoring partnerships to ensure immediate integration into hands-on lab work, a built-in social network, and an excellent opportunity to develop new technical skills. RISE Germany participants receive scholarships to cover living expenses.

Learn more about RISE Germany by visiting our website or contacting rise-germany@daad.de. 

The online registration portal and internship database for RISE Germany will open on October 15. The application deadline is November 30, 2023.

Caltech FUTURE Ignited

On October 7, 2023, Caltech will host our 4th annual FUTURE Ignited program.

Caltech recognizes that the diversity of background, experience, and thought is essential to achieving and maintaining scientific excellence. The FUTURE Ignited program is designed to support and encourage aspiring graduate students by providing the opportunity to learn more about graduate programs at Caltech and, more broadly, the graduate school admissions process.

Please share this information with your top rising Junior or Senior students, in STEM fields — who may be interested in pursuing a PhD — to participate.

This year faculty nominations are not necessary. Students are able to register themselves at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5FTWBBS