Student Opportunities

Links will be added throughout the semester. Be sure to check back.

Due date Opportunity and Details For Whom
March 1, 2008

American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program
Scholarships for undergraduate chemistry majors
Contact: Robert Hughes at ACS (scholars@acs.org)
Informational flyer
Website link: http://www.acs.org/scholars

African American, Latino and American Indian students with demonstrated financial need
March 3, 2008

CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience)
Summer program or two-year experience at Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Centers
Contact: Joan Becker (joan.becker@umb.edu)
Informational flyer
Website link: http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/center-initiatives/iecd/student-training/cure-program/#c6867

Students from groups underrepresented in the sciences: underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, first generation to attend college, economically disadvantaged.
March 1, 2008 REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)
Summer program doing research in a biology lab at UMass Boston
Contact: Marcia Kazmierczak (Marcia.Kazmierczak@umb.edu)
Informational flyer
Website link: http://www.bio.umb.edu
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and must be enrolled in college for the fall of 2008. Students who will graduate by June 2008 are not eligible to apply. Applicants should have completed at least one upper-level biology course as well as mathematics through college algebra.
February 25, 2008 Biomedical Careers Student Conference on April 4-5, 2008
Contact: fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu
Informational Flyer
African-American, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students
Various National Clearinghouse for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Website link to a searchable database: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
Undergraduate students interested in doing a summer internship in a science research lab somewhere in the US