The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT offers a two-year funded non-degree post-baccalaureate program for outstanding recent college graduates who plan to pursue a research career in neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience or neuro-engineering  and who would benefit from additional research experience and course work before applying to graduate programs in neuroscience. 

This program is specifically designed to provide individuals from under-represented minority groups in a STEM field, first-generation college students, individual with disabilities or veterans, the opportunity to take courses at MIT, conduct supervised research in any BCS lab of their choice, and immerse themselves in the MIT culture and its academic rigors, while gaining the knowledge and experience necessary to become competitive applicants and successful graduate students in various fields of neuroscience.

  

The Application deadline is February 28, 2019. Applicants will be informed of their application status by April 15.

To learn more or to apply please go to:

http://bcs.mit.edu/academic-program/post-baccalaureate-research-scholars-program-brain-and-cognitive-sciences

Emory University’s Laney Graduate School under the Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement Office will be hosting the Laney Graduate School's Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (LGS-SOAR) program.  Application Deadline is January 28, 2019.

 

I am writing to ask for your assistance in identifying talented underrepresented minority – particularly Black/African American, American Indian, Latinx/Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander – and underserved undergraduate students who may benefit from a highly-competitive, 10-week, research-intensive experience. We are seeking emerging researchers interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in one of over 40 academic programs at Emory including humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural, physical and biomedical sciences. Additional program details, eligibility requirements and online application can be found on the web at LGS-SOAR.

The program is unique in that all scholars will be mentored by Emory Faculty and teams of postdocs, research technicians, graduate students, and other undergraduates. SOAR researchers receive a housing award for residence on the Emory campus and a stipend to support their full-time attention to research training and developing professional development skills on:

• Communicating research to a variety of audiences
• Problem-solving
• Interpreting results
• Participating in novel research
• Navigating difficult ethical situations
• Network building 

Please help us spread the word about LGS-SOAR 2019 by forwarding this announcement to interested students, faculty, and staff at your institution.

The University of Georgia is excited to announce the sixth year of their Undergraduate Biology Education Research (UBER) REU Site. UBER is a nine-week, NSF-funded program to involve undergraduates in designing and conducting research on biology teaching and learning with mentorship from faculty in UGA's Division of Biological Sciences and College of Education. 

Details can be found at their website: http://uber.coe.uga.edu.

• Program Dates: May 20 - July 20, 2019
• Students will be paid a total stipend of $5000
• Housing will be provided in UGA dormitories at no cost
• Travel assistance to UGA is available up to $500 per student
• Application deadline: February 11, 2019

A program flyer is attached. If you have any questions, you can email Tuma(trevor.tuma@uga.edu) or Dr. Julie Stanton (stantonj@uga.edu). 

Dec 04, 2018, 4:11 PM

Jobs New Internships and Jobs in Science!: 2019 Dean for Medical Education's ARCHES Program (9303768) Georgetown University, School of Medicine Office of Diversity - Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities POSTING DATE: Dec 04, 2018 END DATE: Feb 04, 2019 Maryland Outreach Intern (9303753) Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Annapolis, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Part-Time POSTING DATE: Dec 04, 2018 END DATE: Apr 03, 2019 Maryland Watershed Restoration Assistant (9303752) Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Annapolis, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Part-Time, Temporary/Seasonal POSTING DATE: Dec 04, 2018 END DATE: Apr 01, 2019 Multiple Openings (12/03/18) (9303758) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Nationwide United States POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level, Full-Time - Experienced, Part-Time POSTING DATE: Dec 04, 2018 END DATE: Jan 03, 2019 Sustainability Intern at HCC (9300699) Sustainability at Howard Community College - Howard County, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities POSTING DATE: Dec 04, 2018 END DATE: Feb 04, 2019 American Red Cross Job Openings (12/3/2018) (9303696) American Red Cross POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level, Full-Time - Experienced, Part-Time POSTING DATE: Dec 03, 2018 END DATE: Feb 03, 2019 GSK Rockville Biopharm Co-op/Lab Technology Support (9303711) GlaxoSmithKline - Rockville, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Cooperative Education (Co-op) POSTING DATE: Dec 03, 2018 END DATE: Feb 03, 2019 JHU/APL Discovery Program Full Time Employment Opportunity (9303700) Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab - Laurel, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level POSTING DATE: Dec 03, 2018 END DATE: Feb 03, 2019 Maryland Sea Grant REU (9303697) Maryland Sea Grant - Multiple Locations POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities, Research Internships POSTING DATE: Dec 03, 2018 END DATE: Jan 30, 2019 Researcher (9303664) United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Nationwide United States POSITION TYPE: Part-Time, Temporary/Seasonal POSTING DATE: Nov 30, 2018 END DATE: Mar 02, 2019 Undergraduate Summer Internship Announcement (9303655) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Silver Spring, Pennsylvania United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities POSTING DATE: Nov 30, 2018 END DATE: Feb 15, 2019 Chemist (9303633) United States Department of Labor - South Park, Pennsylvania United States POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level POSTING DATE: Nov 29, 2018 END DATE: Dec 21, 2018 REU Marine Sciences Summer Program (9303562) University of Delaware - Lewes, Delaware United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities, Research Internships POSTING DATE: Nov 27, 2018 END DATE: Feb 08, 2019 Research Internship (9303545) University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore, Maryland United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities, Research Internships POSTING DATE: Nov 26, 2018 END DATE: Mar 26, 2019 2019 Summer Job: Plant Community Ecology Internship (9303530) Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve - East Bethel, Minnesota United States POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities POSTING DATE: Nov 24, 2018 END DATE: Feb 25, 2019

Workshops Upcoming Events: Baltimore Career Fair SESSION START: Dec 05, 2018, 11:00 AM SESSION END: Dec 05, 2018, 3:00 PM LOCATION: Off-Campus Federal Government Session - Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates SESSION START: Dec 06, 2018, 5:00 PM SESSION END: Dec 06, 2018, 8:00 PM Educators of Color Open House SESSION START: Dec 06, 2018, 7:00 PM SESSION END: Dec 06, 2018, 8:30 PM LOCATION: Off-Campus PBEO Job Fair SESSION START: Dec 09, 2018, 7:00 AM SESSION END: Dec 12, 2018, 6:00 PM Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors Workshop on Paid Internships SESSION START: Dec 20, 2018, 11:45 AM SESSION END: Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 PM Seminar on Human Primary Cells ad their use and Application in Drug Discovery SESSION START: Dec 20, 2018, 3:00 PM SESSION END: Dec 20, 2018, 4:30 PM

Info Sessions Upcoming Information Sessions: Jourve START DATE/TIME: Dec 05, 2018, 10:00 AM END DATE/TIME: Dec 05, 2018, 4:00 PM LOCATION: Commons: Main Street Vector Marketing START DATE/TIME: Dec 06, 2018, 10:00 AM END DATE/TIME: Dec 06, 2018, 1:00 PM LOCATION: Commons: Main Street

Attached please find a virtual flyer for the Vermont EPSCoR Undergraduate Internship Program, which offers students a $5,000 stipend and the opportunity to join a team of scientists (faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral associates) conducting research on the coupling of natural and social systems of the Lake Champlain Basin to understand and promote Basin Resilience to Extreme Events (BREE).

 

Undergraduates will be matched with a research team working for 10 weeks in summer 2019 on the transdisciplinary BREE research program. Research teams are assembled by topic and interact regularly across focus areas including Ecological Systems, Social Systems, and Integrated Assessment Modeling.

 

The summer 2019 internship runs from May 28 to August 2 at the University of Vermont. In addition to the $5,000 stipend, travel and on-campus lodging will be provided.  Interns will have the opportunity to present their research at the Vermont EPSCoR Research Symposium. Applications will be available the first week of December, and the deadline to apply is January 30, 2019.

 

For more information, visit https://epscor.w3.uvm.edu/epscor.