Thursday, November 4, 2010

Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Gerstner Sloan-Kettering

The Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences sponsors a 10-week research program for outstanding undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in biomedically related sciences. For more information, please go to: surp@sloankettering.edu Students who are interested in applying to the program can find the application materials at www.sloankettering.edu. In addition to the application form and essay, students should submit an official transcript and two letters of recommendation. These letters should be written by faculty members who are familiar with your academic credentials or, if applicable, written by the research advisor. The deadline for submission of all application materials is February 1. Applicants will be notified of a decision between March 1 and March 15.

Southern Teachers Agency

Chemistry teaching jobs available. For most of these positions a bachelor's degree with a major in Chemistry (or at the very least a chemistry minor) is essential, but teacher certification is not. Of course, a degree in science education is highly desirable as is a master's degree in Chemistry. Please visit the website at www.SouthernTeachers.com for more information and an on-line application or email them at: Teachers@SouthernTeachers.com

NSF - East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)

Interested in Summer Research and exposure to other cultures? The goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last approximately eight to ten weeks from June to August. Please go to www.nsf.gov/eapsi for more information. DEADLINE: November 10, 2010

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program - Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is offering, for the 18th consecutive year, their SURF program. Students interested in Cancer Biology, Biochemistry Microbiology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology should apply. The SURF website and on-line application can be found at www.utsouthwestern.edu/SURF. For the seventh consecutive year, they are also sponsoring the Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF) Program. Students interested in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or Chemistry should apply. The program website and on-line application for QP-SURF can be found at www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF. Both programs run from June 6th through August 12th, 2011. Their application deadline is February 9, 2011.

2011 NNIN REU Program

The 2011 National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Research Experience for Undergradutes Program online application is now available at: http://www.reu.nnin.org/ and the full information for the program itself is at http://www.nnin.org/nnin_2011reu.html Any questions, please email Ms. Melanie-Claire Mallison at mallison@cnf.cornell.edu

Summer Internship - SCI Scholars - Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

This summer internship program is a joint effort of the SCI, AIG, ACS and AIChE, and was developed to introduce chemistry and chemical engineering students to careers in the chemical industry. Exceptional sophomores and juniors with a GPA of at least 3.5 and who are majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering are encouraged to apply. Each scholar will receive up to $6,000-$10,000 for a ten week internship. Applications are due December 15, 2010. Interested students should visit www.acs.org/sci to fill out an application and get more information.