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From February to mid-March, the Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review (MURR), WVU’s student-led undergraduate research journal, is recruiting new members for its Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Editorial Review Board (ERB). 

Undergraduate students with research experience can apply to positions including 1) Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Reviewer, 2) STEM Reviewer, 3) Design Editor, 4) HASS Head Section Editor, 5) STEM Head Section Editor, and 6) Managing Editor

Open to rising Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors with an interest in STEM, Cancer and/or Biomedical Research.

The University of Missouri is currently seeking undergraduate student to apply to its Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Students live in on-campus air-conditioned housing (double rooms), and receive a meal plan paid by the program. Many programs provide one credit hour of research, travel to and from Columbia, and stipends range from $3,400 – $5,400.

The Harvard Amgen Scholars Program invites current sophomores, current juniors and non-graduating seniors interested in biotechnology and biomedical science, to apply by Feb. 1.  The program, which will run June 5 through August 11, 2023, is a 10-week residential program for students interested in doing biotechnology and biomedical science research and in pursuing the PhD or MD/PhD. 

Students will work on research projects in Harvard laboratories and will participate in pre-professional development workshops and lectures. Students will have the opportunity to explore Cambridge, Boston and the surrounding areas through social activities with cohort members. Harvard Amgen Scholars receive free housing at Harvard University’s Cambridge campus, a stipend (which includes meal allowance) and receive support toward travel to/from Boston. Amgen Scholars attend the Amgen Scholars North American Conference at University of California, Los Angeles, with travel, lodging and meals at this conference fully paid. At the conference, students will participate in networking activities and lectures with other Amgen Scholars from host institutions and meet Amgen scientists and Amgen Scholars program alumni. Applications are due February 1st, 2023.

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is now accepting applications for the NSF-REU program "Advancing High-Performance Computing Opportunities in Undergraduate Research at UW-Eau Claire to Meet Challenges of Multidisciplinary Computational Science".

This REU site will provide a comprehensive research experience for ten students in High Performance Computing and its importance in several research domains. Students will get an opportunity to conduct research in any of the research domains mentioned below: 

2023 Repperger Summer Research Internship Program
Location: Dayton, OH or San Antonio, TX
Degree:  Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Animal Care Clinician
Location: Travis Air Force Base, California
Degree: Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Aerospace / Mechanical Engineering Summer Internship
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Degree: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer Internship: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Degree: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

HPC Simulation Software & Machine Learning: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer Internship
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Degree: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Data Science / Materials Modeling: Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Summer Internship
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Degree: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Summer 2023 Environmental Science Intern
Location: Hanover, New Hampshire
Degree: Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Computational Chemistry Research - Post-doctoral
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Degree: Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

MRICD Analytical Chemistry/Medical Diagnostics Internship - Bachelor's & Master's Level
Location: Gunpowder, Maryland
Degree: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree to be received by 8/31/2023
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

ERDC Environmental Laboratory- 2023 Summer Intern Program
Location: Various
Degree: High School Diploma/GED, Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, or Master's Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Join the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) on Jan. 18, 2023, from 12 to 3 p.m. ET for a virtual career fair highlighting STEM internship and fellowship opportunities for college students and postgraduates at U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) research facilities around the country!

NOTE: Most ORISE opportunities with the DoD require U.S. citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status. To see a full list of opportunities, click here.

During the fair, attendees will have the chance to:

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Victor Convertino, senior scientist with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, will give a live presentation at the event. His talk is scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. ET. Please find his bio below.

The WVU Office of Undergraduate Research seeks to reward undergraduate students who bring their research and creative activity to publication while at WVU. We recognize that faculty mentors play a major role in supporting students through this process and with this award, we wish to recognize the critical role faculty play in getting a scholarly or creative product to publication.