What's New

Welcome to 2019! Here are a few AWIS-WV announcements for the new year:
 
Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) 2019 will be held at WVU Tech on Saturday, March 30, 2019. We are looking for volunteers (individual or groups) to lead hands-on workshops for middle school-aged girls. The workshops should be STEM related, but the content is entirely up to you. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering and submit your workshop ideas by February 15th. If you would like more information regarding this event, please feel free to contact Jamie McCall or 304-293-4263.
 
Van Liere Research Conference: The 54th Van Liere Research Conference will be March 21 & 22, 2019 at the WVU Health Sciences Campus. This is an opportunity for undergraduates, professional program students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and postdoctoral researchers to present their research. The posters are judged by faculty and winners are chosen from each category. Deadline to submit an abstract is February 15, 2019 (5:00PM) 2019 Van Liere Research Conference REGISTRATION. AWIS-WV Chapter will have a booth at the event. Please consider stopping by to see us and to support the students presenting their work.

Our Global Accelerator Programs in Paris, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco are filling very quickly, and I anticipate there will be no places remaining after the New Year. As such, I would like to take the opportunity to ask interested students to apply sooner rather than later.

Deadlines are rapidly approaching!  Use the PathwaysToScience.org searchable database to find and apply to STEM paid summer research programs over winter break.

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at Michigan State University invites applications from undergraduate students interested in a career in bioenergy for our Summer Undergraduate Research Program in 2019.

Call for Applicants: NSF/REU Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Water Science and Engineering   

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Application Deadline: February 15, 2019 (11:59 PM, EST)

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University is sponsoring the Cancer-Focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) program. The goal of the program is to generate excitement for a future career in cancer research in highly motivated undergraduates and help them prepare for the next stage in their careers. Thirty-two undergraduates from across the country will work with one of 82 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.

Information can be found at: CanSUR Information and Application

Program: The Ole Miss Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an NSF-funded summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in 2019. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in "Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program" activities and work on a research project under the direction of a faculty mentor. Student participants will receive a $5,000 stipend, a housing and meal plan for ten weeks, and travel assistance. 

Eligibility: Undergraduate student participants must have completed their freshmen year of college but not yet graduated, and must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. Underrepresented groups in science are strongly encouraged to apply, including minorities, women, and first-generation college students. 

Remember that deadlines for summer programs are fast approaching. If you have access to the Student Opportunity Center (S.O.C.) , be sure to visit that site to search for relevant opportunities. S.O.C. is search platform for finding relevant, nationwide, experiential learning opportunities such as paid summer research experiences, internships at national/government labs or agencies, undergraduate symposia/conferences, journals and more. This platform includes many of the opportunities detailed below. For 2018-19, access to this resource is supported by the Honors College and is limited to 500 users. To request S.O.C. access/user account, please complete the wufoo form located below.

S.O.C. Access Request

For questions about how to use this resource, contact the Office of Undergraduate Research.

The Harvard-Amgen Scholars Program is a ten-weekfaculty mentored residential summer research program for undergraduates in biotechnology.Through this program, a diverse cohort of rising undergraduate juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to work in laboratories of faculty across the Harvard campus. In addition to an engaging, formative research experience, Harvard-AmgenScholars will live among over 300 undergraduate residents of the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village community in one of the historic Houses along the Charles River. Please check out our flyer for an overview of the program and benefits.

The deadline to submit complete applications is Friday, February 1, 2019.Check out more information about the Harvard-Amgen Scholars Program, as well as eligibility criteria and the application process. The Amgen Scholars Program website includes information about all of the U.S. and international programs available this coming summer.