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The American Institute of Physics (SPS Jobs’ parent company) is partnering with NASA's funded proposal team, the Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets, to host a design challenge for undergraduate students. Students are invited to form teams with their local departments and universities and submit their proposals for a lightweight, scalable, orbiting starshade that could help examine exoplanets from an Earth-stationed observatory. The first phase of submissions is due January 20, 2023.

Spread the word among your talented undergraduates about the Starshade Undergraduate Challenge! Students may submit proposals here.

West Virginia University has a campus-wide license for MATLAB and its software and services include hands-on training and a homework autograding tool. 

WVU is seeking to get the most out of the campus-wide license by hiring a student to be an on-campus Student Ambassador.

Are you aware of a WVU faculty member or a graduate student who demonstrates excellence in mentoring undergraduates in research and creative endeavors?

ORNL is currently accepting applications for paid summer 2023 internships at the High School, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Faculty levels. There are numerous opportunities in research and operations:

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On Saturday, December 3, the Office of Undergraduate Research hosted our Fifth Annual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Mountainlair on the WVU Downtown Campus. A huge congratulations to our category winners and runners-up below, and an enormous thanks to all our presenters, mentors, judges, and attendees who made this symposium such a success!

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Undergraduates are encouraged to apply to engage in scholarly activity (research/creative work) via the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program. 

The deadline for students to submit an application is March 1, 2023, 11:59pm.  

The University of Missouri is hosting Summer Undergraduate Research Programs.

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.

Faculty are encouraged to apply to mentor undergraduates in scholarly activity via the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program and inform their undergraduates that SURE applications are now open. The deadline to submit a faculty application is February 17. 

SURE is a paid undergraduate research experience for students interested in graduate school and research/creative work within their discipline or a related discipline. 2023 SURE program dates are May 30-July 28. 

The DOE Scholars Program introduces students and recent college graduates to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) mission and operations. 

The DOE Scholars Program is designed to attract talented undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates to research, technical and professional opportunities within U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and organizations that support the DOE mission.

The American Gastroenterological Association has two undergraduate research programs..

Eight summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) awards are open for application through December 14, 2022. The AGA-Aman Armaan Ahmed Family SURF offers students from underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to conduct 10-weeks of mentored digestive disease research. Each award provides a $5,400 stipend, reimbursements for meals and travel, and funds for supplies to the mentor’s lab.