University of Missouri Summer Research Internship Program
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Deadline:
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Summer Research Internship Program
Join an undergraduate community of 90+ students with access to more than 40 professional and developmental workshops, made possible by 1,000+ researchers at MU working to promote discovery for animal and human health, food, physical sciences, and the environment.
Most application deadlines are February 15, 2017.
About the program:
- 9 weeks (May 30 – July 29, 2017)
- Stipends starting from $3,600
Some programs provide:
- On-campus housing
- Meal plan
- Transportation to and from Columbia, MO for the program
Professional Development and Social Activities:
- Weekly workshops and seminars
- Small group seminars of the students’ choosing
- Intern & Mentor BBQ, trivia night, team-building challenges, and other social activities
- Graduate Program Expo
- Poster Forum to present research at the conclusion of the program
Sample of past weekly seminars:
- Dr. Tim Evans, Veterinary Pathobiology – “Describing Your Research in 1 Minute: The Elevator Statement”
- Dr. Richard Sherwood, Pathology & Anatomical Sciences – “Adventures with the Missing ‘Link'”
- Dr. Angela Speck, Physics & Astronomy – “The Eclipse of the Century”
- Dr. Brick Johnstone, Health Psychology – “Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Merging the Sciences and Humanities”
- Dr. Lori Eggert (Biology), Dr. Kevin Middleton (Pathology & Anatomy) & Dr. Mark Hannink (Biochemistry) – “Faculty Panel – Post-Graduate Planning”
- Dr. Denis McCarthy, Psychological Sciences – “What Happens When You Drink and Why You Should Care”
- Dr. Charles Nilon, Fisheries & Wildlife – “Birds, People, and Environmental Justice”
- Dr. Gavin Conant, Animal Sciences – “Comparative genomics as a time machine: Reconstructing evolution after a genome duplication”
Summer Research Areas for Non-MU students:
- MU Alcohol Research Training Summer School (MU-ARTSS)
- Miller Summer Program in Animal Sciences
- Summer Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- Summer Research Internship in Biomedical Sciences
- NSF Summer Research Experience in Computational Neuroscience*
- Cell & Molecular Biology
- NSF Summer Research Experience in Physics: Materials and Modeling*
- NSF Summer Research Experience in Plant Stress Biology*
- NSF Missouri Transect: Plants, Climate, & Community +
- NSF Summer Research Experience in Comparative Biomechanics, Paleontology and Evolution
- Missouri Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MoLSAMP)
* pending funding + coming soon
Summer Research Areas for MU Students:
View a full list of MU programs here.
