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Research Opportunities

16th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, May 17, 2013, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm in Mary Gates Hall.

The Symposium is a celebration of undergraduate accomplishments in research, scholarship, and creative expression in all academic disciplines. Students may present their research either in a poster session or an oral presentation session. We will also have a dedicated performance space in nearby Meany Hall for performing arts presentations. Last year, over 920 students participated in this exciting event.

Contact URP: Stop by, email, or phone us with your questions.
171 Mary Gates Hall urp@uw.edu (206) 543-4282

The Undergraduate Research Program is recruiting Volunteers for this year's 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium happening on Friday, May 17th from 11am - 6:00pm in Mary Gates Hall. Our Volunteers are critical to the success of the Symposium, and we invite you to Volunteer and to forward this announcement on.

Here is the link to view volunteer shifts and to sign-up. Volunteers can sign-up for multiple shifts as long as the times do not conflict.

NEW this year: Oral Presentation Session Assistants can sign-up to volunteer for one session instead of both. We hope this will encourage even more advisers to serve as Session Assistants!

We hope to have you Volunteer, and we appreciate your support of the UW Undergraduate Research Program and the Research Symposium!

Call for UW Undergrad Papers & Projects

What? The UW Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates recognizes undergraduate students who have authored superb research projects that demonstrate a creative use of scholarly materials.
Why? Winners receive $1,000 and University-wide recognition for their outstanding accomplishment.
When? Deadline to submit is Monday, May 13, 2013, by 5:00pm PST.
Where and How? Submission criteria and guidelines are available online.
Questions? Send them to libaward@uw.edu

CMAS-Benson Latin American Collection Short-Term Research Fellowships

The Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin announces its second annual competition for five (5) short-term research fellowships at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection in the fields of Mexican American and Borderlands Studies. These research fellowships are for the summer 2013.

World renowned for its over 1,000,000 books, periodicals, pamphlets, and microforms; 4,350 linear feet of manuscripts; 19,000 maps; 11,500 broadsides; 400,000 photographs and slides; and 60,000 items in a variety of other media (sound recordings, drawings, video tapes and cassettes, DVDs, posters, memorabilia, and electronic media), and periodical titles are estimated at over 40,000 with 8,000 currently received titles and over 3,000 newspaper titles, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is one of the foremost research libraries containing materials related to the Mexican American experience and Borderlands Studies. Click here for a listing of Mexican American and U.S. Latin@ archival and manuscript collections.

Further, the Mexican American Library Program (MALP) at The University of Texas at Austin was formally established in 1974 by the University Libraries to support the educational needs of students of Mexican American and U.S. Latino culture and history. It is also designed to support the research activities of the faculty of the Center for Mexican American Studies, which has been serving the state of Texas and the nation as a leader in the intellectual development of Mexican American studies since 1970.

Qualifications

Short-term fellowships are restricted to post-doctoral scholars, Ph.D. candidates or holders of other terminal degrees from outside the Austin area who have a specific need to use the Mexican American and Borderlands collections at the Benson Library. We will offer five (5) $1,000 fellowships in 2013 each thanks to the support of CMAS and the Benson library. Of the five fellowships, one is designated as the Gloria Anzaldúa fellowship and will be awarded to the project that best makes use of the Gloria E. Anzaldúa collection as the focus of their fellowship proposal. All project proposals, including the Anzaldúa award, must demonstrate innovation and substantial critical contributions to shaping the fields of Mexican American Studies and/or Borderlands Studies. Fellowships are for travel and housing.

Priority will be given to applicants who might not otherwise be able to complete their research without CMAS fellowship support and to applications that focus on the Mexican American and/or experiences of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.

Applicants must compile their applications electronically and submit them as email attachments by May 3, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Award recipients will be announced on May 27, 2013. Residencies may begin on June 15, 2013 and must end by September 1, 2013. Awardees must publicly acknowledge CMAS and the Benson Latin American Collection in any published materials resulting from the fellowship, including doctoral dissertations, articles, and book manuscripts.

Application Guidelines

CMAS-Benson Latin American Collection Short-Term Research Fellowship in Mexican American and Borderlands Studies applications must be received by May 3, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST. This includes the applicant’s own materials and all reference letters.

Please note: the review committee will not accept applications that include any material in excess of the five main parts described below.

The application consists of five elements:

1. The cover sheet of basic personal and professional information.

2. A project abstract of no more than 300 words. The abstract must communicate the significance of the project to reviewers in the humanities or social sciences who may not be specialists in the field of inquiry. This should be the overall description of the project.

3. A project description of no more than 1,500 words that details the following:

Description of the project and its significance to Mexican American Studies. When appropriate, please make specific reference to previously published scholarship that will be revised, improved or supplanted by the proposed project (1000 words).
Description of the Benson Collection materials to be consulted (please be as specific as possible) and an outline of the work plan for the fellowship period (500 words).

4. A current Curriculum Vitae (CV) of no more than 10 pages. Please do not submit difficult to read documents. Please be sure to list forthcoming publications and describe their status (in progress, submitted, accepted, in press).

5. Two letters of reference. Letters should speak to the promise and innovation of the proposed project, its relevance to work in the Benson Collection with Mexican American and/or U.S.-Mexico Borderlands materials in addition to the talents and qualifications of the applicant. Please send your referees a copy of your project description and remind them of the application deadline. Letters that speak to the CMAS-Benson Collection Short-Term Fellowship are weighted more heavily than those coming from a dossier service. We prefer that letters be submitted electronically and must come directly from the letter writer.

Instructions for Submitting Applications

Applicants must compile their applications electronically and submit them as e-mail attachments by May 3, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST.

1. Download the cover sheet from the CMAS website. Fill in the shaded form fields using a word processing application.

2. Attach the following documents to an email using the corresponding file names:

Cover Sheet
Project Abstract
Project Description
CV

Please submit these as four separate documents. The project abstract, project description, and CV may be submitted as Word attachments. PDFs are preferred but not required.

3. Send the e-mail to Alberto Gonzalez with the subject line “(Applicant’s last name) Fellowship Application.”

4. Contact referees regarding letters of reference. We prefer that referees send their letters electronically as attachments to Alberto Gonzalez with the subject line “(Applicant’s last name) Letter of Reference.” In cases where referees are not able to send electronic copies, paper copies will be accepted. Due to the volume of applications, we cannot notify applicants about missing letters. Applicants are responsible for making sure that their referees submit their letters on time and should contact Alberto Gonzalez to confirm receipt.

5. We will acknowledge receipt of applications via e-mail. If we do not respond in three (3) business days of sending the application, please contact Alberto Gonzalez at (512) 471-4557 or albertg@austin.utexas.edu. Applications must be time-date stamped by deadline listed.

University of Tokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP):
http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utrip/ (general info)
http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utrip/program/ (2013 program details)

This program was launched by the Graduate School of Science (GSS) of the University of Tokyo (one of the world's leading research-education universities) as part of its campaign begun in June 2010 for promoting the internationalization of the GSS by inviting talented young students from abroad. UTRIP is an intensive summer research program targeted at undergraduates who have a keen interest in pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the future. During the program, the participants receive intensive instruction and guidance on conducting research from renowned faculty members belonging to the GSS's six departments of physics, astronomy, chemistry, earth & planetary science, biophysics & biochemistry, and biological sciences. The program is open to students who are currently enrolled in their junior or senior years at an accredited college or university outside of Japan, and who are majoring in a natural science or related field. Students participating in the program who are highly evaluated by the faculty members will be given priority for receiving scholarships when applying for admission to the GSS the following year. The program also includes an excursion outside of Tokyo as well as a short course on the Japanese language and culture.

The Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) is a long-term anthropological study of clandestine border crossings that employs a combination of archaeology and ethnography to understand this phenomenon in a variety of geographic contexts including the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona and Northern Mexican border towns. As part of this research, the UMP will run its third archaeological-ethnographic field school in Southern Arizona this summer through the Institute for Field Research (www.ifrglobal.org) and Connecticut College.

Students will be trained in archaeological and ethnographic field methods and earn 8 college anthropology credits through Connecticut College. The field school will run from June 15th through July 21st.

Online information can be found here http://www.ifrglobal.org/programs/current/us-az-migrants or by contacting the UMP Principle Investigator Prof. Jason De León (jpdeleon@umich.edu) or field school Co-Director Dr. Cameron Gokee
(camerongokee@gmail.com).

2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

The 2013 Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium - SURP application is now open for application, details may be found at this website.

SURP is a paid 9 week STEM summer research experience for University of Washington and Space Grant Consortium eligible undergraduates. The full-time internship pay is $4,000 and part-time positions are paid at the $2,000 level. Space Grant co-funds internships with hiring labs and aims to match SURP selected students with a lab working on projects that are closely related to the students' interests. Space Grant also provides co-funding for SURP selected students who have prearranged to work in a STEM lab during the summer.

If you have any questions, please contact nasa@uw.edu.

Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium

University of Washington

Box 351310

Seattle, WA 98195-1310

Phone: 206 543-1943

Fax: 206-543-0179

http://www.waspacegrant.org

Please check following URL often for undergraduate research opportunities;

http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/find/atuw.html

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EIP is sponsored by The Office of Minority Affairs .