Are you looking for an undergraduate research experience outside of Richmond this summer? Check out the many opportunities listed through the Pathways to Science website. The opportunities include a wide range of disciplines and are located all over the US and abroad.
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The Villers Fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families USA’s Health Policy Department. The Villers Fellow’s primary responsibilities involve conducting primary and secondary research on a range of health care issues, including Medicaid, Medicare, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), prescription drugs, and the private insurance market, as well as writing and contributing to publications that are relevant to current health policy debates. Villers Fellows will have the opportunity to attend meetings on Capitol Hill; make presentations; and analyze legislation.
The Villers Fellowship is a year-long, full-time, salaried ($38,000) position in Families USA’s office in Washington, D.C. The position begins in August and runs through the end of July. Each year, one candidate will be selected for the fellowship. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2010.
For more information, contact villersfellowship@familiesusa.org.
If you are interested in teaching high school, but want to try it out before you commit, a summer at St. Paul’s School ASP is a great option. You don’t have to be an education minor or even have taught before. This is a five week program for advanced students in New Hampshire. You must have at least finished your junior year in college. You will be a teaching assistant, working alongside a master teacher with a class of 12-15 students. You will receive room, board and a stipend.
For more information, visit http://asp.sps.edu.
Sophomore and junior Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Pre-Engineering and Earth Science majors are eligible for funding to work with PhD students in Germany on research. NO KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED! Students are provided 650 Euros per month for up to 3 months. Some other benefits are provided, such as assistance finding housing and health insurance.
http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html
Interested students should register online at the link provided above between December 7, 2009 and January 31, 2010. Registration will enable them to access the internship offers submitted by the German PhD students. They may apply for up to three projects. To complete the application, they will need to send in the following documents:
- a print-out of your completed application form (available online after registration)
- full curriculum vitae/résumé
- up-to-date official university/college transcript(s)
- as a supplement to this transcript, a list of courses you will have completed by the time the internship begins
- a letter of reference from a senior academic in your field of study
- for each internship offer you choose, a cover letter in which you state your motivation to apply for this particular project (addressed to the PhD student)
Students with questions about working with the DAAD organization can see Abby Ward, award@richmond.edu.
Summer Medical Research Internships at Eastern Virginia Medical School in medical, biomedical, public health and behavioral research for rising or graduating college seniors.
Interns will receive $3,000 for the summer, May 26-July 29, 2010.
Applications due February 19, 2010.
For more information, go to pediatrics.evms.edu (click the research portal) or email linda.merhige@chkd.org
