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WVU Center for Neuroscience SURI Program
Applications due: February 1, 2011
Flyer: PDF
The West Virginia University Center for Neuroscience continues to cultivate the next generation of neuroscientists with an opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in our 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) program. Accepted students will gain invaluable experience as they study and work in high-tech facilities across 40 laboratories housed in modern research facilities.
Students accepted to the SURI program will receive a $3,000 stipend, plus a $1,000 housing allowance. Attached to this letter is a flyer describing the SURI program. Please forward this flyer to prospective students who may be interested in the SURI program. Information is also available on our website: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/wvucn/suri/index.asp.
We appreciate your assistance in announcing our program and hope to recruit qualified students from your program.
Sincerely,
George A. Spirou, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Neuroscience
West Virginia University School of Medicine
One Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506-9303
t 304 293-3490
f 304 293-7182
e gspirou@hsc.wvu.edu
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/wvucn
Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
Program Dates: May 25 to July 31, 2009
Location: West Virginia University, Center for Neuroscience
Website: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/wYUcn/suri/index.asp
Letter and Flyer: PDF
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The Center for Neuroscience will offer up to 14 internships of research-intensive training for qualified undergraduate students. Research oppoliunities incorporate molecular- to systems-level
analyses of nervous-system function, which include projects in sensory, cognitive, and behavioral neuroscience; neural injury and neurodegeneration; and neuropsychiatric disease. Interns are expected to complete a well-defined research project under the supervision of a Center faculty member. Trainees will receive a $3,000 stipend plus a $1000 housing allowance.
The program will run from May 2S-July 31, 2009. On-line applications will be accepted from students currently enrolled at a college or university in the U.S., who have completed their 2nd or 3rd year. Preference will be given to those with a strong background in biology, chemistry, engineering, neuroscience, physics, or psychology, with an overall OPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicants are required to submit their curriculum vitae, official college transcripts, and 2 letters of recommendation. The application deadline is February 2, 2009, with the research awards to be announced no later than March 6, 2009.