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Miami Undergraduate Research
11/4/2008 USS Fair and Reception
12/05/08 USS Deadline
12/05/08 Round 1 USS Summer Scholar Program Deadline
For summer 2009 approximately one hundred (100) student appointments will be available to students submitting in Round 1 with a December 5, 2008, deadline. In addition, approximately 15 appointments will be available for students submitting in Round 2 with a February 27, 2009 deadline. Updated 2009 guidelines will be posted around Oct 1, 2008.
11/04/2008
USS Fair and Reception noon - 1:30 pmShriver Center MPR A
Undergraduate Research Experiences help you
Miami University Interdisciplinary
Technology Development Challenge (MUITDC) topic for
2008-2009 is
Recovered Energy Systems.
The MUITDC undergraduate research opportunity
fosters interdisciplinary development research
by providing teams
of undergraduate students
the means to develop
and demonstrate a technology at the laboratory
scale, to provide fiscal projections that indicate
a financial viability, and to identify policy
issues that incorporate
esthetic and societal concerns. Deadline to submit
MUITDC
entry form via e-mail to
Martha
Weber was September 29, 2008.
Undergraduate
Presentation Awards small awards to assist
Miami University students to present the results
of their independent research or other creative
activities at professional conferences and meetings.
On going deadline.
Miami's
15th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum April
15, 2009
Registration will be open January 12 - February 28, 2009
Miami students
will have the opportunity to present research results in either a 15-minute oral synopsis or in an interactive
poster session in the Shriver
Center multipurpose
rooms.
View
pictures from UR Forum 08
Download the
2008 program as pdf file.
Miami
Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program 2009 Updated
Guidelines will be posted around October 1, 2008
Round
1 - Fall Submission Deadline December 5, 2008
Round 2 - Spring Submission Deadline February
27, 2009 (limited to
students submitting through a Fine
Arts and Humanities or Social Sciences disciplines.
For 2009 Miami USS program aligns with President
Hodge’s
call for “active, engaged educational experiences
for our undergraduates through the fusion of scholarship
and teaching”. The USS
program now encourages students to create an enriched
synergistic learning opportunity by combining a
departmentally approved international experience
with a complimentary USS program research project. A second
round of funding in the spring
encourages application from students
majoring in Fine Arts and Humanities and Social
Science disciplines where the fall deadline has
limited their participation. See program
guidelines for deadline details.
Explore
- Miami Undergraduate Research experiences
in your department or division
- national scholarships and fellowships
- Miami Student Experiences Beyond the Classroom "From the creative projects of independent research to internships and study abroad,
these opportunities provide practical experience,
professional connections, and open doors to elite graduate programs
around the world.... more
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- Study Abroad with IES
IES offers quality study abroad programs for college-aged students in cities throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and South America."From the creative projects of independent research to internships and study abroad,
these opportunities provide practical experience,
professional connections, and open doors to elite graduate programs
around the world... IES Abroad commits $2 million each year to our IES financial aid programs because we firmly believe that financial limitations should not prevent a qualified student from participating in an IES Abroad program.
- MIAMI STUDENT UNDERGRAD
RESEARCH [examples from the Miami Report]
- Investigating
a metal-reducing microbe, Stephanie
Thieman, microbiology major
- Scholar
is Bohemian artist, Wesley Airgood fine arts major
- Research,
write and perform, Vonzell Carter, theatre major
- Considering
complementary therapies, Majida Al-Husaam,
interdisciplinary studies major
- Mountain
Romper, Jacob Graessle, an English literature major
- Miami
cited as a model in Student Success in College
Miami SUMSRI Nationally Recognized Miami University's Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research
Institute (SUMSRI) is one of two exemplary programs
nationwide that have been selected as "Mathematics Programs
That Make a Difference" by
the American Mathematical Society's Committee on
the Profession. The programs were recognized for
their "outstanding
work in training and mentoring students from minority
groups underrepresented in the profession.>>>> read
the article from the Undergraduate Research Forum
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