ATTENTION STUDENTS:
Now is the time to apply for summer research internships!
Most application windows are open now through February. Don't miss this opportunity to earn money and experience while participating in important research in your area of interest. If you need some guidance in identifying opportunities or the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out to Deb Cole at 317-278-4753 or email us at outreach@iupui.edu. Visit the LSMRCE website for a list of all the previous internship postings: https://lsmrce.org/news-events/all-news.aspx
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UNDERGRAD AND GRAD SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
Graduate and Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Db
Deadlines are rapidly approaching! Use the IBP searchable database of programs at PathwaysToScience.org to find and apply to STEM paid summer research programs over winter break. The database has over 650 paid summer research programs, including programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. 60 programs have deadlines in the next 45 days!
https://pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx
Use our advanced search feature to filter by discipline, level of study, citizenship status, and more.
https://pathwaystoscience.org/programs.aspx?adv=adv
If you need help finding a program, please email me with your level of study and disciplinary interests and I would be happy to help. Contact Liv Detrick at ldetrick@ibparticipation.org.
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP
Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Cancer Research at Case Western Reserve University
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University is sponsoring the Cancer-Focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) program. The goal of the program is to generate excitement for a future career in cancer research in highly motivated undergraduates and help them prepare for the next stage in their careers. Thirty-two undergraduates from across the country will work with one of 82 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers. Application Deadline: February 1, 2019.  Information can be found at: CanSUR Information and Application
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP
Center for Advancing Opportunity Undergraduate Research Scholarship
The Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO), established through a partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries is driving the discovery of evidence-based solutions to remove barriers to opportunity. Our mission is clear–expand educational, social and economic opportunities in our nation’s fragile communities. CAO is looking for students passionate about eliminating inequality and pursuing careers that can contribute to achieving this goal. The CAO Undergraduate Research Scholarship is a merit-based program for undergraduates obtaining degrees in fields of study related to the CAO mission.
Scholarship recipients are eligible to receive up to $7,500 per year and are only applicable to tuition and fees.
CAO Undergraduate Scholarship Requirements:
- Enrolled full-time at any four-year HBCU
- Must be pursuing a degree in an eligible discipline (Business, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Philosophy, Political Science or Sociology)
- Minimum GPA of 3.5
- A citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America
- Classified as a rising junior or senior as of Fall 2018
- The applicant must be involved in pursuing research in education, criminal justice, or entrepreneurialism
To complete your application, please submit the following supporting documents:
- Resume (include leadership, employment/internship experience, community service, research experience);
- 2019-2020 Student Aid Report (received from filing FAFSA);
- Most recent transcript (official or unofficial);
- Recommendation from two individuals including current school professor or faculty member (recommender must complete online);
- Answer four short essay questions (250 words)
- Answer one full-length essay question (500 words)
- Must provide a brief description of a faculty-mentored research project or scholarly activity
Application Deadline: February 3, 2019, 11:59 PM EST. CAO will read applications on a rolling basis; therefore, we highly recommend you apply ASAP.
Visit http://tm.cf/2sx to apply.
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BRIDGE TO THE DOCTORATE
NSF Bridge to the Doctorate at Northeastern University (NELSAMP) - Biomed program included!
As an LSAMP Bridges to the Doctorate site, Northeastern University is seeking applications from students motivated to pursue the PhD degree. We are a global, experiential R1 research university with selective PhD programs that prepare students to become knowledge creators in high-demand fields. All programs are distinguished by outstanding faculty, resources that foster interdisciplinary study, and research that is use-inspired — designed to address urgent societal challenges.
LSAMP Scholars at the undergraduate level are qualified to apply for Northeastern’s Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowships. Recipients of this Strategic Advancement of Rising Scholars (STARS) Fellowship will receive:
- 2 years of fellowship funding, plus 3 additional years creating a 5-year full funding package for their PhD studies;
- tuition, fees, health insurance, and a $32,000 stipend annually;
- travel funding to national conferences;
- professional and career development support;
- faculty advising and a mentoring support network
A unique feature of Northeastern’s PhD programs is an external and internal collaboration with partners in order to provide PhD students with unique opportunities to deepen their research through engagement in projects involving authentic challenges and consequences.
Please forward this email broadly to your colleagues and LSAMP students to learn more about  Northeastern’s PhD programs (phd.northeastern.edu/program) and to apply for the Northeastern LSAMP STARS Fellowship (https://phd.northeastern.edu/lsamp-stars).
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GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS & POST-DOCS
Graduate Fellowships and Post-Docs Database of Opps
Pathways to Science website currently has 29 fellowships in the database for masters level students and 32 fellowships for doctoral level students. This includes NSF, NASA, NIH, and more! More information and tips on applying can be found here: https://pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.aspx
The advanced search is also a great tool to filter programs by due date/deadline:
https://pathwaystoscience.org/programs.aspx?adv=adv
POSTDOC POSITIONS
The database also has 25 different postdoc positions in our database with upcoming deadlines:
https://pathwaystoscience.org/Postdocs_Portal.aspx
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POST-DOC FELLOWSHIP
Diversity Fellows Program - Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois
Diversity Fellows Program - Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois) invites applications for the Diversity Fellows Program. The program provides support for a doctoral candidate or recent doctoral graduate from an underrepresented group (African-American, American Indian, Asian-American, and Chicano/Latino) to engage in teaching and research in a liberal arts college environment.
10-Month Diversity Fellowship: Augustana College’s 10-month diversity fellowship aims to increase the diversity of its faculty and of liberal arts colleges generally. Through its fellowship program, the college introduces new teacher-scholars to faculty life at a liberal arts college. Typically we accept applications from graduate students who will use the year to complete their dissertation or those within two years of completing their doctoral degree who will use the year to focus on honing teaching skills and advancing their scholarly agenda. Total compensation for diversity fellows is $40,000 (to be split between research support and salary, at the discretion of the fellow); the fellowship also comes with health benefits. The fellow will teach a total of three courses over the year, preferably, 1 fall semester course, 1 intensive J-term course, and 1 spring semester course. The fellow is required to participate in the life of the college and department and to interact with students beyond the classroom. The college also offers a New Faculty Orientation and year-long Faculty Mentoring Circle program to help new faculty acclimate to the college and develop in the areas of pedagogy and student learning. The 10-month diversity fellowship begins in August 2019.
Area of expertise is open; however, candidates must be able to teach in one of the college’s six divisions: Division of Fine and Performing Arts (Art, Art History, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Communication Studies, Music, Theatre Arts); Division of Language and Literature (Classics, English, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures); Natural Science (Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy); Division of History, Philosophy and Religion (History, Philosophy, and Religion); Business and Education (Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Education, Physical Education); Social Science (Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare) and/or in one of our interdisciplinary programs: Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Neuroscience, Public Health, Women’s and Gender Studies.
Requirements for both fellowship options: Candidates should email a letter of application addressing their likely contribution to Augustana’s goal of strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as the courses they potentially could offer, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts (copies), statement of teaching philosophy, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation (including contact info) to sherrydocherty@augustana.edu using subject line: Search #106-19 Diversity Fellow. Alternatively, application materials can be mailed to: Search #106-19 Diversity Fellow, c/o Jessica Schultz, Associate Dean of the College, Augustana College, 639 – 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.  Questions may be directed to jessicaschultz@augustana.edu. Final approval of position is pending funding. Review of applications will begin January 8, 2019.
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VISITING FACULTY PROGRAM
Call for Faculty Applicants for the 2019 DOE Visiting Faculty Program
 This 10-week Summer program seeks to enhance the research experience and skills of faculty participants and offers optional working opportunities for two students (one of whom may be a graduate student), as they pursue research under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists, on projects in DOE mission science. The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) seeks to increase the research competitiveness of faculty members and their students at institutions historically underrepresented in the research community in order to expand the workforce vital to the Department of Energy (DOE) mission areas.
To qualify for this program the faculty applicant must be:
1. U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident Alien
2. Full-time faculty member at a community college, college, or university that does not grant doctorates and/or is not well-resourced; see eligible institutions section.
3. Interested in research projects with a focus in Energy, Environmental Science, Nano-materials, National Security, and Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Please search the Research Projects Catalog for detailed projects.
Eligible Institutions
DOE has identified 222 university institutions that are considered to be well-resourced for their research activities. To be eligible for this opportunity, the applicant cannot be faculty at any of the institutions on the following lists Research Universities-Very High and Research Universities-High, which can be found at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/eligibility/
The application requirements include:
• A program application that includes contact information, educational information, citizenship, goals and statements.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Two (2) letters of recommendation
• A Research Proposal co-developed with an Argonne laboratory staff member or co-PI (six-page limit)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: All must be submitted by January 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM ET
For additional information on the program please consult the DOE website http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/.
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Contact:
Azucena Rodriguez, Visiting Faculty Program Coordinator, agrodriguez@anl.gov, 630-252-3635.
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March 1-2, 2019 | Marshall University | Huntington, WV
KY-WV LSAMP 11th Annual Research Symposium
The KY-WV LSAMP 11th Annual Research Symposium will be March 1-2, 2019, at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.
ALL DEADLINES: Monday, February 4th, 2019. This includes registration, lodging reservations, and abstract submissions.
Registration: Symposium registration opens in December. The registration deadline is Monday, February 4, 2019.
Lodging: Group rate lodging is available at the Fairfield Inn and Suites (304-696-8777). Use the group name “Alliance-LSAMP” when reserving rooms. The deadline for room reservations is Monday, February 4. Early reservation is highly encouraged.
Presentations/Abstracts: Students must be current or former LSAMP Scholars or invited scholars in order to  present. Scholars should email their abstract in the format (abstract guidelines) to Raúl Torres (raul.torres@uky.edu) by Monday, February 4, 2019. Early submission is encouraged. ATTN LSMCE and LSMRCE Sites: Please identify yourself as an LSMRCE Partner student in the email to Raúl.
More Information: https://www.uky.edu/kywv-lsamp/alliance-activities
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May 30-31, 2019 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL
Developing a National Research Agenda for STEM Academic Support in Higher Education Conference
Developing a National Research Agenda for STEM Academic Support in Higher Education is an NSF-funded collaboration between Northwestern University and Washington University in St. Louis, and will take place May 30-31, 2019 on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, IL.
The conference aims to bring scholars and practitioners together, in order to collaboratively create an enhanced national research agenda around academic support in STEM higher education. This will be a working conference, in which attendees actively engage in idea development. Individuals will work in small groups to identify and flesh out pressing national-level questions in STEM academic support in higher education, and to begin to develop their own local research plans.
Because of space limitations, and to ensure a diverse mix of professional roles and institutional types, we are using an application process. The application deadline is February 1, 2019. There is no conference registration fee.
For details, please see the conference website, where you can link to the application.
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March 2, 2019 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, IN
9th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Physiology Society
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October 24-27, 2019 | Sheraton Indianapolis Keystone Crossing
Save the Date: LSMRCE Annual Conference
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JOB OPPORTUNITY
Dominican University Seeking Tenure-Track Assistant Prof. of Microbiology
The Dominican University Department of Biological Sciences seeks applicants for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Microbiology to start in the fall of 2019. Primary responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses in microbiology, general biology, and cell biology; advising undergraduate students within the department; and participation in University or College Committees.
Information and application at: https://jobs.dom.edu/
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JOB OPPORTUNITY
University of Virginia seeks Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The University of Virginia (UVA) seeks nominations and applications for the position of Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (VPDEI). As a member of the President's Cabinet, the VPDEI will advance the University's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by improving our institutional climate, culture, and capacity to attract, retain, and leverage the diversity in our community. Forging a shared sense of responsibility among faculty, staff, and students will be an essential element in realizing this larger goal. The VPDEI will report directly to the president and be the primary architect devising and executing the University's strategy for inclusive excellence as the institution's Chief Diversity Officer.
Reporting to the President, and serving as a member of the President's Cabinet, the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will provide executive-level leadership on inclusion, equity, and diversity efforts at the University. In addition to advising the President, the VPDEI will work closely with senior leaders, faculty, staff, students, community members, and other external stakeholders to develop and execute strategies that advance the University of Virginia's inclusive excellence. The VPDEI is responsible for directing the Office of Equity & Inclusion, which includes shepherding institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and supervising the Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights.
To Apply or Nominate: To view the full position description and to learn more about this opportunity, please visit http://executivesearch.virginia.edu/search/vice-president-diversity-equity-and-inclusion. Applications should include a resume and letter of interest. The search will be carried out with full confidentiality; candidates will be notified before references are contacted.
To apply visit Jobs@UVA - https://jobs.virginia.edu.
The search is led by Nalini Turner, Managing Director – Washington, D.C. and Susan Gaines, Senior Search Consultant of the University of Virginia Executive Search Group.
For more information or to nominate a candidate, or express interest in the role, please contact Susan Gaines at susangaines@virginia.edu.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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RECORDED WEBINARS
In case you missed the live recording, here are links to the latest webinars:
- "Translating Research to Practice: Exploring Hispanic-serving Community Colleges STEM Pathways" - presented by Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher and the research team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recorded Webinar
- "Social Media Campaigns for Dissemination and Recruitment for LSAMP and Other Diversity Programs" - presented by Dr. Alec Gates, Executive Director and PI, Garden State LSAMP. Recorded Webinar
- "Evaluation Best Practices for LSAMP Alliances" - presented by Drs. Frances Carter-Johnson and Sarah-Kay McDonald, National Science Foundation Recorded Webinar
- "Broadening Participation Focus: Preparing a Diverse Generation of Community College STEM Educators" - presented by Dr. Ben Flores, Texas System LSAMP Director and PAESMEM (2008). Recorded Webinar
All recorded webinars can be found on the LSMCE website: http://lsmce.org/library
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