HHMI-Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program: is an exciting opportunity for the very best future scientists, engineers and mathematicians to spend ten weeks in a laboratory doing research in areas such as neurobiology, physics, computer science, math and engineering.  Any current undergraduate is eligible, stipend is $4,500, on-site housing and travel expenses are covered.  Dates: June 8-August 14, 2009.  Apply on line: www.hhmi.org/janelia  Deadline: February 2, 2009.  HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus is a state-of-the-art biomedical research complex near Washington DC.  The scientific foci are:  (1) the identification of general principles that govern how information is processed by neuronal circuits; (2) the development of imaging technologies and computational methods for image analysis. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will support over 165 U.S. graduate students (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) for research & cultural experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan during a two-month summer program in 2009.  The primary goals of the programs are to introduce students to Australian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, New Zealand, Singaporean and Taiwan science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future.  Predeparture orientation expenses, international airfare, living expenses in the host location, and a summer stipend of $5,000 will be provided. The application deadline is December 9, 2008. For eligibility and other information, consult the program announcement for the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) that can be viewed on-line at: http://www.nsfsi.org/. For application instructions, please consult the on-line guide "How to Apply" at: http://www.nsfsi.org/how_to_apply.  For more details, please directly contact EAPSI Help Desk (eapsi@asee.org).

 

 

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