As summer 2009 approaches
some of you have been asking about continuing in UBRP. Here
are the program policies:
1. If you will graduate in May 2009, you are
no longer eligible for UBRP and the last day to work
in the program will be graduation day (May 16. 2009). After
that we wish you well, hope that you will go on to
do interesting and beneficial things, and that someone
will be able to pay you more than we have!
2. If you are not graduating in May 2009, have
worked during the 2008/09 academic year, and will be
an undergraduate during the summer of 2009, you are
welcome to continue in the program if you and your
mentor notify us that you plan to do that no later
than January 26, 2009. Early in January we will
send out a planning form on the UBRP listserv for you
to complete and return to us.
We need to know who plans to continue then because
on February 1 Carol will notify the selection committees
how many new UBRP students we can admit for the summer.
If you haven't told us that you are planning to continue,
we are likely to commit your funding to a new student.
If you are not sure if you will be continuing in the
summer of 2009, please let us know that too, along
with when your decision will be made. We can
hold funds for you until around the middle of the spring
semester. At that point we will offer them to
new students on the waiting list.
3. If you have not worked during the academic
year, and will still be an undergraduate during the
summer of 2009, you are welcome to continue in UBRP
without reapplying IF you are going back to the research
group you worked in during the summer of 2008 and if
that mentor tells us, no later than January 26, that
s/he would like to have you back for the summer of
2009.
4. If you were part of UBRP during the summer
of 2008, but did not work during the academic year
2008/09, and if you want to change sponsors for the
summer of 2009, you will need to reapply by February
1 and be considered along with the students applying
to UBRP for the first time.
If you have any questions or concerns about the rules,
please contact Carol.
