Overview
UBRP is pleased to announce the Interdisciplinary Computational Thinking and Plant Biology Research Program for Undergraduates in the Quantitative and Physical Sciences (Interdisciplinary UBRP-CT)
This program is designed to give undergraduate students an opportunity to work across disciplines as a means of learning to integrate mathematical, statistical and computing 'reasoning and approaches' into the plant sciences. Undergraduates majoring in quantitative disciplines (e.g. computer science, information sciences, statistics, mathematics, and engineering) are intended to work in a plant science research group and conversely, students majoring in biological sciences are intended to work in a research group in a 'quantitative' discipline. Students will work in research laboratories. Students will work in research laboratories of faculty who are affiliated with the University of Arizona's Undergraduate Biology Research Program and with the iPLANT Collaborative. Each student will receive individual mentoring from the faculty member in whose lab s/he works.
The program consists of a 12 week paid summer research experience supplemented with a weekly professional development seminar, a seminar on alternate weeks related to activities of the iPlant Collaborative, and other activities coordinated with iPlant faculty and grad students. Interdisciplinary UBRP CT students will be included in the supplemental UBRP activities including seminars, field trips and social events. Students will present their experimental results in poster form at the annual UBRP conference.
Visiting students: Undergraduate students who do not attend the University of Arizona (UA) are welcome to apply. They must be willing and able to arrive on the UA campus on Sunday, May 16 to participate in UBRP orientation on May 17, 2010. Round trip airfare will be provided from the visiting student’s home institution to Tucson and an allowance of $100/week will be provided for living expenses in Tucson in addition to wages earned for working in the laboratory. Visiting students are required to submit a letter of recommendation from a college science or mathematics professor and an official transcript as part of the application. If accepted, visiting students must also provide proof of fall 2010 enrollment at their home institution and proof of US citizenship (or permanent residency) in the US.
Interdisciplinary UBRP – CT is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation for the iPLANT Collaborative (grant # EF-0735191).
The application deadline is February 1, 2010.
More information can be obtained from:
Carol Bender - bender@email.arizona.edu