WHITMAN COLLEGE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED FROM OTHER INSTITUTES

Some announcements are current and some are from recent years as can be noted by the application date. The older ones are included as a source of information; they may or may not have current positions. Students should feel free to contact their web pages for more information. Students seeking additional information on any of the posted announcements can see Martha (S312) or the bulltetin board outside S320 for the actual brochures. Additional sources of research opportunities are the American Society for Cell Biology at www.faseb.org/asch/ and the National Science Foundation at www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reulist.

Please don't take the brochures off the board! We will make you copies .

Last updated 06/19/01.

SPONSOR
TYPE OF RESEARCH
ELIGIBILITY
LOCATION
TIME PERIOD
PAY / HOUSING
CONTACT
APPLY BY
** NEW (date recd)

Oregon:

Coop. Forest Ecosystem Research

Assist in forest field research

Physically fit, ecology background, undergraduates

Western Oregon

June - August

$9.00 - $10.00 / hour

David.Waldien@orst.edu or 541-737-8467

May 15, 2000

 

Oregon Health Sciences University

Molecular and medical genetics

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Portland, Oregon

 

Stipend

www.ohsu.edu/som-MedGen

 

 

Washington:

Washington State University

Undergraduate research - Biology

Ethnic Minorities

WSU, Pullman, WA

summer

$1,224/month

dprieur@vetmed.wsu.edu  (509) 335-6030

Summer 2000

 

Thurston County Evironmental Health

Health & safety issues re water recreation

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Olympia, WA

40 hr /week, May through August

 

360-754-3355 ext 7390 , Kay Massong

April 1, 2000

 

Washington State University

Horticultural & Entomological research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Vancouver, WA

June - August

$6.75 / $7.50 on experience

klauer@wsu.edu or 360-576-6030

August 31,2000

 

Washington, University of

Hughes - Summer research projects

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Seattle, Washington

9 weeks

$2500, travel, housing

Biology program office 206-543-9120 or cfsuver@u.washington.edu

 

 

Shannon Point Marine Center

Marine ecology & physiology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors esp minorities

Western Wash. Univ, Anacortes, WA

June 20 - Aug 18

$2475, travel, housing

Dr. Stephen Sulkin, Fax 360-293-1083

Feb 15, 2000

 

Washington State University

Hematology, sleep research, cardiovascular

Undergraduates - sophomore, junior, Ethnic minorities

Pullman, WA

3 months

$979/month, travel

dprieur@vetmed.wsu.edu or 509-335-6030

Feb 1, 1999

 

US Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forest ecosytem study

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors who are physically fit

Olympia, WA

May - August

$9.21/hr

360-753-7693 or glsa@olywa.net Todd Wilson

 

 

California:

Cal Tech

Undergraduate research

Ethnic Minorities

Pasadena, CA

8-10 wks.

$400/wk, travel,housing

casey@caltech.edu

 

 

MURF - Minority Undergraduate Research

 

 

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

June 12 - Aug 18

 

 

 

 

Scripps Undergrad Research Fellowship

Research in marine & earth science

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors esp minorities

Scripps, Univ of California, San Diego

June 26 - Aug 19

$2500, travel, housing

www.ogsr.ucsd.edu/outreach/surf.html

 

 

Montana:

Montana State University

NSF - Science and Engineering

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Bozeman, Montana

10 wks.summer

$2,800 & travel support, housing

www.erc.montana.edu/education/REU

March 10, 2000

 

Prior Mountain Wild Horse Range

Student intern - wild horse range field technician

Physically fit, biology background, CPR, first aid

Prior Mtn Horse Range, Red Lodge, Montana

3 weeks - 3 months

Housing, liability, expenses, $18/day

Linda Coastes-Markle 406-896-522 lcmarkle@mt.blm.gov

 

 

Montana State University

Biofilm Engineering

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Montana St. Univ, Bozeman

10 weeks

$2,800, travel, housing

(406)994-3980

 

 

Colorado:

Colorado State

Biochemistry & molecular biol

 Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Fort Collins, Colorado

June4 - Aug. 10

$3,000, travel, room, meals

970-491-5602 or reubiochem@colostate.edu

Feb 1, 2001

Colorado State University

Molecular Biol

Open

Colorado State,Fort Collins, Colorado

summer

$2,500 & travel support, housing

(970) 491-5602

 

 

Texas:

Texas, University of

Medical

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Univ of Texas, Houston, TX

10 wks. summer

$2,500 stipend

Houston Health Science Center

Summer 2000

 

Summer Medical & Research Training Program

Biomedicine

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Houston, Texas

Salary support

713-798-5915 or smart-program@bcm.tmc.edu

Feb 1, 2000

 

Texas, University of - Medical Branch

Biomedical research

Undergraduates - sophomore, junior

Galveston, Texas

June - August, 10 weeks

Stipend

www.gsbs.utmb.edu/surp or 409-772-2665

Feb 15, 2000

 

College of Pharmacology

Pharmacology and natural science research

Undergraduates - sophomore, junior - minorities

University of Texas, Austin

May 24 - Aug 20

$2400, travel, 1200 for living expense

512-471-5190 or slau@uts.cc.utexas.edu

March 12 ,1999

 

Minnesota:

Mayo Clinic

SURF - Undergraduate research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Rochester, MN

10-12 weeks during summer

$4,000, housing

Richard McGee, PhD. 507-284-3862 or rmcgee@mayo.edu

 

 

Mayo Clinic

Biomedical Research

Open

Rochester, MN

10-12 weeks

$4,000

summer.research@mayo.edu

 

 

Michigan:

Michigan, University of - Biological Station

Field biology research

Undergraduates - Juniors

Ann Arbor, Michigan

June 19 - Aug 14

$2250, room & meals

www.umbs.umich.edu or 734-763-4461

Feb. 12, 2000

 

Wisconsin:

Wisconsin, University of

Environmental Toxicology

Minority Undergraduates

Madison, Wisconsin

June - Aug. 9 weeks

travel, housing, food, stipend

uwetox@facstaff.wisc.edu

Feb. 15, 2001

Wisconsin, University of -Environmental Center

Biochemical and Genetic Toxicology, Immunotoxicology,Neurotoxicology

African American, Hispanic, or Native American - soph/jun

Univ of Wisconsin- Madison, Wisconsin

9 weeks summer

stipend, travel housing

Jane Lambert uwetox@facstaff.wisc.edu

 

 

Wisconsin, University of

Microbiology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Madison, Wisconsin

9 weeks summer

 $3,000, housing, food

REU program, www.bact.wisc.edu/REU/application.html 

 March 1,2001

 

Nebraska:

Eppley Institute for Research

Molecular - biochemical - carcinogenesis

Undergraduates - Juniors

University of Nebrasca Medical Center

June - August

$3,000, no travel or housing

Diane Peterson 402-559-4092, or rlahue@unmc.edu

Feb 15, 2001

Illinois:

Loyola

Microbiology, Immunology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Loyola Univ, Chicago, Ill

10 weeks

$2,400, housing

(708) 216-6910

 

 

Iowa:

Iowa, University of

Hughes - biomedical research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Iowa City, Iowa

June 11 - July 26

$3,000 plus travel, housing

www.biology.uiowa.edu/hhreach.htm  or, 319-335-1093

March 2, 2001

Iowa, University of

Biology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Univ of Iowa, Ames, Iowa

June 7 - July 29

$3000, travel, housing

william_swain@uiowa.edu

 

 

Indiana:

Indiana University

Undergraduate research - Biology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Indiana Univ, Bloomington

May 31 - Aug. 6

$2,500, travel, housing

iusummer@bio.indiana.edu

 

 

Indiana University

Biochemistry

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors esp minorities

Bloomington, Indiana

May 30 - Aug 4

$2500, travel, room & meals

812-856-5522 Suzanne Schwartz iusummer@bio.indiana.edu

March 1, 2000

 

Ohio:

Ohio State University

NSF - Molecular Genetics

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

June 12- Aug 18

$2750, travel, meals, housing

dotter@osu.edu  (614)292-8084

 

 

Case Western University

Undergraduate research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, Ohio

June 5 - July 31

$2500

axt36@po.cwru.edu

 

 

Ohio State University

Molecular genetics

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Columbus, Ohio

June 15 - Aug 21

$2750, travel, housing, meals

614-292-8084 or muller.2.@osu.edu

March 1, 1998

 

Maine:

Mt Desert Island Biological Lab

NSF - Marine biology

Open

Mt Desert Island Biological Lab, Salisbury Cove, Maine

6 - 8 weeks

Stipend, travel, housing

mmckernan@mdibl.org

 

Pennsylvania:

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pharmaceutical research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors, seniors

Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

May 31 - Aug 6

$3000, housing

mccann@server.pharm.pitt.edu or 412-648-9321

March 26, 1999

 

Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

NSF - neurolphysiology research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

June - 10 weeks

$2500, travel, housing

www.cnbc.cmu.edu  or 412-268-4000

Feb 15, 2000

 

Pittsburgh, University of

Biology, biochemistry, medical science

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Pittsburgh, PA

June 7 - Aug 13

$3000, housing, $600 for food

412-624-4266 or hhmi+@pitt.edu

Feb 1, 1999

 

Pennsylvania, University of

Biomedical research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

June 1 - 10 weeks

$2500,travel, housing, meals & transp subsidy

215-898-2792

Feb 15

 

UNCF Merck

Undergraduate research - Biology

African American Undergraduates

Rahway, NJ or West Point, PA

Two 10-12 week summers

$10,000, housing

uncfmerk@uncf.org

 

 

Temple University

Life science, neurobiology

Undergraduates - Juniors

Philadelphia, PA

May 26 - July 31

$3000, housing

Karen Addison-Williams 215-204-3535 or www.temple.edu/grad

April 10, 1998

 

Villanova University

Undergraduate research - Biology

Open

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 wks. summer

$3,000, housing

wilber.baker@villanoval.edu  giuliano@chem.vill.edu

February 23, 2001

 

Massachussets:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Oceanography

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Cape Cod, MASS

June-August

$3,350-$4,020 + travel

(508) 289-2709

April 5, 2000

 

New York:

Musculoskeletal Research Center Hospital of Joint Diseases

NSF research with bones, joints, muscles

Undergraduates - sophomore, junior

New York, NY

10 weeks, May 30 through Aug 4

$3500, housing

Kevin Pak, MRCHJD, 301 E. 17th St, rm 1500 NY, NY 10003

March 20, 2000

 

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NSF & NIH research in biochemistry

Undergraduates - Juniors

Buffalo, New York

June 5 - Aug 10

$2500, room & meals

Arthur Michalek, PhD 716-845-2300 or www.rpci.med.buffalo.edu

Feb 2001

Wadsworth Center-NY State Dept of Health

Cells, gene expression, image analysis, proteins

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Albany, NY

June- August, 10 weeks

$2500, travel, room & meals

bmsdept@wadsworth.org or 518-473-7553 or www.wadsworth.org/educate/molcel.htm

March 1, 2000

 

Wadsworth Center

Undergraduate research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniorsv

Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York

June 4 - Aug. 10

$2,500 + travel housing & meals

(518) 473-7553 or bmsdept@wadsworth.edu

Feb. 1, 2001

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Biochemical or Biological Science

Undergraduates - Juniors

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

10 weeks summer

 

 

 

 

New Jersey:

Rutgers

Cellular and molecular biodynamics

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

June 1 - Aug 6

$2500, travel, housing

hodges-metz@axon.rutgers.edu or 973-353-5173

Feb 2, 1999

 

 

 

 

Tennessee:

Oak Ridge Assoc Universities

NSF

Undergraduates & graduates

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

 

 

nsfgrfp@orau.gov or 423-241-4300

 

 

Vanderbilt University

Biomedical research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Nashville, Tennessee

June 5 - August 4

$3500

615-343-4611 Kristine Wyss

Feb 15, 2000

 

National Science Foundation

Undergraduate research

Undergrad. women

Oak Ridge Associated University, Oak Ridge, Tenn

3 yr. fellowship

$15,000 + travel

nsfgrfp@orau.gov (423) 241-4300

 

 

US Department of Energy

Science and Engineering

Open

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

summer

Monthly stipend, travel, housing

gradfell@orau. gov

 

 

Maryland:

National Institutes of Health

Undergraduate research - biomedical

Undergraduates- disadvantaged

Bethesda, MD

10 weeks summer

Scholarship, housing, travel

iugsp@nih.gov or Alfred Johnson 800-528-7689

March 30, 2001

 

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

NSF - Undergraduate research - Biology

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD

10 weeks

$2,700 plus travel, housing

http://info.bio.cmu.edu/outreach/surp

 

 

Virginia:

Toxicology Society

Toxicology research

Undergraduates

Reston, Virginia

 

 

www.toxicology.org/education/edu.html or orsothq@toxicology.org

April 1

 

Washington D.C.

Ford Foundation

Undergraduate research - Biology

Ethnic Minorities

Washington, DC

Year

Annual Stipend $14,000

infofell@nas.edu

 

 

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Natural history research training Program

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Washington DC

10 wks. summer, May 26-Aug 4

Stipend, travel, housing

sangrey.mary@nmnh.si.edu 202-357-4548 or www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp

Feb 1, 2001

South Carolina:

Fort Johnson Sum. Research, Grice Marine Lab

Physiology, cell, molecular biol of marine organisms

Undergraduates - sophomore, junior

Charleston, South Carolina

May 30 - Aug 4

 

burnettl@cofc.edu or 843-406-4000

March 1, 2000

 

Georgia:

Georgia Institute of Technology

leading edge biology research

Sophmores and Juniors

Atlanta, Georgia

10 weeks, May - Aug.

Travel, health insurance, $325/wk

lizmcarty@biology.gatech.edu or Liz McCarty 404-894-3700

Feb. 9, 2001

Institute of Paper Science and Technology

Problem Solving

Undergraduates

Atlanta, Georgia

May 14 -July 20

$3,150, housing

www.ipst.edu/academic

Feb. 15, 2001

Georgia, University of, Marine Institute

Coastal Environment research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Sapelo Island, Georgia

 

$2400, housing, travel

www.uga.edu/ugami

Feb 4, 2000

 

Georgia, University of

Marine Biology

Graduates and Undergrads

Sapelo Island, Georgia

open

$2,400, housing, travel

Steven C. Pennings, Student Intern Program, UGA Marine Institute, Sapelo Isl, Ga 31327

Feb. 2, 2001

Florida:

Newfound Harbor Marine Institute

Marine environment training

 

Big Pine Key, Florida

 

Spring/Fall

Stipend, trvel, room, meals

internships.info@nhmi.org  or 305-872-2331

Oct 15 for Spring

Whitney Laboratory

Biomedical research with marine organism

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

St. Augustine, FL

10+ weeks

Stipend, housing, travel

904-461-4000

2 months prior to research

 

Florida, University of

Marine Biology

Open

18 miles south of St. Augustine, FL

10 weeks

competitive stipend, housing

(904) 461-4000

 

 

Florida A&M Univ

Science and Engineering

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Tallahassee, FL

6 weeks

All-expense paid, housing

slstp@famu.edu

 

 

Other:

Associated Western Universities

Science and engineering

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

Variable

8 - 16 weeks

$300/week, travel

www.awu.org

Feb 1

 

Carnegie Mellon

NSF & HHMI Biological research

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

 

10 weeks

$2700, housing, travel

info.bio.cmu.edu/outreach/surp

March 1

 

Denmark's International Program

Biological science/ pre-med

International study abroad students

London, England

All semesters

 

www.disp.dk or Charlotte Simonsen at 800-247-3477 or dis@umn.edu

 

NASA

Space Life Sciences

Undergraduates - sophomore, juniors

9 Centers

6 weeks

Daily Allowance, travel, housing

www.education.nasa.gov/usrp

 

National Institutes of Health

Research scholarships in health research

Undergraduates

Various Institutes

10 weeks

 

grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm

 

Pacific Whale Foundation

Whale watching

 

Hawaii or Australia

June-August

 

(800) 942-5311 or programs@pacificwhale.org

 

NIAID & IBRP

Medical sciences

Underrepresented minorities

 

 

 

(301) 435-7216

 

 

American Society for Microbiology

Undergraduate research - Biology

2nd or 3rd yr Minority undergrad

 

 

 

fellowships-careerinfromation@asmusa.org

 

 

 American Heart Association

Biomedical Research

Open

 

summer

none

jaward@heart.org