CMB UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM

The AU-CMB program sponsors a Summer Research Scholarship program to provide talented AU undergraduate students an opportunity to conduct research during the summer quarter with a CMB faculty member.

Overview of Scholarship Programs

The AU-CMB Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship (USRS) program was initiated in order to provide talented undergraduate students with opportunities to gain research experience with an AU-CMB faculty member. The USRS program is a ten week program open to those interested in the areas of biomedical research. Each student will work closely with an AU-CMB faculty mentor/team on a designated research project. It is the student's responsibility to contact the AU-CMB faculty that they wish to work with. The AU-CMB faculty list and contact information can be found here.

Expectations of Student Participants

Scholars will be required to attend and participate in all scheduled activities
Scholars must commit to working full-time in their designated lab
Scholars will be required to submit an abstract of their research
Scholars will be required to present a 10 minute power point presentation of their research at the AU-CMB Forum at the end of the program. If the scholar is an AU student, they will also be required to present their research (powerpoint or poster format) at the AU Annual Undergraduate Research Forum, in early Spring Semester. For more information, please go to the following site: Auburn University Undergraduate Research Forum. We encourage you to attend this year's research forum to see what other students are presenting.

Requirements

Students must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Students are required to have junior or senior standing in an undergraduate program by the beginning of Summer Semester. Applicants must complete the online application, submit academic transcripts, a short essay explaining their motivation for applying to the program, two letters of recommendation and a letter of support from the AU-CMB faculty they wish to work with. The letter of support wll not count as one of your letters of recommendation. The prospective faculty sponsor should submit a letter expressing his/her willingness to sponsor the student, as well as a brief description of the research activity that will form the basis of the student's summer laboratory experience. All application materials should be sent to Nancy Robinson at the AU-CMB office. Contact information can be obtained on the Contact Us page.

Areas of research include biochemistry, bioengineering, biophysics, cell biology, environmental biology, microbiology, molecular biology/genetics and nutrition.

Applications are reviewed and scholars are selected by the AU-CMB Undergraduate Student Affairs committee. Students will be evaluated on their entire application package. Any single laboratory can sponsor only one student. Applications are due March 13, and announcements of awards are expected to be made by late March.

Financial Support

Each Scholar will receive a $3,000 stipend, made in three payments (1) within two weeks of arrival, (2) week six of program (3) week 10 of program (less any applicable Auburn University fees and(or) charges.