Undergrad Summer Research opportunities - American Physiological Society (due start of Feb)

The Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellowships program funds 6 full-time undergraduate students with significant prior laboratory research experience to work for 10 weeks during the summer in the laboratory of an established APS investigator. Each student has his/her own research question to work on during the summer. The intent of this program is to encourage students to pursue a career as a basic research scientist.

In addition, Fellows receive a travel grant to allow them to attend and present their research data at the following year's APS annual meeting, Experimental Biology (EB). EB is a broad-based scientific meeting of 5-7 diverse biological scientific societies that are members of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). There are many opportunities for the students to mingle with other undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers at the meeting. In addition, there are hundreds of scientific presentations and posters they can attend.

http://the-aps.org/ugref

The Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship program funds 24 full-time undergraduate students with little or no laboratory research experience to work for 10 weeks during the summer in the laboratory of an established APS investigator. Each student has his/her own research question to work on during the summer. The intent of this program is to excite and encourage students to pursue a career as a basic research scientist.

In addition, Fellows receive a travel grant to allow them to attend and present their research data at the following year's APS annual meeting (Experimental Biology), which is a broad-based scientific meeting of five to seven diverse biological scientific societies that are members of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). There are many opportunities for the students to mingle with other undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers at the meeting, in addition to all the scientific presentations and posters they can attend.

http://the-aps.org/ugsrf

The APS Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) Fellowship provides hands-on summer research experiences for undergraduate students who are from groups underrepresented in science. The program helps students explore biomedical research careers and provides exposure to the core NIDDK mission areas of diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, liver, urologic, kidney, and hematologic diseases.

For more information click on the links:

• About the Program: Provides background information on the program goals, objectives, and activities;
• Application Information: Provides information on how to apply for the program, selection criteria, and program benefits and stipend;
• Awardees: Meet the current and past APS STEP-UP Fellows!
• Program Impacts: Provides information on the program evaluation and impacts;
• Funding Sources: The STEP-UP program is supported by the APS and a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK). See the link at left and Resources below for more information.
• Program Staff: Contact our staff with questions about the program.

http://the-aps.org/stepup

APS Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STRIDE) Fellowship provides hands-on summer research experience for underrepresented undergraduate students interested in exploring biomedical research careers. The program provides exposure to the core National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) mission areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders research.

For more information, click on the links:

• About the Program: Provides background information on the program goals, objectives, and activities;
• Application Information: Provides information on how to apply for the program, selection criteria, and program benefits and stipend;
• Awardees: Meet the current and past APS STRIDE Fellows!
• Program Impacts: Provides information on the program evaluation and impacts;
• Funding Sources: The STRIDE fellowship is supported by the APS and a grant from the NHLBI.
• Program Staff: Contact our staff with questions about the program.

See the Resources below for more information about the NHLBI and for information about individuals underrepresented in STEM.

http://the-aps.org/stride

The APS Integrative Organismal Systems Physiology (IOSP) fellowship provides hands-on summer research experience for undergraduate underrepresented students interested in exploring comparative and evolutionary biology research careers. The program provides exposure to IOS mission areas of comparative and evolutionary research.

For more information, click on the links:

• About the Program: Provides background information on the program goals, objectives, and activities;
• Application Information: Provides information on how to apply for the program, selection criteria, and program benefits and stipend;
• Awardees: Meet the current and past APS IOSP Fellows!
• Program Impacts: Provides information on the program evaluation and impacts;
• Funding Sources: The IOSP fellowship is supported by the APS and a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS) Division.
• Program Staff: Contact our staff with questions about the program.

See the Resources below for more information about the NSF, IOS, APS Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section and information about individuals underrepresented in STEM.

http://the-aps.org/iosp