Summer Research in Biology Program
2009 Student-Initiated Projects
Sponsored
by the VPUE and the Department of Biology
Deadline is 4:00 p.m. Monday February 9, 2009
Again this year we are
pleased to be able to offer Stanford
University undergraduates
another option for getting involved in research: the Student-Initiated
Projects. If you are a freshman or sophomore who is already involved in
research and would like the opportunity to spend the summer immersed in the
work you are already doing, this may be the option for you.
Because our funds for this
are quite limited, we have strict requirements for participation:
You
must be a declared Stanford
University Biology major.
Your
project must meet our definition of appropriate research projects:
Projects
should be empirical or theoretical biological research, consisting of
independent and original scientific work by the student. Applied
clinical, environmental, or technological studies may be appropriate in cases
where there is a major analytical, experimental or observational component to
the study, involving independent conceptual, field or laboratory work by the
student. Simply collecting data or
samples from human subjects or interviewees, collating data, doing repetitive
technical work, or just doing simple statistical analysis is not sufficient.
Your sponsor must submit a letter supporting your
application in which he or she describes your proposed project and the
mentoring situation in the lab.
You must submit :
(1) a
transcript (unofficial is fine),
(2) an application form and
(3) a
project proposal. Your proposal should follow the general outline of a UAR Major Grant
proposal but be a maximum of 2 pages.
Objective:
a SHORT paragraph describing the hypothesis.
Significance:
a big-picture description of why your research is important (2 to 3
paragraphs). This is REALLY important!
Preparation:
the experiences or courses that have prepared you to undertake this project.
Project Design:
What are the specific experiments that you will use to test your hypothesis?
Resource People:
With whom will you be working, and what will the structure of your interactions
with each of them be?
Applications can be emailed
to angelee@stanford.edu or dropped
off in the "IN" box outside Gilbert 118.
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