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Faculty members wishing to participate as mentors should send the title and a brief description of available research projects using the online PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT FORM. Your project descriptions will be posted on the Research Opportunities page, which is updated periodically with additional project descriptions. Note that the program will pay a stipend to the student, but funds are not available for supplies, which must be paid for by the sponsor.
Some considerations in submitting a potential research project are:
1. Does the project represent hypothesis-driven science? Is there a clearly stated hypothesis and is there a test of the hypothesis?
2. Is there evidence that the student was involved in writing the proposal? We realize that most of the proposals reflect projects generated by the ongoing studies in the mentors' laboratories, but we wish to see some evidence that the proposal reflects thought and effort on the part of the student and is not simply 'lifted' from a pre-existing grant.
3. Does the project offer a learning experience for the student? We do not want the student to be considered a 'pair of hands' doing a limited number of repetitive tasks, but want them to be exposed to different techniques and have the opportunity to generate experimental protocols.
4. Is it feasible to accomplish, or at least initiate, a body of work in the allotted time frame?
Faculty may send an electronic version as an email attachment to Janet Bassett . An annually updated electronic list of Research Opportunities is available on this website from which students may select a possible sponsor and research project for the summer program. Please submit your research descriptions ASAP as the student proposal deadline is January 31, 2008. Please don’t hesitate to email or call Dale Abel at 585-3635 or Janet Bassett at 585-6408 if you have any questions.
Please see the home page for further guidelines.
Note: All faculty must have IRB and/or IACUC approval before students can start work on any projects.
