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Summer Research Opportunities
Summer Research Opportunities in Mathematics at CSB/SJU
The Mathematics Department has funding for two continuing CSB/SJU students to engage in undergraduate mathematics research in cooperation with faculty here. Also, students interested in mathematical biology or biostatistics can have their proposed advisors apply for Rooney funding. (Rooney funding happens quite early. Please contact faculty before January 31st.) Students interested in summer research should find a faculty sponsor in the Mathematics Department willing to work with the student. The student and faculty sponsor will choose one of the topics given below or propose another topic. The student then fills out the application on the last page and submits it (preferably electronically) with a supporting e-mail from the sponsoring mathematics professor to Tom Sibley by February TBD, 2012. The department will contact the students chosen to receive funding by TBD, 2012. If you have further questions, contact Tom Sibley: e-mail: tsibley@csbsju.edu, extension: 3810 or office: P. Engel 243 at SJU.
Other Summer Research Opportunities
2012 MBI Undergraduate Summer Research Program
(May 29 - June 8, 2012)
The goal of this MBI NSF-funded program is to introduce students to exciting new areas of mathematical biology, to involve them in collaborative research with their peers and faculty mentors, and to increase their interest in mathematical biology. The program consists of three parts - each including a mix of educational and social experiences:
- A high quality two-week program at MBI (at Ohio State) designed to introduce students to a variety of areas in mathematical biology.
- A personalized six-to-eight week research experience (at one of the seven partner universities) that allows students to delve in depth in a particular topic.
- A one-week conference at MBI featuring student reports on their projects.
For a complete description and application, click here: http://www.mbi.osu.edu/eduprograms/undergrad2012.html
Joint 2012 MBI-NIMBioS-CAMBAM Summer Graduate Workshop Stochastics Applied to Biological Systems
(June 18-29, 2012)
This Workshop will have instructors from across North America whose research expertise is stochastic modeling in biological systems. Some of the topics to be covered include Markov chains, birth and death processes, branching processes, Brownian motion and diffusion processes, stochastic differential equations, and agent-based models. Applications of stochastic processes will come from epidemiology, ecology, phylogenetics, microbiology, evolutionary biology, and genetics. The workshop will consist of lectures on mathematical and statistical methods for stochastic processes in biological systems and daily computer and analysis activities. In addition, each student will work on a research project over the duration of the program with a team of four or five participants.
Members of the organizing committee are: Linda Allen (Texas Tech), Laura Kubatko (Ohio State University), Suzanne Lenhart (University of Tennessee, Knoxville); Libby Marschall (Ohio State University), and Lea Popovic (Concordia University).
For a complete description and application, click here: http://www.mbi.osu.edu/eduprograms/graduate2012.html
MBI BioSciences Problem-Solving Workshop (PSW@MBI)
(July 16-20, 2012)
PSW@MBI is a week-long workshop where participating mathematical modelers tackle questions proposed by life science researchers. Similar workshops have provided fresh perspectives and new ideas to proposed questions and established new interdisciplinary collaborations between theoreticians and life scientists.
The workshop gives the opportunity to practitioners and researchers in medicine and the biosciences who present problems to exploit the expertise of applied mathematical faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in working toward solutions to their problems.
For a complete description and application, click here: http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2012/stgrdescription.html
Announcing
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Summer 2012 Research Experiences
Undergraduates, Graduate Students, and Faculty
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducationprograms
DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
- Undergraduate students
- 10 week research experience
- $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses
- Areas of research:
Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological/life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management, social sciences
- Projects offered at:
- National research laboratories: Argonne, Idaho, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, Sandia, Savannah River
- DHS laboratories: Transportation Security Laboratory
- Other research facilities, including Air Force Research Laboratory, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Locations include CA, CO, ID, IL, MD, NM, NJ, OH, SC, TN, WA, VA
- U.S. citizenship required
- Application deadline: January 5, 2012
DHS Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions
- Early career faculty teamed with undergraduate and graduate students
- 10-week summer research experiences at university-based DHS Centers of Excellence nationwide
- Faculty and student stipends, housing allowances, travel expenses
- Areas of research:
Homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- Faculty apply for up to $50,000 in follow-on funding at end of summer
- U.S. citizenship required
- Faculty application deadline: January 8, 2012
Questions regarding DHS Education Programs can be sent via e-mail to dhsed@orau.org.
Pathways to Science: A website that contains links to REUs and other summer research opportunities.
REU - sponsored by the National Science Foundation, these programs are located at many different colleges or universities. Room and Board and a stipend. Most (but not all) programs are designed for rising seniors and last 6 - 10 weeks.
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5044
MCTP at Texas A&M: This program, Mentoring through Critical Transition Points, is really three programs - one available to rising sophomores and up (a pre REU), one for rising seniors interested in graduate work in mathematics, and one for graduated students who are entering graduate school in the fall. Topics vary from year to year.
http://www.math.tamu.edu/ugs/research/MCTP/
SURF - projects in biomedical research, including biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, etc. $5000 stipend for 10 weeks.
http://www.mayo.edu/mgs/surf.html
IPAM(RIPS): This program at UCLA and other sites is like an REU but focuses on industrial problems. This is the only summer research program I know of that accepts international students.
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/rips2011/
SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematics Institute) A week long program in May and two two-day programs during the academic year are offered. Intended for rising juniors and seniors, the topics vary but are intended to give students some introduction to and experience with "real" applications of statistics and applied mathematics.
http://www.samsi.info/programs/education-and-outreach-programs
NIMBioS(National Institute for Biological and Mathematical Synthesis) runs an REU and an annual undergraduate research conference.
http://www.nimbios.org/education/college
MBI (Mathematical Biosciences Institute) offers a 2 week or 6 week program that provides an overview of various topics, such as mathematical neuroscience, phylogenetics and bioinformatics. The 6 week program ends with a small research project.
http://www.mbi.osu.edu/eduprograms/undergrad2011.html
ASA - the American Statistical Association posts a list of internships for those interested in statistics
http://www.amstat.org/education/internships.cfm
Other Opportunities for Undergraduates
Summer Program for Women in Mathematics at Carleton College: Intended for rising sophomore and junior women mathematics majors. You get paid to take two courses in four weeks.
http://www.math.carleton.edu/smp/
Summer Program for Women in Mathematics at George Washington University: Intended for rising junior women mathematics majors. You get paid to take two courses in five weeks.
Park City Mathematics Institute: a seven week program focusing on one topic, which changes every year.
http://pcmi.ias.edu/program-ugss/
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics: Study abroad for one or two semesters in Budapest. Take math courses AND Hungarian (if you like). All courses are taught in English.