Summer Research Scholars Program through Cornell University

Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva, New York offers a Summer Research Scholars Program where undergraduate students will participate in exciting research projects in one of three disciplines including in 2019:

• Entomology
• Horticulture/Plant Breeding
• Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology

The student interns have the opportunity to work with faculty, their graduate students, postdocs, and staff on research projects that can be laboratory or field-based. Check back in late November or early December 2018 for information and application for the 2019 program.

Important 2019 dates:

• Application deadline: Feb. 3, 2019
• Letter of Reference deadline: Feb. 10, 2019 

Specifics for 2019 program

• Nine week internships to conduct research in a faculty program on Cornell’s Geneva campus
• Gain research experience and learn about the diverse agriculture and food systems in New York
• Additional professional enrichment programming and field trips will be offered
• Benefits include housing and a $4,825 stipend
• Starts on May 29, 2019 (May 28 for travel) and runs through July 26, 2019 (July 27 for travel)

Eligibility

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to be eligible for USDA NIFA funding.
• Must be 18 years of age by May 28, 2019
• Must have completed two, and preferably three, years of college level study in one of the life sciences by June 2018

To learn more about the Summer Research Scholars Program, please visit: https://scholars.pppmb.cals.cornell.edu/program-information/

Summer Research Program at University of Nebraska

We are now accepting applications for the University of Nebraska’s 2019 Summer Research Program, and we’d like to encourage your students to apply.

Our 10-week residential summer research experience provides mentoring and research participation while allowing scholars to preview graduate school life at a Research1 university. Participants all receive competitive stipends, room and board, travel/transport, graduate school preparation workshops, social and networking activities, and more.

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Summer 2019 research programs include:

• Applied Plant Systems
• Bioenergy Systems
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) 
• Minority Health Disparities
• Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction
• Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
• Redox Biology
• Sustainability of Civil Infrastructures in Rural Environments 
• Systems Biology of Plant and Microbiome 
• Unmanned Systems
• Virology

Our online application makes it easy for students to apply. Priority review begins Friday, February 1 and all applications must be completed by Friday, March 1. Students historically underrepresented in graduate education and students from academic institutions where research programs are limited are especially encouraged to apply.

To apply please visit: https://www.unl.edu/summerprogram/apply