Summer Research Opportunities with UBRP

The University of Arizona’s Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) provides opportunities for students to participate in a paid, mentored research experience involving inquiry, design, investigation, research, scholarship, discovery, and the presentation of experimental results! UBRP students begin their apprenticeship with a research mentor by working full-time for 12 weeks during summer 2016. They will also have the opportunity to learn about science at our orientation session, ethics retreat, and scientific seminars, and get to know other undergraduates by being involved in small group meetings and field trips.

To be eligible for UBRP, students must be UA undergraduates enrolled in at least 7 credits at UA, are in good academic standing, and have an interested in biological research.  To be paid, students must be an American citizen, permanent resident, or  in the case of international students, hold a visa allowing them to work on campus; international students interested in UBRP who do not hold a work visa may apply to UBRP as a volunteer experience if they wish.  UBRP is open to students of any major. While there is no GPA requirement, competitive students are generally those who hold a 3.0 minimum science and math GPA.

Applications for UBRP are due February 1, 2016 at 5 pm. To apply to UBRP, visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/ and click on the “Log Into UBRP Online” link. For more information, please visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/. 

Want to get a good glimpse of what students do in UBRP? Come to our 27th Annual Conference this Saturday, January 23 from 12:00PM – 5:00PM in the new Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building on campus (1064 E. Lowell Street): https://ubrp.arizona.edu/conferences/27th-annual-conference.  The conference is free and open to all interested.

Additional Summer Research Programs under the UBRP Umbrella

(all applications due February 1 at 5:00PM via UBRP website):

Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP): A partnership between UBRP, the University of Arizona Cancer Center, and NAU to alleviate the unequal burden of cancer among Native Americans of the Southwest through research, training and community outreach programs. NACP Summer Research Internships are offered to American Indian or Alaska Native undergraduates who are interested in Native populations and reducing cancer health disparities; any major is welcome. For more information visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/nacp/. 

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Summer Research Program (NSCS SRP): The NSCS Summer Research Program is intended for students in the UA NSCS program, either pre-majors or majors, who want an intensive summer research experience to develop a deeper understanding of neuroscience and cognitive science, to help consolidate classroom learning, and to help in deciding on a career path. Participants in the NSCS Summer Research Program will work for 12 weeks full time in the summer. For more information, visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/nscs-summer/. 

Environmental Health Sciences: Transformative Research Undergraduate Experience (EHS-TRUE): The UA EHS-TRUE program is a prestigious, National Institutes of Health-funded undergraduate research training program, targeting students from backgrounds under-represented in the sciences, that will pay students to conduct environmental health science research with some of the leading experts in the exciting area of environmental health sciences. The program offers each participant two years of paid year-round (15 hours/week during classes, 35 hours/week in summer) training and research experience in EHS-TRUE faculty mentors’ research groups to help develop an understanding of environmental health sciences, to apply classroom learning to research in environmental health, and to aid in deciding on a career path. For more information, visit  https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/ehtrue/.