The Simons Foundation’s Autism & Neuroscience division is accepting applications from bachelor’s and associate’s degree students for the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN). The program aims to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students who have not had access to research training opportunities. Prior laboratory experience is not required.

We are looking for a reliable and hard-working student who is interested in helping to conduct behavioral studies related to stress vulnerability. Student would expect to learn a wide-range of neurobiology techniques including involvement in behavioral, molecular, and neurophysiological studies.

The National Geographic Society (NGS) is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for academic researchers and graduate students investigating topics related to geography education in select states and locations. Awards of up to $10,000 (for researchers) and $5,000 (for graduate students) are available to support research projects.

This summer internship is for an undergraduate interested in an environmental biochemistry opportunity. This internship will be a positive, fun experience for an undergraduate to work in a research laboratory. They will attend research group meetings, read scientific papers, and discuss the group’s results with other group members.

The research project seeks to reveal how humans interpret complex real-world sounds by measuring how their interpretations change (e.g., what made that sound? what did that person say?) as the acoustical structure of the sounds is carefully modified be experimenters.

Undergraduate students in the McLendon lab will help investigate how different isoforms of a protein, Sorbs2, impact the cytoskeletal structure of vascular smooth muscle cells. To accomplish this goal, an undergraduate researcher will learn molecular cloning techniques, tissue culture maintenance, transfection experiments, and western blotting. Students will have the opportunity to present their research findings at conferences and will be able to include valuable research experience to their CV. If a student wishes to take this opportunity, they would become a valuable member of the team and would have access to other students if they need training or questions answered.