2018 UF/IFAS NCBS WoW – Workout on the Waterfront Event

The 2018 UF/IFAS NCBS WoW – Workout on the Waterfront is scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Cedar Key, Florida. This event consists of a 5-k run, a kayak race and a Repurpose-it-Regatta as well as a silent auction and lunch. Funds raised will support the UF/IFAS NCBS Aquarium and the 2018 International Coastal Clean-up Event.

We would like to encourage departments to enter the Regatta event with a departmental boat. The winning IFAS regatta team will win a trip for their department to Seahorse Key for a day!

You can sign-up for any of the scheduled events at https://ncbs.ifas.ufl.edu/wow-2018/

UAS7 Study and Internship Programs - Germany. Deadline Feb. 15, 2018

The UAS7 Study and Internship Programs (SIP+) is an excellent opportunity for students who would like to spend a semester and/or internship in Germany in 2018/19.

Please also have a look at our video testimonials: http://www.uas7.org/scholarships/video-testimonials.html. In these short videos you can watch former and current exchange students speaking about their experiences in the UAS7 Study and Internship Programs and about the host university as well as the city.

The next application deadline for our program is February 15, 2018 for the UAS7 Study and Internship Program (SIP), the UAS7 Study Program (SP) and for the UAS7 Internship Program (IP). For detailed information please download our program brochure here
http://www.uas7.org/images/stories/UAS7_SIP-Flyer_2016.pdf.

Successful applicants will be able to study one semester at one of the UAS7 member universities (SP), receive a short-term placement at one of the university laboratories (IP), or spend a whole year in Germany to study and intern (SIP). Our programs are open to students in a wide range of applied fields.

Applicants to all three program options (SIP/SP/IP) are automatically considered for the UAS7 Travel Scholarship of EUR 1000 to cover transatlantic travel expenses. Our office in New York is available to help navigating our diverse program options and will be happy to advise students during the application process.

Britta Schumacher
UAS7 Liaison Office New York
Tel: (212) 758-3369
www.uas7.org

Invitation To Apply: Wells Fargo Sophomore Leaders Conference

The Wells Fargo Sophomore Leaders Conference is designed for college students in their Sophomore year (expected graduation of December 2019 or May/June 2020) in any major that are interested in exploring a career in business and learning about the variety of opportunities within the financial services industry.

NOTE: To Apply Visit http://myfuture.wf.com/pre-summer-sophomore-leaderstoapply by 11:59pm CT on Monday, January 8, 2018.

NSF REU Entrepreneurial Research Experience - Now Open!

Applications are now being accepted for Year 2 of our Entrepreneurial Research Experience for Undergraduates that will happen in the Summer 2018!  The aim of this E-REU is to provide students with a truly integrated research and entrepreneurship training experience, giving them both depth in fundamental engineering research, as well as breadth in entrepreneurial skills. For more information: http://e-reu.engr.uconn.edu/

Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology

We are pleased to announce the 9th summer for our TECBio REU @ Pitt program in computational biology. More information and our 2018 program flyer can be found at our website – tecbioreu.pitt.edu, which also hosts our program application page.

Application Deadline: February 12, 2018

Program Dates: May 21 – July 27, 2018

Student Support: $5500 stipend, housing, and travel

NSF-ERC Summer Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities

www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accesserc/resources/erc-summer-opportunities-individuals-disabilities

The National Science Foundation-sponsored Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) are recruiting undergraduate students with disabilities into programs for Summer 2018. Apply now!

ERCs are located at universities all across the United States, each in close partnership with industry. Each ERC provides an environment in which academe and industry collaborate in pursuing strategic advances in complex engineered systems and systems-level technologies that have the potential to spawn whole new industries or to radically transform the product lines, processing technologies, or service delivery methodologies of current industries. Activity within ERCs lies at the interface between the discovery-driven culture of science and the innovation-driven culture of engineering.

For more information and to apply, follow the links at the URL above.

Each ERC has unique opportunities to engage in research and discovery.