Undergraduate Women: Apply Now for Paid Summer Research Opportunities in Science, Math and Engineering

The University of Cincinnati’s WISE Program encourages women undergraduates to take an initiative in research this summer. Urmila Ghia, PhD and Chair of the WISE Program, explains, “Participation in research projects is a significant factor in increasing student retention, and in encouraging talented students to excel. These talented and dedicated young women are the bright future of STEM fields.  Last summer, WISE celebrated fifteen years of promoting and sustaining research amongst women undergraduates. The event was an enormous success, with WISE alumnae from many years sharing their stories.”

The WISE REWU Program is sponsored, in part, by the Offices of the Provost and the Vice President for Research, and the support and cooperation of several departments in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering and Applied Science, Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine and Children’s Hospital.  This twelve-week program seeks to expose women undergraduates to diverse areas of research early in their education, and to encourage the pursuit of advanced studies in these fields.

Students get a rare opportunity to conduct research alongside UC’s leading scientists and engineers in a wide range of fields. This year, lab opportunities are available in: Biology; Chemistry; Communication Sciences; Geology; Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Orthopaedic Surgery; Pediatrics; and many more!

Each student will work closely with an experienced faculty mentor/researcher on ongoing research projects.  Additionally, the student will be involved in interpreting the results of the research, deriving conclusions, and preparing and presenting a technical paper.  A stipend of $4,500 is provided to each student to carry out her research. The young researchers will share their research findings in a special presentation session (open event), in Room 427 ERC (Engineering Research Center), at the end of Program, on July 31, 2014.

In addition to the benefit of conducting research as an undergraduate,

students may also opt to have the program constitute as one of their normal co-op experience semesters

. Students will need to commit one additional week (for a total of 13 weeks) to the project in order to meet the semester-long co-op requirement.

So women undergraduates, take the first steps toward achieving your career goals by working with the best minds at UC!! The deadline for students to apply is March 1, 2014. Visit the website http://www.wise.uc.edu/wise/rewu/rewu.php3, select the projects that interest you the most, meet with your prospective mentor, and submit your application!

*Faculty mentors need to submit project proposals by February 14, 2014.

For more information about the 2013 WISE REWU Program, select:

2014 WISE REWU Program Description

2014 WISE REWU Program Poster