2015 WISE REWU Research Opportunities Now Available

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. Two summers ago, 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, by way of their faculty’s* participation and committing matching funds. 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; Engineering; Geology; Mathematics, Nursing; Orthopaedic Surgery; Pediatrics; Physics, and many more!

Beginning

May 11th

, 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 30, 2015

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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 2, 2015

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Visit the website

http://www.wise.uc.edu/wise/rewu/rewu.php3

, select the projects that interest you the most, meet with prospective mentors*, and submit your application at:

http://www.wise.uc.edu/wise/rewu/2015Application.pdf

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*Faculty mentors need to submit project proposals by

February 16, 2015

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For more information about the 2015 WISE REWU Program, visit:

http://www.wise.uc.edu/wise/rewu/2015ProgramAnnouncement.pdf