Summer Undergraduate Research at Georgia Tech: Application Deadline Feb. 1

Georgia Tech will be hosting 9 NSF-REU participants this summer at
Georgia Tech focusing loosely on the theme of Aquatic Chemical Ecology.

Program Web Site:  www,biology.gatech.edu/undergraduate-program/reu/

The application deadline is February 1, 2010. At that time we will work with faculty mentors to select participants, and will offer students places in the program starting mid-February.  The full-time, 10-week program will start in late May and run until the end of July.

Participants will receive a stipend of $4500 plus accommodations with kitchen facilities in university housing, and help with travel expenses to and from Atlanta.

Students can go to our website to get more information and to apply.  Any U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program is eligible, unless they have already been part of an REU program in Ocean Sciences or unless they will graduate before this summer.  We are particularly interested in increasing our proportion of minority students and in reaching students at non-PhD

As in the first 5 years of our REU program, the research theme of Aquatic Chemical Ecology is broadly interpreted.  We have 3 core areas of research for students to choose from: Biological and geochemical transformations of chemicals in aquatic ecosystems; Sensory biology and ecology of aquatic chemical communication; Ecological roles and consequences of chemicals in aquatic environments.  This program is an excellent choice for undergraduates majoring in any field of biology, chemistry, earth/ocean science, civil engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and related bioengineering areas who want to apply their classroom learning to an interdisciplinary research environment to solve
complex scientific problems and learn about the importance of chemically-mediated processes.