Faculty members and students have three weeks to prepare and submit their applications for the Spring 2009 Undergraduate Faculty-Student Apprenticeship Program.
Approximately 16 to 18 scholarly projects on which faculty members and students work closely together throughout the semester will be selected in a competitive process. The deadline to apply for the Spring semester is November 17, 2008.
The program is designed to encourage Mason's high-achieving undergraduate students to become involved in research and creative projects early in their academic careers, under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
A $1,000 stipend is provided to the students selected for the program. Students are also funded to attend several undergraduate research conferences or disciplinary conferences, including that of the Colonial Academic Alliance.
In addition to meeting and working closely with their faculty members, students will meet as a group three times during the semester to discuss professional development issues, including preparing for graduate school, graduate funding, designing a poster or other professional presentation and writing abstracts.
Applications from all disciplines and departments are encouraged. Faculty members and students should collaborate and submit applications online at the following link:. <http://uap.gmu.edu/application.html> On this Undergraduate Apprenticeship website, you’ll also find suggestions on applying for an undergraduate apprenticeship program, a sample application, as well as the faculty and student application forms. <>
For more information, please contact Deirdre Moloney, director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program, at 703-993-2917 or dmoloney@gmu.edu.
Deirdre Moloney, Ph.D.
Director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program
Johnson Center 245 MS 2C4
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22032
(703) 993-2917
Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program—Applications for Spring 2009 Due on November 17th
MARCUS 2008 conference
Ephrem Teklemariam, a Fall 2008 research apprentice, presents the research he did as a participant of the Travelers Cornell Summer Scholars Program at the 2008 MARCUS (Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Undergraduate Studies) at Sweet Briar College on October 11. Congratulations!
COS-NRL Collaborative Research Poster Session
From College of Science (October 2):
GMU and NRL share a long history of scientific collaboration in space science research. This joint work spans a wide range of topics, including high-energy particle acceleration, solar atmospheric physics, coronal mass ejection, planetary atmospheres, X-ray pulsars, active galaxies, solar wind, and magnetospheric physics.
In order to stimulate further high-level interactions between faculty members, postdocs, space scientists, and graduate students located at NRL and GMU, we are hosting a Collaborative Research Poster Session on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, in Research Building 1 on the Fairfax campus. The goals of this poster session will be to:
- raise awareness about all areas of space science research at GMU and NRL
- showcase existing examples of collaborative research between the institutions
- stimulate and promote further collaborative research in a variety of new areas
As a follow-up to the Collaborative Research Poster Session, we are organizing a Joint Seminar Series on the Fairfax campus in the Spring 2009 semester. This seminar series will stimulate further interaction between NRL scientists, GMU faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. In the future, it is expected that some NRL scientists may be interested in advising GMU doctoral students and perhaps teaching advanced graduate courses.
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