OSDC PIRE Supported International Research Experience 6-8-week summer funded fellowships at collaborator sites for graduate students to participate in sophisticated international research collaborations.  Teams will be developing and doing research in cloud-based services & applications.

OSDC Foreign Partners: School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Science & Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil Universidade Federal Fluminense –Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

You must be a US Resident or Citizen in order to participate

Complete application at: http://pire.opensciencedatacloud.org/apply/

Important Dates:
Conference: May 14th-16th
Abstract Deadline: February 23^rd 

Diversity Weekend is designed for individuals who are historically under-represented in psychology graduate programs and who are interested in learning about graduate training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. This program will feature a coordinated set of formal and informal experiences designed to familiarize participants with strategies for constructing successful graduate-school applications, and to provide them with the opportunity to learn more about the experience of graduate education in our department.

Individuals who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• Participants who are enrolled in a college or university as a junior or senior, or who have graduated within the last two years (i.e., 2012 or thereafter). Individuals currently enrolled in a terminal masters-level graduate program in psychology also are eligible.
• Participants who are committed to pursuing doctoral training in psychology in one of our programs of research: clinical science and psychopathology; counseling psychology; cognitive and brain sciences; industrial/organizational psychology; personality, individual differences, and behavior genetics; quantitative psychology/psychometric methods; or social psychology.

• Participants who identify as a member of groups historically under-represented in graduate training in psychology, including individuals from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, and participants who are first-generation college students or graduates.

The costs of transportation and lodging will be covered for applicants selected to participate in this program.  Interested individuals who are eligible to apply for this opportunity to visit the Department on April 8-10, 2015 are required to provide the following information and materials:

• completed online application form that can be found at http://www.psych.umn.edu/diversityweekend/apply.html;
• copy of the applicant’s undergraduate transcript (an unofficial copy will suffice);
•  letter of recommendation from a faculty member familiar with the applicant;
• copy of the applicant’s curriculum vitae or resumé.

The deadline for receipt of these materials is February 15, 2015 at 5 pm (CST). Applications will be reviewed over the next two weeks and selection notifications will be sent in the first week of March.

Applicants are encouraged to review the graduate program areas, including faculty profiles, prior to submitting their applications. For more information about the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, please see http://www.psych.umn.edu.

Please direct any questions about the Diversity Weekend application, the application and evaluation process, or Diversity Weekend to Richard M Lee, Ph.D. at richlee@umn.edu or 612-625-6357.

Diversity Weekend Announcement PDF

About the STEM Symposium

Convened and organized by Laney Graduate School, the symposium will bring faculty advisors and their students from diverse backgrounds to the Emory campus for two days of shared research presentations and for networking, mentoring, and recruitment. Participants will include outstanding undergraduates intending to pursue the PhD or MD/PhD degree and graduate students seeking postdoctoral opportunities. Faculty advisors are also encouraged to attend and learn about the opportunities Emory offers.

Students are required to submit abstracts of their research for review by a selection committee of Emory training faculty from STEM-related programs, including those doctoral programs that align with the MD/PhD program. A wide breadth of abstract categories are covered (see STEM Symposium Brochure at right for details). Ten students will be selected to give oral presentations, and all others will present their research in a poster session.

There will be ample opportunity to meet with faculty and students of the participating programs, including training grants programs. Breakout sessions will cover topics relevant to students at this stage of their careers and advisors of such students.

Trainees from diverse backgrounds (to include ethnicity, race, economic status, disability, educational experience, first generation status, and in some cases, gender) are eligible to apply for diversity travel awards that will provide for travel and housing for the student and possibly her/his advisor.

All meals are covered.

Website: http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/stem_rc_symposium.html 

Apply here by January 15: https://www.applyweb.com/emoryapp/

For general information, please contact Brittany Bostic at (510) 642-7935.    For additional information contact: Harold H. Campbell, Ph.D., McNair Director, UCB, hcampbel@berkeley.edu, (510) 642-8015

The conference is held on the campus of the University of North Texas (http://www.unt.edu/identity/) and lodging is located a very short distance away.  Denton, approximately 25 miles north of both Dallas and Fort Worth, is known as the “Apex of the Golden Triangle”.  Both DFW International Airport and Love Field are available for ease of transportation.

See Texas National McNair Scholars Research Conference for the full announcement.

March 12-15, 2015

University of Maryland, College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

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Dr. Dennis Kimbro – Keynote Speaker

Revealing the Secrets to Wealth Creation and Entrepreneurship
www.denniskimbro.com

Conference Events and Networking Opportunities

Student Research Presentations
Graduate School Preparation and GRE Workshops
50+ Graduate School Representatives
Visit World-Renowned National and Cultural Sites

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Registration Information

Registration Opens: December 1, 2014
Early Bird Registration Deadline: December 31, 2014
General Registration Deadline: February 15, 2015
Special Group Discount: Register 9 and get 1 Free
Visit Conference Site at www.aap.umd.edu/McNairConference

Hotel Room Reservations

Reserve rooms at the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.
A limited number of discounted rooms are available. Reserve now.

2015 National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research

Donald Asher

May 19 & 20, 2015 at the University of Texas at San Antonio

Contact Linda Leech at linda.leech@utsa.edu or (201)458-4274.

“Our annual conference and graduate school fair is a great opportunity for current and prospective McNair Scholars, as well as members of the community at large who are interested in attending graduate school,” said Kimberly Saunders, director of UD’s McNair Scholars Program, the coordinating office for the event.

The goal of the McNair Scholars Program, which is named for the late physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald E. McNair, is to prepare and encourage talented low-income and first-generation college students historically underrepresented in graduate school to expand their educational opportunities by enrolling in a doctoral degree program.

During the event, a new Prospective Graduate Student Visitation Day format will offer information and advice from faculty and students on the academic, social and financial aspects of graduate study, along with a UD campus tour.

“We are excited to collaborate with the Office of Graduate and Professional Education in hosting a Prospective Graduate Student Visitation Day as part of the conference,” Saunders said. “Student participants will gain an overview of the graduate admissions process, have lunch with UD faculty and graduate students, and take a campus tour before attending the graduate school fair and research poster competition.”

Saunders said the McNair Office is busy receiving calls and emails from graduate schools and program recruiters from across the nation who are looking forward to meeting TRIO students, local community members, UD alumni and regional college students who will be attending the National Graduate School Fair.

Free and open to the public, the National Graduate School Fair will feature more than 80 graduate programs from across the United States, including programs from UD. Interested graduate school representatives may still register as an exhibitor on this webpage.

The Research Poster Competition, open to all undergraduate and graduate students nationally, will award cash prizes to the top presenters.

Students wishing to enter the Research Poster Competition and/or participate in the Visitation Day events should review the conference website for more information about abstract submissions and registration. Abstract proposals are due by Sept. 19.

A full mini-conference schedule can be viewed here.

Article originally published by UDaily on September 3, 2014.