Diversity Summer Research Awards:
Are you an undergraduate who wants to work in a lab this summer and fund your own research experience?
SRNDNA funds $5000 summer research awards for an at least 8-week intensive, mentored summer research experience for under-represented minorities (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, low-income background, women in neuroscience). The award recipient is the undergraduate student, so they will be the primary applicant.
Each proposal must include:
- a one paragraph project description.
- a 2-3 sentence description of the mentorship structure (i.e., who will provide mentorship in what way).
- the goals for the summer experience.
- a mentor statement of commitment.
No letters of recommendation are required but a statement of commitment by the faculty mentor must be included with the application. This can be as simple as a PDF’d email saying something like, “I agree to mentor so-and-so for <dates> this summer on <project>. We will meet <at this frequency> and by the end of the summer hope to accomplish <these goals>”. The summer research experience can be in a lab in which the student is already working at their home institution or in a lab at a different university. The project must in some way inform our understanding of decision-making across the life span.
APPLY HERE: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZwmXZGrRJHS53o
Application Deadline: March 1, 2021
