{"id":582,"date":"2017-01-11T16:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/?p=582"},"modified":"2017-01-11T16:17:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:17:22","slug":"marylands-sea-grant-reu-program-summer-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/2017\/01\/11\/marylands-sea-grant-reu-program-summer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Sea Grant&#8217;s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program Summer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each summer, Maryland Sea Grant\u2019s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports fifteen students to conduct marine research on the Chesapeake Bay.\u00a0It\u2019s a special opportunity to develop your research skills and interests by working with top scientists to study one of America\u2019s most significant coastal resources.<\/p>\n<p>The REU program, funded by the National Science Foundation, is designed for students majoring in\u00a0marine science, ecology, environmental science, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, and mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>During the 12-week program, each student works with a mentor on an individual research project at one of the two marine labs at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences\u00a0located on the Chesapeake Bay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umces.edu\/cbl\">Chesapeake Biological Laboratory<\/a>,\u00a0Solomons, Maryland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umces.edu\/hpl\">Horn Point Laboratory<\/a>,\u00a0Cambridge, Maryland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research areas include:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Estuarine processes<\/li>\n<li>Benthic environment<\/li>\n<li>Climate change<\/li>\n<li>Physical oceanography<\/li>\n<li>Contaminants<\/li>\n<li>Fisheries<\/li>\n<li>Molecular biology and genetics<\/li>\n<li>Environmental chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Submerged aquatic vegetation<\/li>\n<li>Modeling and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Each REU fellow will receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A stipend of $6,000<\/li>\n<li>Housing costs<\/li>\n<li>Round-trip travel expenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents\u00a0and have completed at least two years of study towards\u00a0(but not yet completed)\u00a0a bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0Preference is given to students who are rising seniors.\u00a0Students from underrepresented groups and institutions with limited research opportunities are especially encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to Apply<\/h2>\n<p>Interested students are required to submit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application form<\/li>\n<li>Personal statement<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Unofficial or official transcripts<\/li>\n<li>A list of courses in progress<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of recommendation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdsg.umd.edu\/reu\/how-apply\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about how to apply to the program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each summer, Maryland Sea Grant\u2019s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports fifteen students to conduct marine research on the Chesapeake Bay.\u00a0It\u2019s a special opportunity to develop your research skills&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/2017\/01\/11\/marylands-sea-grant-reu-program-summer-2017\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}