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High School Students

• GenOM Project ALVA Summer Program
University of Washington
The GenOM Project's Alliances for Learning and Vision for Underrepresented Americans (ALVA), is a summer residential outreach program for incoming Uni ... read more

• High School Research Fellows
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL)
The High School Research Fellowship program is a hands-on, mentored laboratory experience for Maine high school students interested in biology, medici ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute, High School Summer Research Program
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Lead), Canisius College, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) offers summer research experiences to students at different levels of their academic development. The high school ... read more

• Virginia Bioinformatics Institute High School Summer Internship
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) offers summer internships to high school students interested in computer science, mathematics, infectious dise ... read more


Undergraduate Students

• Amgen Scholars Program
University of California, Los Angeles (Lead)
Students interested in summer research in any area of biomedical science, chemistry, bioengineering or chemical engineering are encouraged to apply. S ... read more

• Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Fellowship (BSURF) Program
University of Iowa (Lead)
Our ten-week Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) Program provides students with hands-on experience in an active research la ... read more

• Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Summer Research Program in Genomics (SRPG)
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Lead), Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Broad Institute's Summer Research Program in Genomics is designed for underrepresented minority undergraduate students with a commitment to resear ... read more

• Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in Quantitative Cell Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center (Lead)
<p>The Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling annually sponsors a summer undergraduate research program that brings undergraduate students with s ... read more

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• DIMACS, DIMACS/DIMATIA, CCICADA,& Math REU Program
Rutgers University (Lead), AT&T Research Labs, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Charles University, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM Inc., Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology
These are REU programs which are administered together and run concurrently as a single program. The programs support interdisciplinary projects relat ... read more

• GenOM Project ALVA Summer Program
University of Washington
The GenOM Project's Alliances for Learning and Vision for Underrepresented Americans (ALVA), is a summer residential outreach program for incoming Uni ... read more

• Hands-on research in Genomics and Computational Biology
University of Georgia (Lead), Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University
The first weeks involve lab safety training, learning to keep a lab notebook, participating in a sequence of group Genomics labs in the mornings, Comp ... read more

• Hughes Science Pipeline Project (HSPP): Research Internships for Undergrads
Barnard College
Each year, the HSPP sponsors Research Internships for 14 Barnard undergraduates distributed among five science departments: Biology, Chemistry, Enviro ... read more

• Integrated Development of Bioenergy Systems REU
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead)
The School of Biological Sciences' Microbiology Initiative and Center for Plant Sciences Innovation administers the REU Site: Integrated Development o ... read more

• Integrative Biosciences REU
Tuskegee University (Lead)
<p>Tuskegee University, in association with the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program, is plea ... read more

• Interdisciplinary REU in the Structure and Function of Proteins
University of Michigan (Lead)
The University of Michigan Interdisciplinary REU Program in the Structure and Function of Proteins is designed to provide undergraduate students with ... read more

• Microbiology in the Post Genome Era REU
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Lead)
This is a a 10-week research-training program on a wide variety of microbiological phenomena. The program focuses on the application of genome-based ... read more

• Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology (MSSB) at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Lead), Wake Forest University
The intellectual focus of the program is mathematical systems biology. Specifically, students' 2013 research projects will include two different but ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more

• Research Experience for Undergraduates in Environmental Microbiology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Undergraduate students are invited to participate in a 10-week summer research program in environmental microbiology. Students will collaborate with f ... read more

• Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Biosciences
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Lead)
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE-REU) Program in Molecular Biosciences at UNC-Chapel Hill provides talented undergraduate students t ... read more

• Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Physiology and Environmental Stress
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL)
The Research Experience: Each summer, over 40 undergraduates from around the United States participate in a research fellowship at MDIBL. Undergraduat ... read more

• Research in molecular, cellular, neuro- and population biology using marine and other comparative models at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
University of Florida
Our REU site has two major aims: (1) to provide undergraduates with a realistic and professional research experience that will enhance or reinforce th ... read more

• REU in Cellular Bioengineering: From Biomaterials to Stem Cells
Rutgers University (Lead)
Rutgers is the home to a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site on Cellular Bioengineering -- From Biomaterials to Stem Cells. This program ... read more

• REU Site: Research in Microbiology
University of Georgia (Lead)
: During a 9-week summer program, undergraduate participants will conduct independent experimental projects with supervision. A wide variety of resear ... read more

• Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Lead)
Three teams of three to four students each will work on problems drawn from areas of faculty interest. This year's teams will focus on mathematical p ... read more

• Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
University of Alabama, Birmingham (Lead)
The Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program will provide the opportunity for young people who are sophomore or junior level ... read more

• Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship in Information Technology
University of California, Santa Cruz
: Integrative computing systems: robotics/autonomous systems, sensor/wireless networks, bioinformatics, assistive technology, human-computer interacti ... read more


Post-Baccalaureate

• Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) encourages students of underrepresented groups who hold recent baccalaureate degrees to pursue doc ... read more


Graduate Students

• Bioinformatics
Boston University
The Graduate Program in Bioinformatics offers unique interdisciplinary training in science and engineering in support of computational biomedical rese ... read more

• Bioinnovation through the Development of Novel Biological Delivery Techniques
Tulane University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award creates an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in bio-innovation that will cult ... read more

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• Chemical Genomics IGERT
University of California, Riverside
Post-genomic science requires interdisciplinary approaches that advance the understanding of all biological systems, from molecular interactions, to p ... read more

• Comparative Genomics IGERT
University of Arizona
The IGERT Program in Genomics at the University of Arizona is an interdepartmental training program intended to foster links among departments and pro ... read more

• Computational Molecular Biology IGERT
Iowa State University (Lead), New Mexico State University
The last few years have witnessed an explosion in DNA sequence, gene expression and protein structural data, which collectively provide a wealth of in ... read more

• From Data to Solutions: A New PhD Program in Transformational Data and Information Sciences Research and Innovation
Columbia University (Lead), City University of New York (CUNY) System
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) provides Ph.D. students with the unique interdisciplinary training necessary to e ... read more

• From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and Training in Cross-scale Biogeochemistry
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Cornell University, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
This IGERT award will build on advances in biogeochemistry at microbial, whole-ecosystem, and global scales, and broaden graduate student training fro ... read more

• Functional Genomics of Model Organisms IGERT
University of Maine (Lead), Jackson Laboratory, Maine Medical Center
The objective of this IGERT project is to initiate an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional degree program in Functional Genomics of Model Organisms ... read more

• Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Program
University of Colorado, Boulder (Lead)
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award will provide graduate students with the mathematical and computational trai ... read more

• Language plasticity - Genes, Brain, Cognition and Computation
University of Connecticut
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award establishes a unique interdisciplinary training program that prepares Ph.D. ... read more

• New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology IGERT
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center (Lead), American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, New York University, Wildlife Conservation Society
NYCEP is a graduate training consortium in physical anthropology that unites the resources of the American Museum of Natural History, the City Univers ... read more

• Open Data: Graduate Training for Data Sharing and Reuse in E-Science
University of Michigan
Open Data fellows engage in a vibrant set of research activities at the University of Michigan in the conduct of responsible data-intensive science an ... read more

• Solar Utilization Network (SUN)
Arizona State University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award focuses on the energy transition from the current fossil-fuel-based economy ... read more

• Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments (SBE2)
University of Delaware
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award facilitates the unique interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. scientists and e ... read more

• Training Innovative Leaders in Biofabrication
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award establishes a unique training program at WPI for Ph.D. students in the fiel ... read more

• Video Bioinformatics IGERT
University of California, Riverside
The Vision of the Video Bioinformatics IGERT is to integrate expertise from the life sciences, computer science, electrical engineering, and bioengine ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity Grant, an NIH Training Grant
Indiana University, Bloomington
An NIH training grant that addresses reproductive diversity in humans and other animals with a particular focus on sex differences, parental effects, ... read more

• Nebraska Redox Biology Center Post Doc Opportunities
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead), University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Redox Biology Center (RBC) is organized as a broad-based interdisciplinary and multi-institutional entity involving researchers from the Universit ... read more

• ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Research Participation Program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Lead), Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
The ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates is a highly selective program and offers challenging opportunities to recent recipients of doctoral degrees ... read more

• Post Doctoral position to help with analysis of Climate & Health data
Emory University
Applications are invited for a one-year Post Doctoral Researcher position available immediately in the Dept of Evironmental Health at the Rollins Scho ... read more

• Postdoctoral Researcher – Microbial Ecology/Genomics
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A team of researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences led by Dr. David Emerson is seeking a postdoctoral scientist interested in using single ... read more

• Post-doctoral Fellow/Visiting Scholar/PhD position in Bioimage Informatics
Tulane University
A post-doctoral/visiting scholar and PhD graduate research assistant position is available immediately to work on the detection of genetic aberrations ... read more

• Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Biology Department for Individuals from Groups Underrepresented in the Sciences
University of Richmond
A postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Richmond is available for individuals from groups underrepresented in the sciences.<p> The post-d ... read more

• Post-doctoral position in Systems Biology/Computational Biology
Kansas State University (Lead)
<p>A postdoctoral fellow position is available in the Jumpponen Laboratory and Kansas State University Bioinformatics Core facility. As a part o ... read more

• The Scientific Post-doctoral Program (SPP)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Lead)
The Scientific Post-doctoral Program (SPP) at RPCI is dedicated to providing a formalized and well-rounded scientific apprenticeship experience for ou ... read more

• Training in Education and Critical Research Skills
Tufts University, University of Massachusetts, Boston
The Training in Education and Critical Research Skills Program (TEACRS) at Tufts University is funded by NIH and is designed to prepare talented post ... read more

• VisANT: Integrative platform for visual analysis, modeling and simulation of biological networks
Boston University
Incumbent will be responsible for outreach and marketing of our continually evolving data mining and analysis tool (VisANT), in addition to collaborat ... read more


Faculty & Administrators

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more



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