Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
INBRE student, Hania Koziol, at the Reijo-Pera Lab at MSU. Photo by Sanchez Gonzalez
Montana INBRE contributes to the pipleine of future professional researchers by supporting undergraduate research. Our research opportunities offer cutting-edge experience working with top-rate faculty and researchers.
Undergraduates at MSU in the biomedical and health sciences can apply for academic-year INBRE Research Program, which may extend over several semesters or serve students just beginning their research experience.
Summer undergraduate research experiences are available for both MSU students and students enrolled at institutions located in IDeA Program Western Region states (Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wyoming).
Details here. Contact: Beverly Hartline, MT Tech of the UM (Butte). bhartline@mtech.edu
Learn more. Contact: Aaron Thomas. University of Montana (Missoula)
Learn more. Contact: Lori Lambert, Salish Kootenai College. lori_lambert@skc.edu
Undergraduate Internship Opportunities
Public Health Intern, Weston McCue, talks with Sarah Codd about his research.
Montana INBRE supports undergraduate student success by helping students gain hands-on, professional experience through research and public health internship opportunities. MT INBRE internships have real-world applicability, are sometimes paid and involve close work with faculty and/or community mentors.
INBRE Public Health Internship Program (MSU in Bozeman) provides undergraduate students from a wide range of academic disciplines exposure to real community health issues, and an understanding of the tools available to investigate and solve these issues.
Contact: Bill Stadwiser, MSU, william.stadwiser@montana.edu
Details available here. Contact: Beverly Hartline, MT Tech of the UM (Butte), bhartline@mtech.edu
Details here. Contact: Kurt Toenjes, MSU-Billings, ktoenjes@msubillings.edu
Click here for details. Contact: Kurt Toenjes, MSU-Billings, ktoenjes@msubillings.edu
For a list of non-INBRE biomedical research and internship opportunities, click here.
Student Travel Opportunities
Montana INBRE occasionally supports individual students through travel awards. When available, details will be listed below.
Montana INBRE Student Travel Award – Spring 2020
Who’s Eligible
Any Montana-based college student (undergraduate or graduate) who is conducting research related to health sciences, veterinary sciences, and/or biomedicine, including social science, engineering science, quantitative science research that involves human health components
Criteria
Must be a current college student in good academic standing attending an institution of higher education located within Montana; travel to domestic (US) locations only and must include public presentation of your biomedical or health-related research at a scientific conference, symposium, event, workshop or meeting
Award Maximums
The maximum award amount is $500 for undergraduates and $1000 for graduate students
Travel Dates
Priority consideration is currently given for travel that can be completed on/before April 30, 2020; Requests for travel taking place after April 30th can be submitted anytime but will not be reviewed until the next round of INBRE funding has been confirmed (on/around May 15th)
Match Funding
Travel that will be completed on or before April 30th does NOT require any match funding; for travel taking place after April 30th additional (matching) funds are required at an amount equal to or greater than the amount being requested from Montana INBRE; matching funds can come from sources such as project mentors, your graduate school, your academic department or college and/or the conference itself
Application Deadline
Completed applications received by February 1, 2020 will receive priority consideration for spring travel; applications received between February 2 and March 15 will receive secondary consideration; applications received after March 15 and/or applications for travel taking place after April 30th 2020 will be reviewed in May
Allowable Expenses
Student Travel Awards may cover such expenses as economy airfare to nearest airport to conference, ground transportation to/from conference, standard lodging for duration of conference, conference registration fee(s), meal reimbursement for meals not included with the conference at the rate allowed by your institution's per-diem policy, incidentals like poster printing, etc.
To apply, complete steps 1-3 before proceeding to step 4
- Graduate Students: identify a scientific conference or event where you can present original research publicly as a poster or oral presentation; Undergraduate Students: been accepted at scientific conference or event where you will be giving an oral presentation
- Write (or update) your scientific abstract for the research you plan to preset at the conference/event; click here for help writing a scientific abstract
- Ask your project mentor or faculty supervisor to write a brief (one page or less) letter or statement of support explaining how you will benefit academically and/or professionally from the travel experience and why this particular opportunity is well-suited to your current academic or professional trajectory; You will need a signed .PDF copy of this letter before you begin your application
- Once steps 1-3 are done, follow this link to upload your letter and fill out the online application
