Sharing your expertise and enthusiasm for the research you are doing with a student provides the impetus needed to attract bright students into the world of research. We have had outstanding participation in the past from mentor and student alike and have every expectation that this year will be another great success. As part of the process of recruiting faculty mentors for NSF EPSCoR and EPA EPSCoR sponsored undergraduate research programs, students must identify prospective faculty with whom they would like to work. Accepted students will be matched with a mentor after April 6, 2001. Although it is not mandatory, it would greatly assist the selection committee in this matching process if during the student application process, each applicant makes contact with a faculty member and indicates a faculty member s assent to serve as their mentor should they be selected for the program.
Awards are competitive and a student s acceptance into the program is based on merit alone.
Provide assurance and direction to the student on a weekly basis through personal direction or through a post- doctorate member or graduate student in your lab. We encourage you to invite your outstanding students to submit applications.