VIP stands for Virtual Interactive Partnership. This is a student-scientist partnership which is managed on the WEB through the BioScope Initiative server. In the VIP program, students can interact with distiguished scientists from around the world and ask questions about the biological sciences.
Students work with their high school biology teachers to generate questions.
They pose a question to the VIP address and the question is sent out to a panel of top scientists. The answers are summarized and placed onto the VIP web site as well as being emailed directly to the student. Well, we think that students should have access to the world's current research scientists - they are great role models too. If you have a tough question, first check the WEB site to see if someone else has already asked that question. If not, send it in and watch for the result.