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WiscAMP Sophomore Research Experience and Undergraduate Research Collaboration

Apply by February 15 for Summer 2008 program.

SRE and URC are sponsored by the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School, The Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP), and the National Science Foundation (NSF); the programs also collaborate with Milwaukee Area Technical College. This is a new summer technical and undergraduate research opportunity for students who have finished their freshman year and are studying in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas. Students must be members of underrepresented groups.

The specific objectives of this program are to:

• Strengthen the resolve of UWM minorities to persist in the STEM fields of study through graduation and enter graduate education.
• Provide valuable research experiences that will increase mathematical and technical skills needed in formal research academics in the STEM fields.
• Provide faculty and peer mentors who will serve as research mentors and positive role models.
• Expand and strengthen the pool of qualified students of color eligible to apply for the McNair Program.
• Provide unique opportunities for faculty and student research collaboration

Sophomore Research Experience Application

Summer 2008 Faculty Mentor Application

SRE provides an eight-week summer research internship. The internship will revolve around a student pursuing a research project supervised by a UWM faculty mentor. Personal and academic counseling will be provided by the advising staff of the Ronald McNair and Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunity programs.

SRE scholars will also participate in all summer activities with the McNair and CIC Scholars who are preparing for graduate school after completing their undergraduate studies. Examples of SRE-sponsored summer activities are the CIC-SROP annual summer conference, and the American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference. The faculty mentored research project will be featured at a to-be-scheduled formal research day at UWM. Students will also be able to take advantage of organized graduate school visits to three major research universities. In all, this program will provide excellent opportunities for students to build a lasting relationship with a faculty mentor, and to be exposed to educational experiences designed to attract them to graduate education and intensive research in STEM fields of study.

This proposed program will award each student a $2,800 summer stipend and $400 of research support for the respective faculty mentor. Program participants will be selected by the same faculty committee that selects the McNair and CIC participants based on the student's academic record, two letters of recommendation, and a written personal statement authored by the applicant.

Applications and information on this exciting new opportunity are available here, in the McNair Office in Mitchell Hall 239, or at (414) 229-6728.

NSF STEM Classification of Instructional Programs

Listed below are the NSF CIP Code and major for STEM disciplines.

Agricultural Sciences

01.09 - Animal Sciences

01.10 - Food Science and Technology

01.12 - Soil Sciences

01.99 - Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, Other

03.0101 - Natural Resources/Conservation, General

03.02 - Natural Resources Management and Policy

03.03 - Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management

03.05 - Forestry

03.06 - Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

03.99 - Natural Resources and Conservation, Other

Chemistry

40.05 - Chemistry

40.0507 - Polymer Chemistry

Computer Science

11.01 - Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.04 - Information Science/Studies

11.07 - Computer Science

52.1201 - Management Information Systems, General

52.1301 - Management Science, General

Engineering

14.02 - Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

14.03 - Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering

14.05 - Biomedical/Medical Engineering

03.0509 - Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

14.07 - Chemical Engineering

14.32 - Polymer/Plastics Engineering

04.02 - Architecture

14.04 - Architectural Engineering

14.08 - Civil Engineering

14.0803 - Structural Engineering

14.0805 - Water Resources Engineering

14.14 - Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

14.09 - Computer Engineering, General

14.10 - Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

14.12 - Engineering Physics

14.13 - Engineering Science

14.27 - Systems Engineering

30.06 - Systems Science and Theory

14.11 - Engineering Mechanics

14.19 Mechanical Engineering

14.06 - Ceramic Sciences and Engineering

14.18 - Materials Engineering

14.20 - Metallurgical Engineering

14.28 - Textile Sciences and Engineering

14.31 - Materials Science

40.9999 - Physical Sciences, Other

14.21 - Mining and Mineral Engineering

14.23 - Nuclear Engineering

14.25 - Petroleum Engineering

14.01 - Engineering, General

14.22 - Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

14.24 - Ocean Engineering

14.99 - Engineering, Other

Environmental Science

03.0103 - Environmental Studies

03.0104 - Environmental Science

Geosciences

40.06 - Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

40.0601 - Geology/Earth Science, General

Life/Biological Sciences

26.0403 - Anatomy

26.0202 - Biochemistry

26.01 - Biology, General

26.1101 - Biometry/ Biometrics

26.1102 - Biostatistics

26.1309 - Epidemiology

26.0203 - Biophysics

26.03 - Botany/Plant Biology

26.0305 - Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

26.0307 - Plant Physiology

26.04 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

26.0401 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology

26.0204 - Molecular Biology

26.1301 - Ecology

26.0505 - Parasitology

26.0702 - Entomology

26.0804 - Animal Genetics

26.0805 - Plant Genetics

26.1303 - Evolutionary Biology

26.0806 - Human/Medical Genetics

26.05 - Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

26.0507 - Immunology

26.0504 - Virology

26.0503 - Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology

19.05 - Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services

30.1901 - Nutritional Sciences

26.0910 - Pathology/Experimental Pathology

26.1004 - Toxicology

26.1001 - Pharmacology

26.1004 - Toxicology

26.0707 - Animal Physiology

26.0901 - Physiology, General

26.09 - Series Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

26.07 - Zoology/Animal Biology

26.1201 - Biotechnology

26.99 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

30.01 - Biological and Physical Sciences

30.10 - Biopsychology

Mathematics

27.01 - Mathematics

27.03 - Applied Mathematics

14.3701 - Operations Research

27.99 - Mathematics and Statistics, Other

30.08 - Mathematics and Computer Science

27.05 - Statistics

52.1304 - Actuarial Science

Physics/Astronomy

40.02 - Astronomy and Astrophysics

40.08 - Physics

40.0807 - Optics/Optical Sciences

40.0809 - Acoustics.