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REU Program Application

NSF REU Site: Independent Field Research in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at Mountain Lake Biological Station

Application Deadline:
February 20, 2010

Program Dates: May 24 - July 30 2010
(10 weeks)

To apply for the program please complete the web form below in English, submit (& verify reciept), and make sure you follow up with your letter-writer to make sure your application is complete.
 

Personal Information:

Name:
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Date of Birth:
Month: Day: Year: 19
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Current (eg. School) Contact Information:
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City (and Country if not U.S.A) State / Territory / Province Zip / Postal Code

Optional Permanent or Alternate (eg. Home) Contact Information (if different from above):
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City (and Country if not U.S.A) State / Province Zip/Postal Code

Emergency Contact:  
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Planned Arrival Date: Month: Day: Year:
Planned Departure Date: Month: Day: Year:


Housing or work life concerns or constraints (e.g. allergies, disabilities, etc.). Please be sure to list any medical condition or allergy that may require medication or other treatment during your stay at the Station.

Please consider these specific questions, or related issues:

  • Are you colorblind, hearing impaired, or have other constraints that might make it difficult to identify animals at a distance, or perform fine scale operations under field conditions?
  • Do you have any allergies or medical conditions that would prevent you from participating in long hours of field work? 
  • Are you willing to handle and manipulate animals (ex. small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, adult and nestling birds)?  This may include banding, taking measurements, taking blood samples, and potentially administering injections.


How did you learn about Mountain Lake? Check all that apply.
Poster
Brochure
MLBS Web Site
NSF Web Site
Direct Mailing
MLBS Student
MLBS Faculty or Researcher
My Instructor or Advisor
On-Line Research Opportunities Clearing House

If you have been to Mountain Lake Biological Station before, when? And in what capacity?


Program Application:

 Eligibility and Expectations: To be eligible you must be returning to an undergraduate degree program in the fall following the REU program. If you graduate in May or June in the year of the program, you are NOT eligible. To be eligible you must also be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident. In addition, as an REU researcher you are expected to be in residence at the Station for the full ten weeks of the program. Special scheduling needs can often be accommodated if noted in this application. Field biologists often work long and irregular hours six or seven days a week. REU program participants must agree to the same. Short trips away from the Station are often no problem with permission of your research mentor and the REU Coordinator. Commuting is not permitted. It is also important to consider that field work is often physically strenuous and demanding. Program participants need to be physically fit and willing to embrace physical labor, demanding hiking, and long hours in the field in all weather conditions.
IMPORTANT - Check this box to certify that you understand, meet, and agree to, these criteria and expectations:

Participant Support: Program participants will receive a stipend by check in two installments over the summer. All room, board, and group insurance fees will be paid directly by the program. Travel and project expense support is also available.


Please make sure all fields below are completed and application submitted by the application deadline. Incomplete applications can not be considered.

1) Essay:
Please prepare a carefully written one-page essay (600 word limit) that describes
a) the experiences that qualify you for this research internship; please discuss any other research experiences you've had, and what you got out of them
b) your interests and professional goals
c) what you hope to achieve by spending the summer at Mountain Lake.
Paste text into this field:


2) Recommendation:
Please request a reference from one research mentor, academic advisor, or science instructor who knows you and your potential for research well. Nonacademic or "community" referees (e.g. coaches, religious leaders) are much less valuable. The recommendation should be completed on-line. Please provide your referee with the web address www.mlbs.virginia.edu/reuappform/reurefform/reuref.html . Please remember to check with your referee near the deadline to make sure the recommendation has been submitted. Missing letters will prevent consideration of the application.
Name and e-mail address of your referee:
Agreement respecting confidentiality: I waive / I do not waive my right of access to this recommendation form under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy act of 1974 (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/ferpa/). I understand that the recommendation form will be used by MLBS solely in its procedures relating to program admission. If this box is checked I waive access to information submitted by my referee:


3) Course Information:
NOTE - In order to reduce time, effort, and paper for everyone, there is no need to send a full transcript or resume at this time. However, during the final evaluation process "finalists" will be asked to verify course information by US Mail, fax, or attachment. Please be prepared to provide transcript material to us quickly anytime after the application deadline. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Please enter your overall GPA and your major GPA if available.
Overall GPA:
Major GPA:

What undergraduate courses have you taken that you feel ESPECIALLY add to your preparedness for an REU at Mountain Lake? Choose your most advanced biology or field-oriented courses that focused on ecology, evolution, or other area. List course names, grades, and where taken (on campus? field station? abroad?). Please do not paste in your entire transcript.


Other Information Useful in Project Placement and Mentor Assignment:

Your Current College or University (and Campus, if your school has more than one):

Highest Degree Level Offered by your College or University in any Field of Science (including Natural, Computer, and Social Sciences, Engineering, and Education):

Expected Date of Graduation: Month: Year:

Your Major:

Your Current Career Goals:


Have you participated in any NSF-funded "REU" program in the past (if "yes," please give details in your essay above)?

Conceptual Areas of Interest. Please list your top three areas of interest, in order, from the pull-down lists:
1)
2)
3)

Taxonomic Areas of Interest. Please list your top three areas of interest, in order, from the pull-down lists:
1)
2)
3)

Travel and Availability:
Sometimes the dates of particular research projects do not exactly match the standard dates of the program. Please indicate the earliest date you could arrive at Mountain Lake if an early start was required.
Month: Day:

Check here if you would be bringing a car that could be used to help conduct your research (i.e. getting to and from off-station field sites)?

Demographic Information Required by the NSF:

The National Science Foundation requires that we report these demographic data on each program applicant. Ethnic and racial definitions are defined by the NSF.


Gender:
(select one)

Female
Male

Citizenship:
(select one)


U.S. Citizen
U.S. Permanent Resident
Other non-U.S. Citizen

Ethnicity:
(select one)
Hispanic or Latino - A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Not Hispanic or Latino

Race:
(select one or more)
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

Disability Status:
(select one or more)







Review and Submit Your Application:

  • Review your application for completeness and accuracy before submitting. All material must be in English.
  • You do NOT need to complete the on-line "Field Station Risk Acknowledgement Application" (a liability waiver) after clicking "Submit" below. Applicant who are accepted into the program will be asked to complete the waiver form at that time.
  • All correspondence with applicants will be via email. Contact us if you need to correspond by some other means.
  • Click "Submit" below now.

    Thank you very much!

    REU Coordinator
    Mountain Lake Biological Station
    University of Virginia, 223 Gilmer Hall, P.O. Box 400327
    Charlottesville VA 22904-4327

    tel: 434-982-5486
    fax: 434-982-5626
    email: mlbs-reu@virginia.edu
Last Name, current Email, and 4-digit PIN fields are required for form to submit.



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The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DBI-9300149, DBI-9423983, DBI-9732155, DBI-0097249, and DBI-0453380.

 Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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