Internal Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
Cancer Education Program at U of L
The goal of the UofL Cancer Education Program is to offer interested and qualified undergraduate, medical and dental students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in cancer biology and related biomedical disciplines and to encourage them to pursue careers in cancer health care, research and education. Hands-on research experiences are provided to enhance the participant's motivation to pursue scientific or academic-based careers.
Participation requires a ten-week (or 400 hr equivalent) commitment from the trainee and a designated Research Mentor.
Participating Research Mentors
- Paula J. Bates, Ph.D - Medicine
- Haribabu Bodduluri, Ph.D. - Medicine
- David Gozal, MD - Medicine
- Robert M. Greene, Ph.D. - Dentistry
- Ronald G. Gregg, Ph.D. - Medicine
- David W. Hein, Ph.D. - Medicine
- Sham S. Kakar, Ph.D. - Medicine
- W. Glenn McGregor, MD
- Donald M. Miller, MD Ph.D. - Medicine
- M. Michele Pisano, Ph.D. - Dentistry
- Russell A. Prough, Ph.D. - Medicine
- Gordon D. Ross, Ph.D. - Medicine
- J. Christopher States, Ph.D. - Medicine
- John O. Trent, Ph.D. - Medicine
- James L. Wittliff, Ph.D. - Medicine
- Wolfgang Zacharias, Ph.D. - Medicine
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at the University of Louisville has a strong record of involving undergraduate students in research. Undergraduates involved in our research groups get the opportunity to learn the techniques of research while actually performing the research. Often students can work on software in modern languages such as C++ and Java.
Most of the students taking part in research with the Department of Physics are Physics Majors. However, students from engineering and other sciences have also participated. There are four major ways in which a student can get involved in research in the department:
- Through our National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. This carries a stipend for an intensive summer of research;
- As a paid research assistant in one of our externally-funded research groups;
- As a paid research assistant supported by Federal work-study funds;
- As a volunteer with one of our research groups.
Women's and Gender Studies Department Scholarships and Awards
The scholarships and awards listed on this site are of special interest to women and/or of interest to students focusing on gender.
KTAP Grant
When the United States Congress ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, the Commonwealth of Kentucky began the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) to help Kentucky families transition from welfare to self-sufficiency. In 1998, Nancy Theriot of the Women's & Gender Studies Program at UofL created a project designed to aid UofL students who are enrolled in the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program. The project provided students work-study internship opportunities for 10 hours per week at $7.25 per hour during the fall and spring semesters.
Renewed annually, the project now serves 16 students who have been placed in work situations which are of direct interest to them and where they receive mentoring. Some do research for individual faculty members, others work in department or campus organization offices, and others work in volunteer positions off campus.
Students must be enrolled at UofL and receiving KTAP to qualify to work under this grant. Interested students can apply by calling Mary Karen Powers, Director of the Women's Center office at 852-8976. Positions are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
MORE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INFORMATION
Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities