[NHCOLL-L:3320] UREKA Programme 2007

[ureka at ucd.ie]

Dear all

Perhaps you would be happy to circulate this announcement to your 
listservs?

Applications for the 2006 summer undergraduate research programme are 
now open. 

If you know of any students who are qualified to apply for this 
summer's programme, please pass on the information below!!
Cheers

Julia 

Undergraduate Research in the Natural History Museum, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/ureka

CoBiD-UREKA is a research summer programme in Dublin, Ireland for 
international undergraduate students to work with the National Museum 
of Ireland (Natural History) and University College Dublin. 

Full funding is available for a limited number of students to attend 
this 10-week course, beginning 11 June 2007. All applications must be 
received by 25 March. 

Collections-based Biology in Dublin (CoBiD) provides an exciting 
research environment, with experience both in high quality 
laboratories in the science departments in University College Dublin, 
and important international research centre in the National Museum of 
Ireland (Natural History) collections in Dublin city centre. Diverse 
research projects are offered, with topics ranging from systematic 
biology— including traditional and molecular techniques— to ecology 
and population genetics. Students will work side-by-side with curators 
and senior scientists and will be involved in all aspects of 
collections-based research including collection and curation of 
specimens, experiments and analysis, participation in field 
expeditions, and dissemination of scientific results through oral 
presentation and publication.

Term dates: June 11th to August 17th 2007

Requirements
* completion of the third (junior) year of an undergraduate 
biosciences degree 
* proficiency in English (written and spoken) 
* willingness to work hard, and ability to work independently 
* strong interest in the project of choice 
* career goals in organismal biology 

Your application must include a total of three documents received as e-
mail attachments in MS-Word format. Two documents (CV and letter of 
interest) in an email received from the applicant, and a separate 
letter of recommendation in an e-mail received directly from your 
reference.

All materials must be received by: Sunday 25 March

Research Projects
| fossil birds | stonefly ecology | genomic imprinting | carboniferous 
coral "reefs" | evolution of mammalian “hearing” | molecular markers 
in coastal fish | plant evolution and extinction | vertebrate 
paleontology | extreme environments |

For more details, please see 
http://www.ucd.ie/ureka/ or e-mail: ureka at ucd.ie

The CoBiD summer school programme is funded by Science Foundation 
Ireland.