Ungergraduate Research Workshops, Deadlines, and Announcements

Dear Undergraduates, Welcome (back)! There is a lot happening on campus in the world of undergraduate research, many opportunities to take advantage of. Jump in and get in the loop so you don't miss out on any of them. Your advisor may forward this newsletter to you when s/he receives it once a month, but to guarantee you miss out on no changing deadlines, we urge you to sign up for the research listserv. TO SUBSCRIBE, paste this link into your browser: mailto:undergraduate_research-request@lists.berkeley.edu?subject=subscribe Send the resulting e-mail, then reply to the request for confirmation e-mail that the system will send. Also, please forward this newsletter to friends whom you think might like to sign up for this listserv. This newsletter will cover the following items: 1. Undergraduate research workshops and info sessions this week 2. URAP (8/29) and other deadlines through mid-October 3. Undergraduate Research Journals: Be an author or an editor of research written by Berkeley undergraduates. See this section to view undergraduate research journals' DeCal courses and web sites to learn about their calls for editors and submissions.  

 I. WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS WEEK OF AUG. 27 

How to get started in undergraduate research: Workshop A Monday, August 27 | 1-2 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall http://research.berkeley.edu/haas_scholars/schedule.html Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session Monday, August 27 | 2-3 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/info_sessions.php Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session Tuesday, August 28 | 10-11 a.m. | 9 Durant Hall http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/info_sessions.php How to get started in undergraduate research: Workshop A Tuesday, August 28 | 3-4 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall http://research.berkeley.edu/haas_scholars/schedule.html More research workshops will be given twice a week through mid-February. Check back on this link for updates: http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/ugr.html  

 II. UPCOMING RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES 08/29/2012 

URAP: Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program UC Berkeley's largest undergraduate research program, URAP, places roughly 1200 students as apprentices with faculty members every semester. Application is simple: 400 word statement, transcript, class schedule. Attend an info session on Monday or Tuesday (see above item) for more info. http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/ 08/29/2012 SPONSORED PROJECTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (SPUR - CNR)--faculty initiated Like URAP, but just for CNR students. http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/spur.php 09/07/2012 (estimated deadline) PHYSICS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM http://research.berkeley.edu/otheropps/physicsunder.html 09/26/2012 (for Spring 2013 program) UCDC (internship in DC w/ associated research) http://ucdc.berkeley.edu/ 10/11/2012 (estimated deadline) MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM (all majors, for students considering pursuing a PhD) The McNair Scholars Program prepares selected UC Berkeley undergraduates for graduate study at the doctoral level. Twenty to thirty McNair Scholars are selected each year to participate in both academic and summer activities. The McNair Scholars Program aims to increase the numbers of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students in doctoral programs. http://aap.berkeley.edu/mcnair.shtml (Fall, Spring deadlines) 10/12/2012 (estimated deadline) PERCY UNDERGRADUATE GRANT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH--$ for Indep. Projects on American Politics http://igs.berkeley.edu/csr/csr_percy_grant.html CENTER FOR RACE AND GENDER (indep. projects, 2 deadlines/year) 10/15/2012 by 3p.m. Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues Undergraduate Mini-grant Program 10/22/2012 * http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/undergraduate-grants-program Rolling deadlines: ASUC Academic Opportunity Fund (all majors) http://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/aavpgacademicopportunityfund HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT (for history majors' senior theses) http://research.berkeley.edu/otheropps/HistTravel.html Semiconductor Research Corporation Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Diversity/intel.html CENTER FOR BRITISH STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCES AND RESEARCH http://ies.berkeley.edu/cbs/grants.html#cfbsusrf Student Opportunity Funds (SOF)-- all majors https://students.berkeley.edu/myberkeley/misc/opfund.asp Later deadlines appear on this page: http://research.berkeley.edu/opportunities.php?option=bab# You can sort alphabetically or by program deadline, or use the search function to filter. Research opportunities off campus -- both commuting distance (e.g. Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute, LBL, UCSF) and far-away summer opportunities at other universities, appear on this page: http://research.berkeley.edu/opportunities.php?option=bawayb  

 III. Undergraduate Research Journals 
UC Berkeley has a strong, and growing tradition of undergraduate student-run journals that publish research in certain areas of knowledge by other undergraduates. Most of them have deadlines early this semester. This page on the undergraduate research web site has links to their web sites: http://research.berkeley.edu/publish.php Increasingly, many of these undergraduate research journals also have DeCal courses, which offer credit for working as an editor on the journal. Here are some that are listed on the DeCal courses page: Berkeley Undergraduate Journal (publishes research in the social sciences and humanities) http://www.decal.org/courses/2361 http://learning.berkeley.edu/buj/ http://escholarship.org/uc/our_buj Berkeley Scientific Journal (publishes research in the sciences, and also has features articles written by staff members) ---Their course is not yet listed on the DeCal page for technical reasons, but should be showing very shortly. In the meantime, please contact editors if you are interested in getting involved: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bsj/ http://escholarship.org/uc/our_bsj bsj.berkeley@gmail.com, editor in chief Manisha Rai: rai.manisha@gmail.com Troika (Slavic Studies) http://www.decal.org/courses/2238 http://troika.berkeley.edu/ Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal http://www.decal.org/courses/2358 http://ucb-cluj.org/