The Department of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (SURF Pitt 2018). Summer research opportunities are available for up to five female and/or minority undergraduate students in the STEM disciplines who are expecting to graduate in 2019. Students selected for the program will receive a stipend of $371 per week for 10 weeks of summer research starting on May 27th and running until August 4th. Students will also be provided free housing on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
Interested students are encouraged to apply on line athttp://tinyurl.com/PittChemSURF. Applicants are required to send their cover letter, official or unofficial transcript, and a prioritized list of four Chemistry Department research groups in which they are interested. Two letters of recommendation must be sent directly to Debbie Hunt (debhunt@pitt.edu). Review of applications for these positions will begin on February 1st.
Please circulate this letter with your colleagues whose students may be interested. You may also post the attached flyer as an advertisement of our program.