UROP program - call for projects and student applications

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Round 1 - 2017 Call for Projects and Student Applications  Project submission deadline 6 March  Student Applications open 6 March to 21 March Project submission for supervising students in the next round of intake into the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) are now being invited.  Closing date for Project Submissions is 6 March 2017 The students will be available to commence work in laboratories during the universities’ winter recess. Actual start dates are arranged by the supervisor and student. Biomedical Research Victoria, through the UROP Program, will co-ordinate the call for applications from students and conduct the initial screening interviews. Suitable candidates will then be introduced to individual supervisors by the Engagement Manager. You are reminded that under the scheme, students are employed by your institution as casual staff at a rate equivalent to HEW 2 (~$30 per hr). Students must work full-time during some or all of the vacation periods (recommended approx. 2 weeks during the winter recess) and 8 hours a week during semester.  Individual supervisors should seek approval to host UROP students in accordance with their institution’s internal process for casual staff appointments. The UROP Project Submission Form is linked here. Please consider the questions on the form carefully so that matching can be as accurate as possible. Only one form needs to be submitted per project. This form will be provided to prospective students once they have passed the initial selection process. Note that by submitting the Project Submission Form, Biomedical Research Victoria assumes that you will be able to accommodate a UROP student. Late withdrawal of projects may unfairly disadvantage students. Please return completed forms to urop@biomedvic.org.au by the closing date. More information on the UROP scheme is available at http://biomedvic.org.au/urop/supervisors/ If you have further enquires send an email to urop@biomedvic.org.au or contact Dr Viviane Richter, Engagement Manager (90355082) or Debbie Dorfan (90355132)  Please feel free to pass this on to any interested colleagues.  Kind regards  The UROP Team Follow UROP UROP Facebook UROP Website Program Sponsor The benefits of employing a UROP scholar You have access to exceptional and highly capable undergraduate students; students are interested in a diverse range of disciplines including cell biology, biochemistry, chemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, bioinformatics, computer science, nanotechnology, maths, statistics, physics and engineering The BioMedVic UROP team custom matches the student that best fits with your research project and team You are supporting workforce development with many UROP alumni pursuing research careers in industry or academia via pathways such as Honours, Masters and PhD’s You are contributing to the continued success of UROP which has now placed over 580 scholars Supervisors discussing their experiences of employing a UROP scholar. Previous UROP scholar discussing the highlight of their UROP experience.

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