Summer Student Program (Undergraduate)

该奖项将为杰克逊实验室的本科生研究经验网站提供支持。从全国范围内的申请者中选出的本科生将在工作人员科学家的直接指导下进行为期9周的独立实践研究。学生们在赞助者的实验室工作，对哺乳动物遗传学和发育问题进行原创性的基础研究，这些研究是赞助者正在进行的研究项目的组成部分。学生因此获得从项目设计到报告结果的研究项目的各个方面的经验。在许多项目中使用了近交系和突变的实验室小鼠。所有学生均来自接收院校以外；从历史上看，大约一半的人来自学士学院，三分之二的人是女性。有广泛的科学准备的学生被接受，每个参与者的研究项目都是根据他或她的个人背景和兴趣量身定制的。一些后续活动已经到位，以帮助保持以前的学生对科学和研究的兴趣。对项目校友的非正式研究表明，很高比例的人获得了生物科学或医学的博士学位。

This award will provide support for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at The Jackson Laboratory. Undergraduates selected from a nation-wide group of applicants will conduct independent hands-on research for 9 weeks in the summer under direct supervision of staff scientists. Working in their sponsors' laboratories, the students conduct original basic research on problems in mammalian genetics and development that are components of their sponsors' on-going research programs. Students thereby gain experience in all aspects of doing a research project from project design to reporting the results. Inbred and mutant laboratory mice are utilized in many projects. All students are from outside the host institution; historically, about half are from baccalaureate colleges, and two-thirds have been women. Students with a wide range of science preparation are accepted, with each participant's research project tailored to his or her individual background and interests. Several follow-up activities are in place to help maintain former students' interest in science and research. Informal studies of program alumni indicate that a high percentage receive doctoral degrees in the biological sciences or medicine.