Summer Student Program (Undergraduate)

该奖项为杰克逊提供持续的支持 实验室，一个私人的，非营利性的研究机构，以 继续他们的研究经验为本科生网站。 具有特殊能力的理科本科生 自1929年以来一直作为研究学徒参加 杰克逊实验室。12名本科生，从 全国有300名申请者，接触到了 研究过程中进行动手，基础研究， 哺乳动物遗传学的10或12个星期，在夏季， 科学家的赞助。学生的项目 是赞助商独立调查员的组成部分- 启动研究计划。近交和突变实验室 在许多项目中使用了鼠标。所有学生均来自 在主办机构之外;大约一半来自 学士学位学校。 不同科学的学生 准备工作被接受，每个参与者的项目 适合他或她的背景。学生工作在 替补席由关于职业，道德， 批判性的科学思维，和一个正式的学生 研讨会后续活动，包括与 研究生院，培养学生的持续性 参与科学。100%的REU参与者， 已经毕业，现在在研究生院或医学院，或者 受雇于科学。长期研究计划校友 显示，获得博士学位人中， 生物科学或医学。

This award provides ongoing support to The Jackson Laboratory, a private, non-profit research institution, to continue their Research Experience for Undergraduates Site. Undergraduate science students with exceptional ability have been participating as research apprentices since 1929 at The Jackson Laboratory, . Twelve undergraduates, selected from 300 applicants nationwide, are exposed to all aspects of the research process by conducting hands-on, basic research in mammalian genetics for 10 or 12 weeks in the summer under the sponsorship of staff scientists. The students' projects are components of their sponsors' independent, investigator- initiated research programs. Inbred and mutant laboratory mice are utilized in many projects. All students are from outside the host institution; about half are from baccalaureate colleges. Students with diverse science preparations are accepted, with each participant's project tailored to his or her background . Students' work at the bench is supplemented by group sessions on careers, ethics, critical scientific thinking, and a formal student symposium. Follow-up activities, including affiliations with graduate schools, foster the students' continuing participation in science. 100% of the REU participants who have graduated are now in graduate or medical school or are employed in science. Long-term studies of program alumni show that a very high percentage receive doctoral degrees in the biological sciences or medicine.