REU: Summer Student Program (Undergraduates)

该奖项将支持本科生在杰克逊实验室科学家的指导下，参与哺乳动物遗传学的实践和基础研究。在每年夏天为期11周的项目期间，学生们将接触到研究过程的方方面面，并参加关于职业、伦理、批判性科学思维的小组会议，以及一个正式的学生座谈会。这个本科生研究体验网站非常成功，95%的以前的学生参与者现在在研究生或医学院，或受雇于理工科。这一奖项将促进继续教育和培训个人，他们将成为我们下一代生物科学基础研究人员的一部分。

This award will support the particpation of undergraduate students in conducting hands-on, basic research in mammalian genetics under the mentorship of staff scientists at Jackson Laboratories. During the program, which is 11 weeks long each summer, students are exposed to all aspects of the research process as well as participating in group sessions on careers, ethics, critical scientific thinking, and a formal student symposium. This Research Experience for Undergraduates Site has been very successful with 95% of former student participants now in graduate or medical school or employed in science. This award will foster the continued education and training of individuals who will be part of our next generation of basic researchers in the Biological Sciences.