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Resources for Students
especially grad school and fellowship opportunities in STEM

Need to request a Letter of Recommendation? Please fill out this form.

Research Internships and Summer Programs
  • Listings of STEM opportunities including internships, summer programs, scholarships, and post-bacc programs: by the Institute for Broadening Participation
  • Search for an NSF REU site
  • For all of your NSF GRFP questions, example essays: Alex Lang's Website
  • For Stan State students: here is a pdf of the information we share at the Summer Research Info Session (for Summer 2019 programs).
  • PostBac Research Education program (PREP) at UC Davis, with info on related opportunities.

Grad School
  • Demystifying the Graduate School Application Process. Estien, C.O., Chapman, M., Schell, C.J., Lowy, N. and Gerson, J.R., 2022. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, p.e2029.
  • Jacquelyn Gill's (@JacquelynGill) advice for the inquiry email to professors about grad school.
  • Ten tips when asking for a letter of recommendation: from Chris Buddle's Arthropod Ecology Blog
  • Fully-funded MS programs in Organismal Biology/Ecology/Evolution? Here is a google sheet list compiled by Stacy Farina from twitter (@stacyfarina).
  • Comprehensive advice for applying to Med School.
  • Core Competencies for Entering Medical Students (note to self: to what extent do our undergraduate courses emphasize these competencies??)

General Advice and Motivation
  • How to become a scientist while poor: resources and tips from Christine Liu's blog
  • Itati does the sci blog: great advice, including REUs: a do and do not list
  • Resources for POCs in STEAM, including fellowships, grad applications, scholarships, internships... a google sheet list compiled by L. Miché Aaaron (@astrenome).
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