VCU Bioinformatics & Bioengineering
Summer Institute Application
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Basic Information
your name
(your quest )
(your favorite color )
home institution
mailing address
e-mail phone
NSF/NIH regulations require, unfortunately, that financial support be provided only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Are you a citizen or permanent resident? YesNo
The VCU BBSI program extends for two summers at VCU and the intervening academic year at your home institution.
Are you prepared to participate in the full duration of the program? YesNo
How did you hear of the Institute?
Academic Advisor Information
name
department
e-mail phone
Background
major (declared or planned) GPA (major)
other academic interests GPA (total)
Anticipated month/year of graduation


Biology
   Courses taken (check all that apply, put others you think pertinent in box):

Organismal biology 
Genetics 
Cell biology 
Molecular biology 
Ecology of some sort 

Physical Science/Engineering
   Courses taken (check all that apply, put others you think pertinent in box):
General chemistry
Organic chemistry
Quantitative chemistry
General physics 

Mathematics
   Courses taken (check all that apply, put others you think pertinent in box):
Calculus
Differential equations
Linear algebra
Statistics and probability

Computers
   Courses taken and your experience using computers. Include any experience
   you may have had with programming and the languages you used.
References
Arrange for two people who are familiar with your strengths, weaknesses, and peculiarities to each send a letter regarding your application to the VCU-BBSI. At least one of these people should be a faculty member of your institution who is willing to work with you and with us during the academic year between the two summers at VCU. 

Direct these people to the following site, through which their letters will be submitted:


Person who has agreed to act as your local mentor and who will send us a letter regarding your application to VCU-BBSI:
name
department
relationship
to you

Second person who has agreed to send us a letter regarding your application to VCU-BBSI:
name
department
relationship
to you
You in your own words

Address the questions that follow and submit below a file containing your answers. The file can be PDF, HTML, or any common word processor format. (Note suggested response lengths at end of each question)

1.Describe what experience you have had working on a research project (if you have doubts whether you've worked on a research project, find some interpretation -- a research paper, a project, something -- that enables you to answer this question). Tell us the scientific story, including:

  • The question (e.g. scientific/mathematical) you addressed and its import
  • The means by which you addressed it
  • The results of your research
  • The name and affiliation of your mentor
Some of the most satisfying experiences in science come when a moment of confusion is transformed suddenly through a creative leap into a moment of clarity. Incorporate into the story a description of such an experience you had working on the research project. Be sure to provide a sense of your thought processes. (2 or 3 paragraphs)

2. Why are you applying to the VCU-BBSI? What do you hope to gain? What question do you hope to answer? (a few sentences)
3. Describe one thing you do really well. Do so with a concrete example of an instance where you threw yourself into an activity. (~1 paragraph)
   
4.In the event that there is something you feel is important that could not fit into any of the provided opportunities for expression, here's your chance.
 
Upload the file with your answers:




Thanks!