UROP needs your help scoring student and faculty grant proposals this March. If you are interested in serving on the review board, read more information and sign up using the interest form at any time. UROP will contact the interest list in late February to confirm and provide additional instructions.

The 2022–23 McNair Scholars application is now open to all current eligible sophomores and juniors. The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRiO Program at 187 universities across the United States. The two-year program is designed to prepare carefully selected undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds with high academic potential who are committed to attending graduate school to earn a PhD or EdD.

Deadline to apply is Sunday, Jan. 30. Apply via Canvas.

Current sophomores and juniors are invited to our virtual informational sessions, where we can explain more about the program and answer any questions you may have. Info sessions are held via Zoom. 

Our virtual information sessions will be held on:

• Thursday, Jan. 13, 12:30–1 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 14, 12–12:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 18, 5–5:30 p.m. 
• Wednesday, Jan. 19, 12:30–1 p.m.

As a McNair Research Scholar, students receive the following benefits that will set them apart for graduate school admission:

• $2,800 stipend to support a research internship during the summer between your junior and senior year
• Paid tuition to complete a 3-credit McNair course in grant writing, plus $1,100 for living expenses
• Paid travel to research conferences and support of other McNair Scholars, locally and nationally
• Paid travel to visit prospective graduate school programs
• Research mentorship with a CU faculty member in your field
• Mentoring from current graduate students in your field and in related fields
• GRE preparation course and GRE exam fee reduction waivers
• Workshops focused on preparing competitive application into graduate study
• Fee waivers for graduate school admission applications

Strategic Relations and Communications seeks undergraduates to participate in 75- to 90-minute focus groups being held between Dec. 2 and Dec. 7. The focus groups will be conveniently held on Zoom.

We want to hear your opinions about different CU Boulder communications and branding. Participation is confidential, and all responses will be anonymous. 

As a token of appreciation, we are offering each participant a $20 Amazon gift card.

Please use the link below to find a date and time that works for you and reserve your spot. Participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis––so sign up today! 
 

The Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE) encourages undergraduates to participate in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research: NCUR 2022, which will be delivered virtually April 4–8, 2022. This is an exciting opportunity for thousands of undergraduate researchers and artists from all over the world and disciplinary corners to get together for a unique virtual conference experience. Participants will gain experience presenting their research; opportunities for professional development, including a virtual graduate school Future Fair; networking sessions with other students and faculty in their fields; and more. Submit abstracts by Nov. 29, 2021.

Remember when fetch was fun?

Does your dog have severe osteoarthritis that interferes with their quality of life? A research study with a new therapeutic being developed for use in humans and dogs for osteoarthritis is seeking volunteers for a no-cost treatment.

Robert Landry, DVM, is teaming up with CU distinguished professor Linda Watkins, PhD, in a clinical study involving treating dogs with a non-viral gene therapy delivered locally in the joint space to help relieve pain associated with debilitating osteoarthritis. This provides a naturally occurring, potent anti-inflammatory protein to calm the ongoing joint inflammation. 

Participation is free once your pet is determined to be eligible. 

• Exams, blood work, gait analysis and X-rays (if needed), once determined to be eligible, are provided to participating dogs and paid through the study. 
• You can keep copies of the diagnostic test results after the study. 
• Your participation could lead to a revolutionary treatment of chronic arthritis pain in our companion animals and possibly set the groundwork for human treatments.

Let us know what you think about Buff Portal and enter to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards.

The Buff Portal team wants to know what’s working and what’s not working so we can keep improving your student portal! We recently added a favorites feature to Buff Portal after this was highly requested by students in last fall’s survey.

Students who complete the survey by the end of the day Thursday, Nov. 11, will be entered in a random drawing to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards.

Log in to http://buffportal.colorado.edu/ and select “Take the Survey” in the Buff Portal Survey card on the homepage.

Do you love memes? Do you often find yourself laughing at them and sharing them with friends and family? If so, you would be perfect for a one-time, one-hour focus group discussion about them! We are interested in knowing more about how people interact with memes on social media and what is going on inside their heads when they see them. Focus group meetings will be conducted in-person on the CU Boulder Main Campus during the month of November. Participants will be compensated with a $10 Target gift card. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Chris Vardeman at chris.vardeman@colorado.edu.

The NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming is inviting applications for part-time student research assistants. iSAT brings together a geographically distributed team from nine universities with partners from academia, K-12 school districts and industry to address how artificial intelligence (AI) can collaborate with students and teachers to promote meaningful learning experiences for all students.

The research assistants will assist with data collection and processing, both in the classroom and the lab. These positions provide exciting learning opportunities by being part of an interdisciplinary team of leading scientists and educators.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with data collection in classrooms in local school districts (note that some schools require proof of an approved COVID-19 vaccination)
• Assist with data collection in the laboratory
• Assist with data processing including curation, annotation, transcription (remote)
• Other administrative responsibilities as assigned

What we require

• A flexible schedule with 4–5 consecutive hours available for data collection (we will work around your class schedule)
• Reliable transportation to and from data collection sites (you will be compensated for the approximate 15–45 minute commuting time and mileage)
• Strong communication, customer service and teamwork skills

What we offer

• Part-time position 10–20 hours per week
• Pay $18 per hour

The job is posted here on the student job board or can be accessed through the Buff Portal (Job ID: 28332). To apply for this position, please complete this form. 

CU Boulder is part of a random sample of colleges chosen to participate in the University Faculty Perceptions of Global Warming and Public Health Questionnaire, facilitated by researchers at the University of Florida and Bucknell University. 

You are invited to complete a brief questionnaire about your attitudes toward global warming and public health issues. A goal of this questionnaire is to determine how faculty me​mbers perceive global warming, its effect(s) on their work and the effect of global warming on public health issues.

The questionnaire is short and should take about 15–20 minutes to complete. Begin the survey.

Are you interested in the earth and environmental sciences? 
Are you an undergraduate student who identifies as a woman?
Are you interested in participating in a successful national scale mentorship program? 
 
The program offers students the opportunity to meet peers from regional universities with similar interests, learn more about careers in earth and environmental sciences and expand their professional networks. 

Complete this five-minute online application to get involved: https://progress.colostate.edu/workshop_signup/
 
What you will receive:

• A large network of peers and professionals in your local region
• A professional development workshop on:
  • Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Colorado/Wyoming
  • Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in the Carolinas

This is a unique opportunity that will not be offered again until 2023. Your professors are not involved. Your participation will have no bearing on your course grade or credit. Your application will be confidential. 

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (award numbers: 2013318, 2013333, 2013323, 2013312, 2013326). 
 
For questions, please contact us at progressgeoscience@gmail.com. 

Join our candlelight research study: At Home Circadian Rhythm Assessment.

The purpose of the study is to examine circadian rhythms in the home environment under typical home lighting conditions versus under candlelight conditions after sunset. This work will have important implications for the development of strategies to measure circadian rhythms outside of the laboratory and how evening light exposure influences circadian timing.

We are looking for men and women, ages 18-65, to participate in an at-home monitoring research study that lasts approximately one week, with a total of two short visits at the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at CU Boulder. 

Compensation up to $250.

Get more study details and information on how to apply.

If you have any other questions, please email sleep.study@colorado.edu and ask about the candlelight study.

The Intermountain Neuorimaging Consortium (INC) is a brain imaging research facility in the Institute of Cognitive Science at CU Boulder. We use MRI scans to study how the brain works and how the brain changes across the lifespan. We currently have six to seven studies that are looking for participants from a range of ages across the Denver metro area. If you have always wanted to see what your brain looks like or would simply like to contribute to neuroscience research in Colorado, please see our website for more details on specific studies that are currently recruiting participants.

The CU Boulder Sleep and Development Lab is looking for participants for a research study to learn about how light exposure in the evening affects pupil size in children and adolescents. We need children ages 8-9.9 or 15-16.9 years who are healthy and have no sleep problems for a 6-day study, requiring one short visit to our lab (approximately 2 hours). Families will be compensated for participating.

For more information, contact the Sleep and Development Laboratory at sleepdev@colorado.edu or visit our website.

The Neuromechanics Lab is looking for volunteers for a study on learning and effort in a reaching task. We are interested in how the effort involved in a movement impacts how you learn in a new environment. The task involves using a robotic handle to guide a cursor to a series of targets.

You must:

• Be English-speaking
• Be 18–35 years old
• Have normal or corrected vision
• Have no movement control problems
• Have had no recent orthopedic surgeries or broken bones

The study will involve 1.5 hours of testing in our campus laboratory (1B21 ECSL, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, CO 80309). Subjects will be compensated with a $15 Amazon gift card.

Contact Rachel Marbaker with questions at rachel.marbaker@colorado.edu or 719-373-1748.

We are seeking current CU undergraduates to participate in a research study investigating the Mindful Campus Program, an 8-week course designed to promote mindfulness, compassion and community engagement. 

You can earn up to $125–$130 by participating in this study.

Participants will be invited to attend eight 90-minute Zoom sessions, complete surveys at three time points, and participate in focus groups to give feedback on the Mindful Campus Program. You must be 18 years old or older to participate. The IRB protocol number for this study is 21-0001.

By participating in this research, you will not only have the opportunity to learn and practice in a community setting, but also you may contribute to the creation of programs and policies to support undergraduate wellness and CU Boulder. Please reach out if you’re interested in learning about sections of the Mindful Campus course, specifically for BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ students. 

Please send an email to mindfulcampus@colorado.edu if you’re interested in learning more or complete the interest form.