Alumni

     A Whitaker International Fellow or Scholar experience will ideally advance an emerging biomedical engineering career, while also advancing the goal of increased international collaboration in BME. Visit http://www.whitaker.org/home for more information.

    Activities could include (but are not limited to):
        * Graduating seniors: Pursuing an academic year of study or research that leads to graduate study in BME, with the possible ability to transfer credit toward an advanced degree.
        * Graduate students: Conducting study or research at an overseas institution with established ties to your home institution in order to build on an existing collaboration or initiating a new relationship between your home institution and an overseas institution through collaboration in the lab or in the classroom.
    

NanoJapan 2010 Now Accepting Applications
**********************************************************************
The NanoJapan: International Research Experience for Undergraduates

NanoJapan is now accepting applications for the 2010 program which will be held from May 14 - August 6, 2010.

Open to freshman and sophomore undergraduates at any US university or college, this summer research internship program includes a three-week Japanese language and culture orientation held in Tokyo followed by a nine-week research internship at leading nanotechnology laboratories throughout Japan where students will conduct research projects directly related to the study of nanoscale semiconductor devices, nanophotonics, and carbon nanotubes.

Learn more online: http://nanojapan.rice.edu/nanoprogram.html

Interested students should apply online by January 31, 2010 and submit two letters of recommendation by February 5, 2010.    

Selected participants will receive a stipend of up to $3,500 to to be used towards their international airfare and living costs during the research internship period.  In lieu of a program fee students will be required to enroll for one academic research credit through the Rice University Summer School with further details on this process provided to selected participants in April.

Learn More About NanoJapan & Apply Today
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?RiceUniversity/aa032a6521/957cade616/f2b22294c4