Research Training Program
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Type of Institution: Field Station
URL: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/
Description: The RTP is a museum-based in-residence program exclusively for currently enrolled, English proficient, college-level undergraduate students interested in a career in the biological, geological or anthropological sciences. Students, in collaboration with their Smithsonian research advisor, develop and test a scientific hypothesis and communicate the results through written manuscripts plus oral and poster presentations. In addition to their research, students participated in an active curriculum of lectures, behind-the-scenes tours, technique demonstrations, discussions, and field trips that focused on exploring natural history science and developing the skills necessary to become effective researchers and ambassadors of natural history studies.
Qualifications: Currently enrolled undergraduate; English proficient
Program Information:
- Location: Washington, DC
- Field: Natural History; Biology, Geology, Anthropology
- Primary Contact: Mary Sangrey
- Email: sangreym@si.edu
- Start Date: 2008-05-25
- End Date: 2008-08-08
- Stipend: $3000
- Hours per week: 40
- Application: yes
- Deadline: 2008-02-01
- Housing Provided: yes
- Housing Cost: $
- Travel Support Provided: yes
- Subsistence Provided: no
- Subsistence Cost: $
- Number of Student Participants: 20