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Application for CIR Undergraduate Fellow

 

This application is for an Undergraduate Fellow position with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) at St. Olaf. The CIR runs throughout the academic year and involves a variety of activities to train and involve undergraduates in research. See the student information page for more information on CIR Undergraduate Fellow opportunities.

Please fill in the application with the information requested below and submit it online as soon as possible. Decisions will be made in May.

A list of potential projects is available at http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/CIRproj08-09.

Name:
Class Year:
Major(s):

Have you formally declared a Statistics concentration with the Registrar?
    Yes    No

Have you completed Stat 272 Statistical Modeling?
    Yes    No

If you have not taken Stat 272, do you plan to take it next Fall semester?
    Yes    No

List three projects from the potential project website in order of preference for your team project next year:

1.
2.
3.

List three professors (2 from science or math) who know you well:

1.
2.
3.

Briefly describe any previous research experience you have had:

Would you be interested in continuing to do research during the summer of the 2008-09 academic year (Note that this is only to gauge interest and will not affect your eligibility for the academic year fellowship)?
    Yes    No

Computing Experience

 
Never Used
Have Used Some
Very Comfortable Using
Minitab


Excel


Maple


SAS


SPSS


Stata


R or Splus


Other (specify)

Subject Area Interests

Indicate those areas of interest to you. Check all that apply.

Biology
Mathematics
Chemistry
Medicine
Computer Science
Neuroscience
Economics
Public Health
Education
Physics
Environmental Science
Political Science
Genetics
Psychology

 

What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses as a researcher/collaborator?

Include a copy of a current transcript/audit (unofficial is fine). You can copy-and-paste the information from the student information system (opens in a new window to allow for easy copy-and-paste) to the area below.