Research Experience for Undergraduates 2018

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1 Research Experience for Undergraduates 2018 Bowie State University Global Experience in Research for Undergraduates in Food Security in Kenya, Africa, (GE- REU) Anne Osano, PI, Natural Sciences Department. Bowie State University Application Form Application steps... Read about this summer's projects on these pages to decide which interest you. Find a faculty member, or other advisor/supervisor who knows you well, who can write a recommendation letter for you. Write your personal statement. Obtain your unofficial transcript (usually a download or even screenshot from your school. Complete the application form, linked below, with your background information. Ask your letter-writer to their letter to aosano@bowiestate.edu by April 15,2018 Thank you for considering the GE-REU! This is the application for 2018's REU Program (Due: 04/15/18). 2018's REU runs from May 29 to August 4, Thank you for considering GE- REU! Personal. * Required 1. address * This is the address associated with your user account on this site. 2. First Name * 3. Last Name * 4. Date of birth * Example: December 15, 2012

2 5. Planned graduation month/year * 6. Y our permanent address * 6b.Best contact phone number. 7. Residency status * Mark only one oval. US Citizen US Permanent Resident Other: 8 Notes / comments School/Background This part's final prompt will ask you to upload an unofficial transcript. This can be a document you've downloaded from your institution's academic records system. An official transcript isn't needed. Thank you! 9. Your current major * 10. Your current institution * 11. Unofficial transcript Files submitted: 12. GPA- Cumulative

3 13. GPA-Major 14. Your extracurricular activities * 15. List your extracurricular, community, and/or vocational activities. (Please include dates and locations. 500-character limit. 16. How did you hear about the GFSK-REU Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates? Character 150 limit. REU Project Preferences Indicate your interest in each of the projects available as part of the 2018 GE-REU. Note: Your preferences will be taken into account when lab placements are made. However, many factors contribute to placement decisions and we do not guarantee that you will be placed in the lab of your choice. (List 3 labs in order of preference.) More detail about these projects is available at (Link to projects) 17. Aflatoxins Project - Sheila Okoth, PhD - University of Nairobi. * Mark only one oval. a Sorghum Project: Screening of sweet sorghum genotypes for fermentable sugars on invertase activity and its relation to feed stock dairy production - Mentors: Prof Erick Cheruiyot and Prof. Joshua Ogendo, Egerton University. * Mark only one oval. a Indigenous Vegetable Project: A focus on Cleome gynandra. Prof. R. M. S Mulwa Ph.D, mentor * Mark only one oval. a Rhizobium Project - Nitrogen fixation in Lablab purpureus. Dr. Nancy W. Mungai, Egerton University as Academic Mentor. * Mark only one oval

4 21. Notes / comments Access to Research Opportunities The NSF requires that "at least half of the student participants must be recruited from academic institutions where research opportunities in STEM are limited." Further elaboration is left up to REU Sites themselves. To that end, we ask that you provide your institution's context regarding research opportunities in STEM to what extent does your institution provide research opportunities for undergraduates? 22. Demographics This section is optional. Completing it provides us with useful information about the makeup of our applicant pool. (The National Science Foundation requires that we report demographic data to the extent known on REU program applicants.) Note that the designations here are those defined by the NSF. We welcome other and additional identities: elaboration is entirely up to each applicant. 23. Gender Mark only one oval. Male Female Other: 24. Hispanic or Latina/o Check all that apply. Hispanic or Latina/o 25. Race Check all that apply. African, African American, Black Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander White, Caucasian Native American, Alaska Native Asian, Asian American

5 Other: 26. Notes / Elaboration Personal statement and letter... We ask for a short personal statement (1 4 paragraphs or so) on why you are interested in the Global Food Security REU and summer research. Please include, if you'd like, additional context, details on your background, and specific project interests. More guidance is available at (weblink) Please attach your curriculum vitae or résumé, current transcripts, and a two-page personal statement. Make sure your documents are saved in either PDF (preferred),, or MS Word (.doc,.docx) format and do not exceed a file size of 5 MB. 27.Your personal statement should include 1. Why are you interested in participating in the REU program? 2. What specific research area you are interested in and why 3. An explanation of any relevant work or class experiences 4. Your career objectives Personal Statement Files submitted: 28.Letter of recommendation: In addition, we ask for a letter of recommendation from a professor, advisor, or project/research mentor that speaks to your preparation and interest to undertake independent research in Food Security. Please ask your letter writer to that letter, with "GE-REU" included somewhere in the subject line, to aosano@bowiestate.edu by April 15, Optional comments / suggestions

6 A copy of your responses will be ed to the address you provided