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BURST: Bioscience Undergraduate Research Skills and Training

BURST provides an hourly wage to undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder desiring to gain research experience. Students who receive funding through this program work on biomedical/bioscience projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Preference for awards is given to sophomores and juniors.

Students are paid an hourly wage of $9.00. They may earn up to the amount of their award. Typically, these amounts are $2,000 - $2,500 for the academic year (10-12 hours per week), or $2,500 for the summer (30-40 hours per week). BURST does not provide an allowance for supplies, equipment, travel, or other research expenses.

Students: As a requirement of this award, you are expected to participate in various professional development seminars and activities throughout your experience. These skills and trainings are designed to both inform and enrich the undergraduate research experience. At the beginning of your research experience, students will attend a day-long orientation. During this orientation, BSI will go over program information, lab organization, keeping a lab notebook, reading journal articles, experimental design, safety and more. Additionally, students will attend two scientific writing sessions that will culminate in students writing a research proposal due to our office at the end of your experience. Lastly, students will be required to complete various evaluations of both the individual sessions and the entire program.

Faculty: As a requirement of this award, you are expected to attend a mentor training session. This training, mandatory for all graduate students and post-docs who oversee the day-to-day training of undergraduates, is designed to create a meaningful mentor/mentee relationship. The training will provide participants with the skills and training on designing meaningful research projects for undergraduates and on orienting their mentees to the lab. In addition, mentors will receive information on recommended strategies for working with students; will receive tips for issue management and conflict resolution; and will receive information on campus resources.

 

 


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