Opportunities for high-school and college students interested in computing
Junior High and High school
- FIRST robotics. Almost
all high schools in Minnesota have a FIRST robotics team. There are teams
for all levels, starting from Lego Leagues to Robotics Competitions.
- Consider the Honors
Mentor Connection program. It is a program from the Intermediate
District 287 that enables talented students to do research in an area of
interest for a year under the guidance of an expert professional, a faculty or
someone working at a company or organzation.
- What's Up 612 Afterschool & Beyond
has information and links to many after school actitivities and a variety
of events offered by the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, the Minneapolis
Public Schools, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation board, and community
organizations.
- Look at The Connectory for information
on a variety of STEM opportunities.
College
- The DREU: Distributed Research
Experieences for Undergraduates matches undergraduate women and
students form underrepresented groups (citizens or permanent residents)
with a faculty mentor for
10 weeks of Summer research at the mentor's institution. The program
pays for travel costs and pays $700/week.
- The National Science Foundation funds Summer programs at many
universities in different disciplines.
Visit the
Search for
an REU Site
to see the sites available. REU programs are for citizens and permanent
residents. The programs in general are 8 to 10 weeks, and provide
dorm space, food, and a stipend. Sites have 5 to 15 students, who
work at the same University with different faculty on a variety of
projects.
- At the University of Minnesota undergraduates can apply for
the
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
The program requires to submit a short proposal (deadliens are twice
a year) and requires the endorsement of a faculty. The awards are up
to $1400 for stipend and up to $300 for project related expenses.
The
UROP page has links to other funded research opportunities
for Summer.
Contact
Professor Maria Gini
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota
4-192 Keller Hall, 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
email: gini@cs.umn.edu
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