International Research Experience Summer 2024

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:12:21 -0500

Bioinspired Autonomy in Natural Environments

Over 10 positions open for this summer program. It's a 13-week program for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) graduate students and PhD candidates, US residents and citizens only, starting May, 20, 2024, fully covered financially ($5,000 fellowship + all other costs).

Application package: CV, statement of interest, unofficial transcript, 2 reference letters.

The IRES scholars will study autonomous mobility in natural environments based on flying rainforest animals with the help of an interdisciplinary mentor network located in South Korea, Singapore, and Brunei. Students will get an opportunity throughout the program to participate in professional development opportunities. The summer program will start with an orientation week at the Virginia Tech campus followed by a modular sequence of setup with an engineering mentor at either KAIST University in the Republic of Korea or the National University of Singapore (NUS), and finally a biology immersion in Borneo at the University of Brunei (UBD).

For more information, please look at the flyer attached to this post, visit Twitter at https://twitter.com/UBDVTLab or rolf.mueller@vt.edu.

This program is supported through a Federal grant from the NSF; Award #1954172.