Comments on: Wonderful, funded undergraduates for the summer

By: Glencora

Glencora — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:02:12 +0000

@Suresh, non underrepresented-minorities can indeed be advisors. I think they give preference in the assignments to match “like with like”. However, as they are generally flush with student applications and not so much with faculty advisors, in past years they have asked faculty whether they would be willing to match funds or fully fund a summer student, but take advantage of the program as a way to recruit/work with a great student.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:35:24 +0000

To answer Suresh’s question. It seems that if one is interested in submitting a project idea but one is NOT part of any minority group that it is still worth a try. It appears that not all the mentors from last year were part of a minority group (http://cra-w.org/ArticleDetails/tabid/77/ArticleID/159/Default.aspx).

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:23:38 +0000

What a great program! Thanks for the post about this. I sent out an email about it to the Women in CS group at UCSD, encouraging the undergrads to think about applying.

By: Suresh Venkat

Suresh Venkat — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:59:51 +0000

I was wondering: since this is intended for underrepresented groups (and the website is quite clear on this point), is there any point submitting a project idea if one is NOT part of an underrepresented group ? I ask because you mentioned that the system is short on projects.