Undergraduate research opportunities in Statistics

By Nathan Tintle posted 11-06-2013 21:16

  

Colleagues,

It is the time of year to suggest to your highly talented undergraduate students that they consider undergraduate research opportunities for summer 2014. Here is a brief/incomplete listing. If you have others to add I suggest that you reply to this post.

ASA publishes a list of internships in the December issue of AmStat News, with a listing here: http://www.amstat.org/education/internships.cfm starting December 2014.

The Summer Institute in Biostatistics program is an excellent opportunity for training (and a modest research experience) for students with little prior experience in Biostatistics. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/sibsweb.htm

My program offers 8-week research programs in biostatistics/statistical genetics and takes 5-6 students per year. While funded by NIH (not NSF REU), the goals are similar. http://www.dordt.edu/statgen

NSF REU programs (there aren't a lot of stat, but a few) are listed here: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

4 Data Science for Social Good Fellowship: http://dssg.io/. Last year five of the 36 fellows were statistical science students.

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Steve Pierson
01-09-2014 09:17

Jackson Laboratory (in Bar Harbor, MN) Internship opportunities: http://education.jax.org/undergrad-grad-internship.html

Steve Pierson
12-10-2013 20:49

IDA Summer Associate Program: https://jobs-ida.icims.com/jobs/2097/2014-summer-associate-program/job

Steve Pierson
12-03-2013 11:03

December STATtr@k: 10 Tips for Securing a Summer Internship: http://stattrak.amstat.org/2013/12/01/summerinternshiptips/, by Erika Gulley, the talent acquisition specialist at SAS Institute

Steve Pierson
12-03-2013 09:49

The call for applications for the Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good fellowship just went out: http://dssg.io
o There were five statistics DSSG fellows last summer and four did a Q&A for Amstat News last month: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/11/01/dssgnov2013/

Steve Pierson
12-02-2013 15:20

The Amstat News/STATtrak internship list went online today: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/12/01/2014internships/.
Mary Gray did this informative Amstat News article about internships in 2012: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2012/03/01/internships/.

Steve Pierson
11-20-2013 11:49

Thanks, Nathan. Students should also look at the White House Office of Science and Technology Office Internships: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/student/.