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InternshipsUSDA Opportunities CIC Research Opportunities The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is currently accepting applications for the 2007 CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). This undergraduate research program is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA who are currently enrolled in a U.S. institution of higher education. SROP is intended to promote access to graduate education for students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. In addition to travel, room, board, and research support, participants receive a stipend of at least $3,000. I invite you to share the attached announcement with your students who may be considering graduate study. Since 1986, SROP has engaged students in research with faculty mentors in order to accelerate socialization into the discipline, and to create a community of scholars among all the participants. In addition to an intensive research experience, SROP provides campus-based, educational enrichment activities and a CIC-wide research conference. Some 10,000 students from colleges and universities across the country have participated in this program. The CIC is the academic consortium of twelve research universities located in the Midwest . We emphasize programs that increase access to higher education for students from diverse backgrounds, especially those who will strengthen and expand the pool of graduate students. The CIC is a consortium of 12 research universities: University of Chicago; University of Illinois; Indiana University; University of Iowa; University of Michigan; Michigan State University; University of Minnesota; Northwestern University; Ohio State University; Pennsylvania State University; Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. With campuses in 8 states, CIC universities enroll more than 300,000 undergraduates and 76,000 graduate students, and employ some 33,000 full-time faculty and 139,000 full-time staff. |