13-week summer program for STEM 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 complex natural environments based on flying rainforest animals with the help of an interdisciplinary mentor network located in 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/S. Korea or the National University of Singapore (NUS), and finally a biology immersion in Borneo at the University of Brunei (UBD), For more information, visit Twitter at https://twitter.com/UBDVTLab or https://eng.vt.edu/academics/international-programs/international-research/ires/ires-brunei.html. This program is supported through a grant from the NSF; Award #1954172.