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Summer Research in Mathematics & Statistics

Joyce Ben '25

Joyce Ben ‘25 presenting summer research “Estimating the Number of Morphological Rate Partitions in Phylogenetic Tree” at Keystone State Statistics Symposium, Penn State. 

2023 Summer Research Team : Joyce Ben ‘25, Zachary Potthoff ’23, Pradip Sharma Poudel ’25, Anhad Singh ’26
Advisor:  Professor Steve Wang 

Math/Stat Summer Experiences

SWAT MATH/STAT SUMMER 2024 OPPORTUNITIES SLIDE SHOW

REU

Here are a few links to summer REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates).

https://sites.google.com/view/mathreu

https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/students/undergraduate-research

http://www.ams.org/employment/reu.html

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics and Data Science at Columbia (deadline Feb 25)

Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training (deadline March 15)

Here is a link to an article offering advice on how to apply to REUs.

https://blogs.ams.org/mathmentoringnetwork/2021/01/20/advice-for-applying-to-reu-programs-from-recent-participants/

In addition, fellowships to support Swarthmore students conducting summer research in collaboration with Swarthmore faculty are available from the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering. A full description of the fellowships and application process is available from the following link.

http://www.swarthmore.edu/summerresearch.xml

EDGE

Information about the EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) program, designed to strengthen the ability of women to successfully complete graduate programs in the mathematical sciences, is available on its site listed below.

http://www.edgeforwomen.org

Internships

The American Statistical Association posts a list of internships each year.  Many are looking for graduate schools but some are for undergraduates.
http://www.amstat.org/education/internships.cfm

The University of Chicago has "Data Science for the Social Good" fellowships:
https://dssg.uchicago.edu/

Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/node-general/summer-institute-biostatistics