Happy Friday!
We are emailing on behalf of the AMS club, Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO), to inquire as to whether you would be interested in participating as a mentor in the Research EXperience Program (REX).
What is REX?
REX is a six month long program designed to help undergraduate students build essential research skills through a proposed research project (no results required). The skills acquired by the prospective students include:
- Formulating research questions or topic
- Understanding how to perform literature reviews
- Synthesizing and performing a research project
- Creating & printing a research poster
- Learning how to present a research poster
As a REX mentor you will guide 2-4 undergraduates through a mini proposed research project (no results required) within your field of expertise. Your mentee will present at a local undergraduate conference or publish their project in a local undergraduate journal. URO provides workshops on the basics of research methodology to ease the students’ transition into the program. As a mentor, you will take a supervisory role in the students’ projects, and it is recommended you commit a minimum of 4 hours each month for 6 months (October to March).
For an undergraduate, finding a chance to work/volunteer in a given field of research can be very difficult. REX seeks to help undergraduates experiment with research earlier in their careers and make a more informed decision about graduate school. If this opportunity interests you and you would like to become a mentor, please complete the initial registration form here. (This is NOT the final registration. The final registration and bio submission opens in early August and will confirm your registration in the program for this year.)
Further information
Last year’s REX Mentor Brochure
If you have any questions, comments or other inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us at rex.uro.ubc@gmail.com. Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Matthew Chung
REX Committee Co-Chair
UBC Undergraduate Research Opportunities AMS Student Nest, Room 3302H
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