Research EXperience (REX)<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
What is REX?
\nREX 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:
\n\u00b7 Formulating research questions or topic
\n\u00b7 Understanding how to perform literature reviews
\n\u00b7 Synthesizing and performing a research project
\n\u00b7 Creating & printing a research poster
\n\u00b7 Learning how to present a research poster<\/p>\n
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\u2019 transition into the program. As a mentor, you will take a supervisory role in the students\u2019 projects, and it is recommended you commit a minimum of 4 hours each month for 6 months (October to March).<\/p>\n
We are envisioning the 2020-2021 cycle of the REX program to be predominantly online, most certainly for the first semester of the year. This means that meetings will be held preferably online between mentors and mentees. Mentors and mentees will still be free to choose their own meeting times and their own method of contacting each other, however, we encourage REX groups who choose to hold in-person meetings to continue to follow recommendations from BC Health authorities.<\/p>\n
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 on August 3rd and will confirm your registration in the program for this year.)<\/p>\n
Check out our website for more information on the REX program:<\/p>\n
Further information
\nREX Mentor Brochure<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Zhina Majd
\nResearch EXperience Committee Member
\nUndergraduate Research Opportunities
\nUniversity of British Columbia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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