WAVE Fellows Program

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Undergraduates - First Year
Undergraduates - Sophomore
Undergraduates - Junior

Description:
WAVE Fellows is a 10-week undergraduate research program that provides robust programming in the areas of academic and professional development.

-Applicants will identify several possible mentors with whom they are interested in working.

-Once accepted, Fellows will work with their mentor to define and develop a research project.

-Fellows will carry out the work over a 10-week period during the summer and submit two interim reports, a research abstract, and final paper. At the conclusion of the program, students give an oral or poster presentation at one of several Seminar Days, symposia modeled on a professional technical meeting.

The WAVE Fellows award is $6,000 for the ten-week period, plus on-campus housing, and a dining and travel supplement of ~$1000. Caltech housing is available and we strongly encourage all Fellows to live on campus.

In addition to the research experience, WAVE Fellows will participate in:

-Weekly seminars by Caltech faculty & JPL scientists and engineers

-An academic and professional development series on developing a research career, graduate school admissions, effective writing and oral communications, and other topics of interest to future researchers

-Effective writing workshops

-Social and cultural activities

-Weekly small student-faculty dinners.

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