Are you an undergraduate student interested in research? Are you looking for an opportunity to work with researchers on campus and strategies to approach research supervisors? Summer research studentships comprise many awards across campus, including Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentships, Biomedical Engineering (BME), O'Brien Centre Summer Studentships (OCSS), Libin Cardiovascular Health Research Award, NSERC CREATE in Neurotechnologies Awards, Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Awards, Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) and others. Summer studentships provide financial support for University of Calgary undergraduates to conduct research for 8, 12 or 16 weeks between May and August. This session will outline strategies for finding a supervisor for undergraduate student research opportunities and the summer studentship application process. Students will have the opportunity to hear from past summer student researchers and develop a plan for applying for summer research.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, students will be able to:

· Describe strategies for how to find a research supervisor and begin to develop a plan for contacting potential supervisors.

· Explain the summer studentship application system, process, and timelines.

· Describe how summer studentship applications are evaluated.

· Create a proposal for a summer research studentship in collaboration with a supervisor.

· Listen to and ask questions of previous summer student researchers.