FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
Contact: Susan Tams, Director of Editorial Services 304-746-2038

SURE program continues this summer; applications being accepted

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University is now accepting applications for the 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Fellowship and will continue through Feb. 27. Application forms are available at the SURE Web site at www.marshall.edu/SURE.

"Anyone who is an undergraduate in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields at any institution here in West Virginia is eligible to perform research at Marshall through the SURE program," said Dr. Michael Norton, professor of chemistry and director of the SURE program at MU.

This program, first conducted at Marshall in 2005, is designed specifically to enable undergraduate students with backgrounds in research to work at Marshall. SURE supports the undergraduate researchers over a 10-week period, and this year's program runs from May 18 through July 31. Each student will receive a stipend of $4,000, plus funds for travel and supplies.

The SURE program is funded through the West Virginia Research Challenge Fund, administered by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Division of Science and Research.

Last summer, several Marshall University students received grants for research in the STEM fields. The students were Adam Short (biology), Brian Bridgewater (integrated science and technology), Camilla Overup (psychology), Danielle Clark (integrated science and technology), Eric Martin (chemistry), Joshua Titlow (biology), Laura Mitchell (biology), Terry Boyce (biology), William Kelly (biology), and William Patterson (biology). Summaries of SURE students' projects are available on the SURE Web site.

For more information, contact Norton by phoning 304-696-6627 or by e-mailing him at norton@marshall.edu.

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