Undergraduate Research Opportunities is a student-led, AMS-constituted UBC club. They run the Research EXperience (REX) program where undergraduate students are paired with post-doctoral and graduate students to design a theoretical research project. At the end of the program, the undergraduate students present their finished projects at MURC, one of the largest undergraduate research conferences in BC. This initiative provides undergraduates early exposure to the valuable world of research without the monetary and logistical constraints associated with the traditional laboratory experience.
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 an experimental design
· Creating & printing a research poster
· Learning how to present a research poster
The REX Program are currently looking for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who are interested in committing a minimum of 3 hours each month to act as a mentor. It is a great opportunity for graduate students to gain mentorship, leadership, and management skills. Furthermore, the REX program assists mentors on the lookout for promising students to take into their lab through direct evaluation for 6 months (October to March).
Application
If this opportunity interests you and you would like to become a mentor, please fill out a registration form here. (This is NOT the final registration. The final registration and bio submission opens on August 1st and will confirm your registration in the program for this year.)
Check out their website for more information on the REX program:
http://www.uroubc.ca/rex/
Further information:
REX Mentor Brochure:
http://www.uroubc.ca/Finalized-2017-18-Mentor-Brochure.pdf