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"How
Natural History Grows"
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The
Research Training Program is supported, in part through
grants provided by:
The
Research Training Program gratefully acknowledges the generous
support provided by these individuals and organizations. We sincerely
appreciate their ongoing commitment to support undergraduate research
opportunities at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Additional
donation
opportunities are available for individuals and organizations
to support student participants in the Research Training Program.
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CONTACT
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RTP QUESTIONS?
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RTP Phone:
202-633-4548
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RTP Fax:
202-786-0153
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Mail
to Address
Mary
Sangrey
NHB MRC 106, Room 59A
PO Box 37012
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
U.S.A
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Updated:
16 January 2009
Smithsonian
Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Research
Training Program
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Program Cancelled
The
Research Training Program is currently under review.
To best facilitate this review we regrettably
have to cancel the 2009 session.
Application
documents received for the 2009 session will be redirected
to other programs as part of our regular Spring Internship
Fair. Students interested in an internship at Natural History
are encouraged to review the listing
of projects available through our General Internship
Program. Unless otherwise noted, no financial assistance,
housing, or travel are provided.
The
best way to secure an internship through the NMNH General
Internship Program is to contact the project sponsor directly.
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A
ten-week in-residence summer research and study curriculum exclusively
for currently enrolled undergraduate students.
Serving
the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History
community since 1980, the Research Training Program actively facilitates
the education, training, and encouragement of the next generation
of natural history researchers by hosting in-residence opportunities
for students to explore natural history science, and pursue meaningful
research projects with Natural History's best research scientists
in the biological, geological, and anthropological disciplines.
Helping students develop confidence and competence in the research
process through active engagement in the overall research process
from hypothesis development to communicating results to scientific
and general audiences is the cornerstone of this program.
Rooted
in the Institution's vast collections - 126 million specimens
of plants, animals, insects, fossils, rocks, minerals, meteorites,
marine organisms, and human artifacts - and supported by the Museum's
internationally acclaimed research community, the Research
Training Program:
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Provides
a first-time opportunity for undergraduate students, especially
underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities,
to be involved in active research participation including
students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to engage
in research projects such as students from institutions where
research opportunities in the natural history sciences are
limited.
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Encourages
the most talented and highly-motivated young scientists from
around the world to pursue research investigations, and careers,
in natural history.
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Fosters
interdisciplinary and international cooperation to help solve
the scientific questions of today, and tomorrow.
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Offers
a unique curriculum of opportunities for science exploration,
discovery, and hands-on experience by utilizing the Smithsonian
research and collections resources.
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Creates
future scientists who transmit an appreciation of interdisciplinary
natural history studies and the value of scientific collections
and collections-based research.
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Shares
with the next generation the science of the National Museum
of Natural History and the research expertise and skills mastered
by our staff.
Research
is pursued on-site at the National Museum of Natural History
in Washington, DC with results communicated to scientific and
general audiences through presentation and publication.
Research
Training Program
Links
to RTP Pages
Natural History's academic appointments and programs and
administered through the NMNH Office of Academic Services,
located in the Academic Resources Center (ARC).
Discover
more about serving an academic appointment at NMNH and
join in conversation, news and events by visiting our
Facebook page and joining the "ARC"
group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7307446629
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