Teacher and High School Student Research
K-12 Teachers and High School Students: Apply here! 
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Brown’s GK-12 program provides summer research training opportunities for K-12 teachers and high school students. Participants work in labs of Brown faculty and engage in cutting edge research projects in physics, engineering, and geology. Weekly meetings provide participants with the opportunity to improve communication skills, assess summer progress, make effective podium and workshop presentations, etc. Summer research participants also attend weekly tours of campus labs (for example, Rhode Island Hospital's Simulation Center). During the final week of the program, participants present their summer research through a formal mini-conference presentation attended by Brown faculty, staff, and students, as well as attendees from the teachers host schools. |
Research Fellowship for K-12 Teachers
Application Due on March 19th, 2010!!
2010 6-week Summer Program Dates: July 5-Aug 13
Summer Pay: $4,500
Research Fellowship for High School Students
**Note: Students must be 16 years of age to work in Brown labs**
Application Due on March 19th, 2010!!
2010 7-week Summer Program Dates: June 28-Aug 13
Summer Pay: $2,500
Sample Teacher Research Projects:
| Teacher Name | Providence School | Research Project (Advisor) |
| David Baxter | Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School | MARS Exploration and Comparative Planetology Michael Wyatt, Geological Sciences |
| Mary Bush | Charles N. Fortes Elementary School |
Tom Roberts, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Andres Castro | Hope High School | Nano-Structured Selenium Coatings for Anti- Cancer Bone Implants Thomas Webster, Engineering |
| Hermnia Collado | Hope High School | BLAST: The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Reaction Wheel Gregory Tucker, Physics |
| Martin Cure | Nathaniel Greene Middle School |
Michael Wyatt, Geological Sciences |
| Sean Geoghegan | Hope High School | Hyoid Movement During Feeding in Minipigs Beth Brainerd, Bio Med Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| Cindy Jones | Carl C. Lauro Elementary School |
Eric Suuberg and Kelly Pennell, Engineering |
| Mary Markey | Hope High School | Muscle Motion During Locomotion Tom Roberts, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Joy Martin | Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School | Nanopore Studies of Single DNA Molecules Derek Stein, Physics |
| Dena Nunez | Laurel Hill Elementary School | NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Vesna Mitrovic, Physics |
| Joseph Paliotti | Hope High School | Determining the Productivity of Biogenic Opals using Ultra Violet Spectroscopy Tim Herbert, Geological Sciences |
| Michael Slaiger | Robert L. Bailey Middle School | Testing Superhydrophobic Surfaces Kenny Breuer, Engineering |
