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A unique, funded, and hands-on opportunity for students underrepresented in biodiversity science to participate in natural history collections research
The Biocollections Scholars Program will help you:
- •Take the next step in building connections to nature
- •Interact with diverse scientists that research the Earth’s biodiversity
- •Gain technical skills needed for careers that use biodiversity science
- •Work with a team on a project that will benefit future scientific research
The 2021 JEDI Biocollections Summer Scholars Program participants head out collecting.
Scholars program:
Participants will earn a stipend of $2,200 over six weeks (May 31 - July 8, 2022) to work with mentors and peers on a collaborative biodiversity research and outreach project using the start-to-finish approach routinely taken by natural history collections scientists. This process will include:
- Conducting field surveys of local plants, insects, and vertebrates
- Preparing and preserving your own specimens in the ASU Natural History Collections
- Publishing your specimen and observation data online, including images
- Creating and linking your own scientific profiles to published data
- Learning and using basic programming and data management skills
- Leading a collaborative project aimed at biodiversity science outreach
Students will contribute to open biodiversity science, providing a valuable resource for future scientists and learn how to formulate specimen-driven research questions. In addition, scholars will explore potential career paths involving botany, entomology, zoology, and biodiversity informatics and network with scientists of diverse backgrounds.
