Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Homeland Security Summer Scholars Academy



 The Homeland Security Summer Scholars Academy offers undergraduate students from various disciplines an intensive, hands-on, ten-week summer research experience in a realistic and meaningful environment. 
Students chosen for the program will be awarded a $4,000 stipend. Students who do not live within commuting distance (100 miles) of the University of Texas at El Paso will also receive paid on-campus housing and a meal allowance. 
Research areas of focus for the 2013 Academy include: 
  • Aging & the U.S. Naturalization Exam: Finding Optimal Conditions of Practice for Boosting Older Adult Learning and Recall 
  • Behavioral Game Theory Analysis of Patrolling Games 
  • Game Theory for Border Security 
  • Humans for Sale: Modern-Day Slave Trade Routes 
  • Importance of Photographic, Target, and Perceiver Factors in the Perceptual Identification of Own- and Other- Race/Ethnicity 
  • Understanding Hispanic Children’s Respiratory Health on the U.S.-Mexico border 


2013 Program dates are June 3 to August 9. Application deadline is March 25. Opportunities are limited. To find out more about our Summer Scholars Program, please visit: http://uids.utep.edu/ncbsi/student_opportunities

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