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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">Please share this unique accessible REU opportunity with any interested students and departments. The REU is interdisciplinary, with one student
working in a paleo lab, one in a biology lab and one in an engineering lab. Much more information is available on the webpage: </span><a href="https://accessiblesharks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://accessiblesharks.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white"> and
specific questions can be addressed to </span><a href="mailto:accessiblesharksreu@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;text-decoration:none">mailto:accessiblesharksreu@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white"> -
more information below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">Paid opportunity for disabled undergraduates to participate in interdisciplinary research on sharks this summer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">Accessible Sharks is an NSF-Funded summer internship program that supports disabled undergraduate students to participate in interdisciplinary
summer research on sharks. Students will have the opportunity to work on aspects of shark scale development, their fossil record, or shark skin-inspired engineering and design, at one of three institutions around the US (University of Florida, Yale University,
or Harvard University). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">The program will run in summer of 2023 and summer of 2024, and support a total of 6 students, 3 per summer. It will consist of an 8-week research
project, as well as professional development opportunities and specific disability in STEM activities and discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">Successful applicants will join a lab group for the summer, and be provided with a $5500 stipend, housing, travel support, as well as support and
accommodations related to their individual disability. They will also participate in undergraduate summer research activities at their location, as well as interdisciplinary cross-institution meetings and discussions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">Remote participation and research is possible, and will be considered on a case-by-case basis, although students will be supported and encouraged
to participate in person where possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">This REU program is open to all undergraduate students with disabilities (e.g. mobility, sensory, learning, psychological, medical, or other disability
– please see FAQ section below for more information), who are majors in biology, geology, environmental science, engineering, or other related fields. Prior research experience is not required or expected. Students from historically excluded and non-traditional
backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply, and preference will be given to highly motivated students who have not had access to comparable research opportunities through their home institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white">To learn more and apply, please visit </span><a href="https://accessiblesharks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://accessiblesharks.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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