New Experiences for Research and Diversity in Science
Visiting Scholar Undergraduate Summer Research program
This program provides opportunities for Cal NERDS scholars to do research off-campus and also to have a few non-UC Berkeley visiting undergraduates get involved with STEM summer research at our campus.
2019 Visiting Summer Scholars
NERDS gain depth through off-campus experiences
2018 Visiting research scholars
Congratulations 2020 Visiting Summer Research Scholars!
Alexander Del Torro, Cognitive Science, UC Merced
Luke Elissary, Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
Victoria Lerda, Chemistry, UC Merced
RJ Millena, Biological Sciences, UC Davis
Charu Garapaty, UC Santa Barbara
Francine Morales, Physics, UC Berkeley (going off campus)
2019 Visiting Summer Research Scholars
Shaneen Britton Acevedo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Eimy Castellanos, Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
Karen Cornejo, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, UC Davis
Anthony Garcia, Chemistry, UC Merced
David Ifediba, Psychology, UC Riverside
Saul Pachecho, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
2018 Visiting Research Scholars
*Hanh Nguyen, Biochemistry/Chemistry, UC San Diego
*Daniel Chu, Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
*Anoop Praturu, Astrophysics, UC Santa Barbara
*Scarlett Yu, Physics, UC Los Angeles
*Jenny Lyn Arabit, Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
*Joshua Castro, Physics, UC San Diego
NERDS at CERN in Switzerland
2017 Visiting Research Scholars
*Liya Oster, Biophysics, from UCLA
*Christine Rahal, Chemistry, from UCSD
*Carlos Osuna, Nano-Engineering, from UCSD
*Bonnie Lam, Engineering, from UCLA
*Melvin Abzun, Engineering, from UCSC
*Francisco Ojeda, Engineering, from UC Berkeley going to SoCal
For UC LEADS undergraduate Scholars Interested in coming to UC Berkeley to do research in STEM - please consider the following:
Five visiting UC LEADS scholars each summer
Students are part of our eight week summer research program (mid-June to mid-August)
Summer 2020 UC LEADS 2nd Year Scholars need to work with their home campus Director to understand the process and secure a UC Berkeley main campus Faculty Mentor. This means their faculty lab is located on the main UC Berkeley campus. If you are interested in working at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) then you will need to work directly with their representatives as this is a different program than the UC Berkeley UC LEADS program.
Application open by special invitation to 1st year UC LEADS Scholars
Must be a registered as a student at one of the eight UC campuses other than UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco
U.S Citizens, permanent residents, or DREAMers
Must be willing to live in UC Berkeley dorms/campus housing during summer program
Should strive for an overall 3.0 UC GPA
Must be continuing as an undergraduate the fall after the summer experience
Note: additional paperwork from your home UC LEADS campus is required
2020 Summer Application Process | Closed - we have confirmed five UC LEADS Scholars for 2020
For undergraduate students from other non-UC Berkeley students (that are not UC LEADS Scholars) - please consider the following:
Students are part of our eight week summer research program (mid-June to mid-August), dates are not negotiable (no early arrivals or late departures)
We do not have funding to pay for housing, transportation, or parking for the summer
Visiting undergraduate schoalr are typically juniors who are part of the following programs; McNair, Mellon Mays, MESA community college program, Leadership Alliance, and/or NSF LSAMP/NSF CAMP
Please TEXT Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 if you are interested in getting more information
2020 Summer Application | Unfortunately, we do not have additional funding at this time for summer 2020
For UC Berkeley STEM students - please consider the following:
Note: In the past NERDS have spent the summer at University of Chicago, University of Southern California, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Stanford, UCSF, UCD, UCI, UCM, UCSD, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, UCSC, and international projects in Israel, Switzerland (CERN), and England
Where is it you would like to go off campus?
It is suggested that you identify two faculty on a particular campus that you are interested in working with
Please consider looking into the Student Opportunity Funds for additional funding for travel
Please TEXT Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 if you are interested in getting more information
