for Undergraduate Students Director, UBRP & BRAVO! Programs University of Arizona Director, Undergraduate Research University of New Hampshire Carol Bender Donna Brown Developing Plans to Provide International Research Experiences

Gives students with structured curricula an international experience integrated with their academic program Encourages liberal arts students to get involved in research Promotes international understanding through discipline-based collaboration Advances collaborative projects with foreign collaborators Why undergraduate research abroad?

Gives students with structured curricula an international experience integrated with their academic program

Encourages liberal arts students to get involved in research

Promotes international understanding through discipline-based collaboration

Advances collaborative projects with foreign collaborators

Moves students beyond role of “college students” Creates awareness of demands of international research Encourages autonomy and professional responsibility Exposes students to logistics of working in a foreign setting Establishes personal & professional contacts abroad Adds distinctive experience to student’s resume How is research abroad distinctive? Professional Growth:

Moves students beyond role of “college students”

Creates awareness of demands of international research

Encourages autonomy and professional responsibility

Exposes students to logistics of working in a foreign setting

Establishes personal & professional contacts abroad

Adds distinctive experience to student’s resume

Intensifies cultural immersion Provides different point of view Deepens appreciation of cultural differences Causes re-examination of stereotypes Deepens appreciation of complexity of problems Offers new perspectives of own country Increases ability to communicate with a diversity of people Cultural Awareness: How is research abroad distinctive?

Intensifies cultural immersion

Provides different point of view

Deepens appreciation of cultural differences

Causes re-examination of stereotypes

Deepens appreciation of complexity of problems

Offers new perspectives of own country

Increases ability to communicate with a diversity of people

Enhancement of Academic Program: How is research abroad distinctive? Introduces students to proposal development and research design Develops research skills related to project Links foreign language and cultural preparation directly to research location Integrates an international focus into student’s academic curriculum

Introduces students to proposal development and research design

Develops research skills related to project

Links foreign language and cultural preparation directly to research location

Integrates an international focus into student’s academic curriculum

International Undergraduate Research Opportunities University of New Hampshire Namibia

Research in the same country the summer after study abroad Nine weeks of full-time, funded research - $4,100 Three Options: Advanced independent summer research abroad Average grant $6,300 plus stipends for mentors Research during a study abroad experience Support for research expenses - $600 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Abroad: Study Abroad Research Grants: International Research Opportunities Program (IROP):

Research in the same country the summer after study abroad

Nine weeks of full-time, funded research - $4,100

Advanced independent summer research abroad

Average grant $6,300 plus stipends for mentors

Research during a study abroad experience

Support for research expenses - $600

Spain The IROP Mission: To integrate an international experience and global awareness with a student’s program of study through the promotion and fostering of advanced undergraduate research in an international setting.

IROP Goals: New Zealand Germany Enhance awareness of international research & foreign cultures Encourage liberal arts students to get involved in research Give students with structured curricula an international experience integrated with their academic program

Enhance awareness of international research & foreign cultures

Encourage liberal arts students to get involved in research

Give students with structured curricula an international experience integrated with their academic program

The IROP student: Sri Lanka Submits application and research proposal Studies foreign language and culture of research site Refines research skills and collaborates with UNH mentor Conducts research abroad with foreign mentor Returns to campus, presents research and cultural experience

Submits application and research proposal

Studies foreign language

and culture of research site

Refines research skills and collaborates with UNH mentor

Conducts research abroad with foreign mentor

Returns to campus, presents research and cultural experience

The UNH mentor: Guides the student’s application Identifies a foreign mentor Supervises research preparation Mentors student while abroad Supervises completion of research Assists in evaluating the program

Guides the student’s application

Identifies a foreign mentor

Supervises research preparation

Mentors student while abroad

Supervises completion of research

Assists in evaluating the program

Collaborates with UNH mentor and student Makes arrangements at foreign research site Supervises summer research experience Ukraine The foreign mentor:

Collaborates with UNH mentor and student

Makes arrangements at foreign research site

Supervises summer

research experience

International Placement Issues Political/social unrest Health dangers Safety concerns Physical hardships Culture shock High Risk Placements:

Political/social unrest

Health dangers

Safety concerns

Physical hardships

Culture shock

Foreign languages needs Contacts at research site International Placement Issues Communication Concerns: Communication with UNH from foreign site emergency plan while abroad Ireland

Foreign languages needs

Contacts at research site

Communication with UNH from foreign site emergency plan while abroad

International Placement Issues Academic hierarchies in other cultures Bureaucratic protocol in other countries Gender issues Summer vacations at foreign site Perceptions of time and efficiency Housing arrangements Nepal Russia Appropriate pre-departure orientation Cross-cultural Expectations:

Academic hierarchies in other cultures

Bureaucratic protocol in other countries

Gender issues

Summer vacations at foreign site

Perceptions of time and efficiency

Housing arrangements

Appropriate pre-departure orientation

Administrative Challenges Scotland Reaching students early in their academic careers Matching faculty research and student interests Guiding students in developing international proposals Securing both a UNH and foreign mentor Ensuring shared expectations among all parties

Reaching students early in their academic careers

Matching faculty research and student interests

Guiding students in developing international proposals

Securing both a UNH and foreign mentor

Ensuring shared expectations among all parties

Administrative Challenges Mentoring of international projects more time-consuming Limited course offerings in foreign languages and cultures for some regions of world Differences in academic year and summer vacations at foreign site Lack of institutional incentives for faculty Tanzania

Mentoring of international projects more time-consuming

Limited course offerings in foreign languages and cultures for some regions of world

Differences in academic year and summer vacations at foreign site

Lack of institutional incentives for faculty

Institutional Benefits Particularly attractive to individual donors A priority of recent UNH capital campaign Strong relationship with UNH Foundation IROP attractive for fund raising: Annual Legislators Breakfast Foundation Board of Directors Annual Meeting Fulbright & other post-graduate fellowships Graduate school & job applications IROP’s unique experience enhances UNH reputation : IROP featured in UNH events and publications:

Particularly attractive to individual donors

A priority of recent UNH capital campaign

Strong relationship with UNH Foundation

Annual Legislators Breakfast

Foundation Board of Directors Annual Meeting

Fulbright & other post-graduate fellowships

Graduate school & job applications

Open to all fields of study Integrates advanced research & intense cultural experience Powerful impact on students’ personal & professional goals IROP Coordinating program is labor-intensive Expensive, but attractive to donors and university publicity Pros: Cons:

Open to all fields of study

Integrates advanced research & intense cultural experience

Powerful impact on students’ personal & professional goals

Coordinating program is labor-intensive

Expensive, but attractive to donors and university publicity

5 2 5 18 2 4 1 37 10 7 2 25 6 7 0 57 Profile of IROP Students: 1999-2008 Science/ Engineering Liberal Arts/ Non-Science Africa Asia Australia/New Zealand Western Europe Eastern Europe/Russia Latin/South America Canada TOTAL Lab Independent/Field 21 73 Research Type # Students

IROP For more information: www.unh.edu/undergrad-research Donna Brown, Director Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research University of New Hampshire, Durham NH [email_address]

xxxx The University of Arizona Costa Rica Intern ational Undergraduate Researc h Opportunities

Several Options: Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open! (BRAVO!) Ambos Nogales Revegetation Project Honors College Research Grants External Grants that the Student Secures Binational activities made possible by proximity to the international border Small grant that student can apply for to do research abroad or domestically Advanced research experience (10 weeks to a year) DAAD, Institut Pasteur, and other organizations now offer such awards

The BRAVO! Mission: To ensure that students are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and experiences to be responsible and productive members of a global society. Peru (similar to the mission of all of our international endeavors)

BRAVO! Goals: To promote international understanding by enabling students in the sciences to participate in research abroad related to the research they do at UA To advance collaborative projects between UA scientists and their foreign collaborators Mexico

To promote international understanding by enabling students in the sciences to participate in research abroad related to the research they do at UA

To advance collaborative projects between UA scientists and their foreign collaborators

The BRAVO! Student: Becomes research experienced Approaches UA mentor about identifying a foreign mentor and research group Prepares a five page proposal for the work to be done abroad; for a copy of the application see Presents proposal to selection committee Thailand http://ubrp.arizona.edu/ bravo/default.cfm?id=app

Becomes research experienced

Approaches UA mentor about identifying a foreign mentor and research group

Prepares a five page proposal for the work to be done abroad; for a copy of the application see

Presents proposal to selection committee

Once approved the BRAVO! student: Participates in a two-evening cultural orientation Works with program director on transportation, additional scientific training, reviewing program obligations, securing visa and immunizations Works with UA and foreign mentors on human and animal subjects approvals, collecting permits Arranges housing with foreign mentor Ecuador

Participates in a two-evening cultural orientation

Works with program director on transportation, additional scientific training, reviewing program obligations, securing

visa and immunizations

Works with UA and foreign

mentors on human and

animal subjects approvals,

collecting permits

Arranges housing with foreign mentor

Provides an article for the program newsletter Submits receipts for housing, travel, research supplies Makes a datablitz presentation Makes a presentation to an off campus group Completes a written evaluation Pledges to stay in contact with the program for LIFE Upon return the BRAVO! student: The Netherlands

Provides an article for the program newsletter

Submits receipts for housing, travel, research supplies

Makes a datablitz presentation

Makes a presentation to an off campus group

Completes a written evaluation

Pledges to stay in contact with the program for LIFE

BRAVO! Placements 1992-2008 34 countries -- 6 continents 89 foreign institutions

Written evaluations Mentors’ and students’ comments (and mentors’ continued participation) Record of publications and presentations Students’ subsequent activities Current Status of BRAVO! Trainees BRAVO! Evaluation MD MD/PhD PhD MS Other BS UG 0 20 40 60 NSF/HHMI MIRT/MHIRT

Written evaluations

Mentors’ and students’ comments (and mentors’ continued participation)

Record of publications and presentations

Students’ subsequent activities

https://ubrp.arizona.edu/ Carol Bender, Director Undergraduate Biology Research Program & Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open! The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ [email_address] BRAVO! For more information:

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