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FIELDS-MITACS UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Fields Institute announces a summer research programs for undergraduates to be held during the summer of 2010 at the Fields Institute in downtown Toronto. The program will provide support for up to thirty students to take part in research programs supervised by leading researchers from the Fields Institute sponsoring universities as well as visiting researchers at the Institute. It is planned to be the first in a continuing series of such summer undergradute programs.

Students accepted into the program will receive student residence housing on the campus of the University of Toronto from July 3 to August 28, 2010; financial support for travel to Toronto; a per diem for meals and medical coverage for non-Canadian students during their stay.

Students will be assigned to work on research projects in groups of three or four. It is expected that several of the projects will be related to the Fields summer thematic program on the spread of drug resistance in infectious diseases that will be held at the Institute during July and August, but other topics will also be the focus of student research groups. In some cases, students may also have the opportunity to spend a week off site at the home campus of a project supervisor.

Undergraduate students in mathematics related disciplines are encouraged to apply by:

1. sending a covering letter with a brief personal statement
2. having an official transcript from their university sent directly to the Fields Institute and
3. arranging for a letter of reference to be sent to Fields.

The deadline for applications is February 20, 2009. Send material to:

Note: Students requiring visas for travel to Canada will need to make their own arrangements to obtain the necessary documents. For more information see:

www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/10-11/summer-research