The Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars program provides an opportunity for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to mentor undergraduate scholars for valuable mentoring and project management experience while allowing them to further their research interests.

The mentor project submission process and the undergraduate scholar application process take place in the fall of 2024 to select scholars and mentors for the 2025 class. The 2025 program itself runs from January through December (all mentors are required to commit to mentor their assigned Petit Scholar for the full twelve-month period).

Benefits to Mentors:

• IBB Graduate student/Postdoc mentors receive $2,000 to be used for travel to scientific conferences or materials/supplies for the lab
• Great CV builder, most employers prefer Ph.D.’s with management/mentoring experience