Joint venture opens JHU labs to Notre Dame
In addition to the supply stipend, parking passes will be provided for participating students, easing the burdens on them as the program funding does for that of their labs.
The McNicholas program caters specifically to Notre Dame undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in the laboratory sciences such as biology, chemistry and biopsychology, which are three program-applicable fields of study offered as majors at Notre Dame. Students who apply must be full time Notre Dame students with a GPA of 3.4 or higher, be majoring in the sciences and have an interest in laboratory research as a potential career path.
The program is a crucial experience for those students who view "medical school and graduate school as their next career step," Hoffman said. The program demands a minimum of 10 hours per week of research work and will provide undergraduates with opportunities "above and beyond those currently offered, the best of both worlds when the results of excellent teaching at Notre Dame is brought to opportunities for hands-on work in some of the world's best laboratories."
For Notre Dame, the McNicholas program is a definite foot in the door for enterprising undergraduates to get hands-on experience with research as well as gain exposure to post-docs and faculty who have made a career out of laboratory work; for participating labs, Hoffman notes that "this venture will provide Hopkins with some of the best talent we have."
In addition to the on-campus and independent research opportunities already sponsored by faculty at Notre Dame, the McNicholas program will provide a wider array of research options for undergraduates. The increased response from Hopkins labs eager to hire funded students makes prospective placement all the more tailored to a participant's interests. The breadth and depth of Hopkins's resources would lead any Homewood resident interested in lab research to hope for the expansion of the program's initiative to incorporate Hopkins undergraduates and their peers at other Baltimore Exchange institutions.
The McNicholas program caters specifically to Notre Dame undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in the laboratory sciences such as biology, chemistry and biopsychology, which are three program-applicable fields of study offered as majors at Notre Dame. Students who apply must be full time Notre Dame students with a GPA of 3.4 or higher, be majoring in the sciences and have an interest in laboratory research as a potential career path.
The program is a crucial experience for those students who view "medical school and graduate school as their next career step," Hoffman said. The program demands a minimum of 10 hours per week of research work and will provide undergraduates with opportunities "above and beyond those currently offered, the best of both worlds when the results of excellent teaching at Notre Dame is brought to opportunities for hands-on work in some of the world's best laboratories."
For Notre Dame, the McNicholas program is a definite foot in the door for enterprising undergraduates to get hands-on experience with research as well as gain exposure to post-docs and faculty who have made a career out of laboratory work; for participating labs, Hoffman notes that "this venture will provide Hopkins with some of the best talent we have."
In addition to the on-campus and independent research opportunities already sponsored by faculty at Notre Dame, the McNicholas program will provide a wider array of research options for undergraduates. The increased response from Hopkins labs eager to hire funded students makes prospective placement all the more tailored to a participant's interests. The breadth and depth of Hopkins's resources would lead any Homewood resident interested in lab research to hope for the expansion of the program's initiative to incorporate Hopkins undergraduates and their peers at other Baltimore Exchange institutions.
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