These materials are designed to help you with professional development throughout your undergraduate career.
— While oriented toward students in Biology, these materials are germane to most majors. Certainly other opportunities and resources exist, these resources can provide a start. You might also want to check out the page on resources for graduate students since this will provide a useful roadmap for where you might be going and the skills and materials you will need (e.g., excellent letters of recommendation, publication experience as an undergraduate, interships and hands-on experience outside of the classroom).
Maintained by:
Spencer Hall and Jessica Hite
Department of Biology Indiana University
please email: jlhite@indiana.edu for updates/corrections
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The National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates page
Ornithological Societies of Noth America (OSNA) page
Cornell Lab of Ornithology page
Texas A and M Agriculture and Life Sciences page