Scientific Computing Scholars Program

Welcome!

This website contains information on the Southeastern Scientific Computing Scholars Program. This is a program that provides stipends to Southeastern Louisiana University undergraduate students who want to do hands-on computational and statistical projects. This page describes eligibility, possible research projects, and includes information for faculty mentors.

This is a phylogeny of fossil invertebrates. See Dr. Wright’s project page for more info!

Benefits of the program

Students selected for this program will receive $500 a month during the school year (expected workload of 10 hours/week) and $2000 for the summer (expected 20 hours work) to do a research internship in the laboratory of one of a faculty member in the College of Science and Technology. Support can be extended for all four years at Southeastern.

The application form for the program is here.

Eligibility

This internship is open to Southeastern Louisiana University students doing research that touches on computation. Applicants must fill out the application and provide contact information for three references.

Please email questions to april.wright@selu.edu

Projects and Faculty

Are you a faculty member interested in hosting a Scientific Computing Scholar in your lab? Send an email to april.wright at selu dot edu. I will approve projects. Following approval, your students can submit applications for the program.