Because we are working with many different institutions, the deadlines for applications differ depending on where a lab is located and whether you are returning to work in the same lab. Rather than reading all of the below, it is advised that you submit your application (and have your prospective Principal Investigator respond to the application email the form sends out) by at least two weeks before the beginning of the semester you intend to work in a lab.
Deadlines for the institutions left unspecified are up to the discretion of the instructor.
For applications to work in a new lab
- UTHealth/McGovern require 4 weeks to process their applicants and allow them physical access to the labs. This means that applications to their labs must sent in and confirmed by a Principal Investigator 2 weeks before the start of the semester that a student intends to work in the lab.
- Applications to labs at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) should be in and confirmed by the lab Principal Investigator by the start of the semester that a student intends to work in the lab
- Applications to labs at Rice must be in by 11:59 PM on the Friday following the first week of classes – the application form will be shut down following that date. The lab Principal Investigator must also confirm the application by 4 PM the following Friday.
For applications to return to the same lab as a previous semester
- If you have worked in a lab at any institution for BIOS 310 or NEUR 310 before and are re-applying: applications must be in by 11:59 PM on the Friday following the first week of classes – the application form will be shut down following that date. The lab Principal Investigator must also confirm the application by 4 PM the following Friday.