Timeline for Early Fall for Fall 2024 Round
For Research Mentors
- Wednesday, June 19 at 12:01am - First day to post projects
- Monday, August 26 at 11:59pm - Last day to post projects
- Sunday, September 1 at 12:01am - First day to accept applications
- Thursday, September 5 at 11:59pm - Last day to accept applications
- Friday, September 6 at 12:01am - First day to accept agreements
- Tuesday, September 10 at 11:59pm - Last day to accept agreements
For Students
- Tuesday, August 27 at 12:01am - First day to apply for projects
- Saturday, August 31 at 11:59pm - Last day to apply for projects
- Friday, September 6 at 12:01am - First day to accept agreements
- Tuesday, September 10 at 11:59pm - Last day to accept agreements
Recent Strands
What are Rounds? Why are we opening a round right as the semester starts?
For many students, there is not an obvious time of the year to search for research positions. One way to take the guesswork out of this is to have fixed times for posting and applying for research positions. Normally, STRAND will have 3 rounds / year:
Expectation and Structure Agreements for Mentors Particpating in STRAND Handshakes
One of the features of the software underlying STRAND is the "handshake" badge. The badge indicates that the mentor posting the project in question has agreed to develop an expectations and structure agreement with their student researchers.