The Aligning STEM Trainees for Enterprising Research (ASTER) program is designed to grow and diversify the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce at participating institutions in Kansas and Nebraska.
Supported by a National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant, the ASTER program hosts an annual conference and virtual professional development events to build community among student researchers and faculty across our alliance of universities in Nebraska and Kansas.
ASTER applicants must be enrolled full-time, degree-seeking UNL undergraduates; U.S. citizens or permanent residents; and pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
Applications are open and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the first cohort is filled. https://uraf.unl.edu/lsamp-undergraduate-research/
Questions about undergraduate research? Watch our Welcome to Undergraduate Research & Fellowships video, email us at ucare@unl.edu, or call Kali Patterson, Project Coordinator and primary UCARE advisor, at (402) 472-6023.