Summer Research Opportunities through Bass Connections Projects
Looking for a funded summer research experience? Some of the 2018-19 Bass Connections project teams begin with a summer component.
The list below includes projects with research opportunities for Summer 2018. Read the project descriptions carefully, especially the Timing section. To learn more, come to the Bass Connections Fair on Wednesday, January 24 (2:30 to 5:30, Energy Hub, first floor of Gross Hall). Team leaders, advisors and staff will be available to share information and answer questions.
Applications are due on February 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Brain & Society
Cheating, Gaming and Rule Fixing: Challenges for Ethics across the Adversarial Professions
Evaluating Interventions Aimed at Improving Neurosurgical Patient Outcomes in Uganda
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild TBI in the Pediatric Population
Patients’ Journey to Medication Adherence
Privacy, Consumer EEG Devices and the Brain
Remember Why You Should Do It? Memory and Reasons in Moral Decision-making
Using Machine Learning to Generate Clinical Predication Rules for Clinical Outcomes in Schizophrenia
Using Neuroscience to Optimize Digital Health Interventions across Adulthood
Information, Society & Culture
Big Data for Reproductive Health (through a related Data+ summer project)
Data and Technology for Fact-checking (through a related Data+ summer project)
Duke Undergraduate International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Team
Gerrymandering and the Extent of Democracy in America (through a related Data+ summer project)
Global Health
Cultural and Practical Barriers to Epilepsy Care in Uganda
Developing a Mobile Phone-based Community Health Program for Hypertension Control in Nepal
Global Alliance on Disability and Health Innovation (GANDHI): What Makes Innovation Stick? (through a related Data+ summer project)
How Do People Affect Zoonotic Disease Dynamics in Madagascar?
Refining Surveillance for Zoonotic Respiratory Viruses in Sarawak, Malaysia
Vaccine Misinformation and Its Link to Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Durham (through a related Data+ summer project)
Education & Human Development
Making Young Voters: Policy Reforms to Increase Youth Turnout
Mindfulness in Human Development
Music for Social Change: Research in Practice with Kidznotes and El Sistema USA
Problem-based Learning to Improve Girls’ Math Identity
Energy & Environment
Coal in America: Chronicling and Analyzing Its Economic and Social History (through a related Story+ summer project)
Developing Rapid, Cost-effective Methods for Evaluating Coastal Biodiversity and Resilience
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America: Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon
From the Ground Up: The Business and Policy Landscape for Energy Access in East Africa
Marine Microalgae for Sustainable Production of Food and Fuel
Mega-gardeners of Tropical Forests: Modeling Seed Dispersal by Forest Elephants
Learn More
- Explore all 2018-2019 Bass Connections projects.
- In addition to the Bass Connections Fair on January 24, see other in-person opportunities to learn more before applying.
- Review the Data+ and Story+ summer research offerings.