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Expectations

Participant Expectations

  1. Texas state law (SB 1107) requires that all students (under age 22) entering an institution of higher education in Texas either receive a bacterial meningitis vaccination or meet certain criteria for declining such vaccination.
  2. Participate in residence and in all S-REU activities for the entire 10-week session.
  3. Participants are not permitted to be enrolled in any additional courses during the entire 10-week summer period, other than the required research course associated with the program.
  4. Complete program surveys.
  5. Expected to commit at least 40 hours a week.
    • Includes research hours determined by the research mentor
    • Includes mandatory S-REU activities
  6. Complete deliverables by the deadline (TBD) that include, but are not limited to those below:
    • Surveys
    • Curriculum vitae
    • Research plan
    • Progress report
    • Abstract
    • Paper
    • Poster and poster presentation
  7. The program administrators reserve the right to reduce or revoke stipend amount, and/or lower final course grade, and/or dismiss the participant from the program at any time, should requirements and expectations not be met.
  8. As a S-REU participant, you will be enrolled as a Texas A&M student and will be expected to follow excused absence rules found at the Attendance page of the Student Rules site for all S-REU activities.
  9. All vacations (outside of weekends) must be approved by the S-REU program staff and the research mentor. At the time of acceptance, participants must notify the S-REU program staff of any pre-planned extended vacations in order to provide the S-REU program and faculty mentor time to review the request and, if approved, make necessary scheduling and assignment arrangements.
  10. Students will receive a satisfactory or unsatisfactory credit upon completion of the program. No letter grades will be given for participating.