Keaholoa LSAMP Scholars Program Research Internships
The Keaholoa LSAMP Scholars Program offers research internships to University of Hawai'i at Hilo students who would like to gain experience conducting scientific research. Under supervision of faculty, agency and/or industry mentors, students will explore a variety of topics related to our island environment. Generally, research will involve a combination of work in the field and laboratory, as well as computer-based spatial analysis and bibliographic research. The Keaholoa LSAMP Scholars Program is a collaboration of the Keaholoa STEM Program and the newly formed Islands of Opportunity Alliance-LSAMP. This collaboration was established in 2007 to provide ethnically underrepresented undergraduate students with a multitude of opportunities to ensure success while pursuing their Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate degrees at UHH. These National Science Foundation (NSF) funded programs seek to not only increase graduation rates of those students, but also to foster the development of successful student researchers, so that upon graduation they can competitively enter the workforce or pursue graduate studies.
Target Group and Research Projects
The internship program is open to Native Hawaiian and other students belonging to groups not well-represented in the sciences - students who would like to gain experience doing scientific research. Under supervision of mentors, students will explore a variety of science topics related to our island environment. Internships are currently available in the following areas:- Ahupua`a Climatology
- Aquaculture and Limu studies
- Biochemistry of fruit browning
- Coral health monitoring and Wana studies
- Geoarchaeology
- GIS: Geographic Information Systems
- Goat health
- Hawaiian plant pollination
- Lava tube chemistry
- Local agricultural studies
- Marine Food Web Ecology and Phytoplankton studies
- Molecular genetic biology
- Molecular studies of evolutionary divergence in `ohi`a
- Native and invasive species in lowland forests
- Star formation
