NAPIRE PROGRAM
NATIVE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (NAPIRE) PROGRAM Summer 20
Application Instructions
1.
Please know that OTS welcomes your NAPIRE Application. The application deadline for this
program is: February 15, 2016. However, it is best to submit your application in a timely manner to
ensure that it is given a thorough review by the OTS Selection Committee.
2.
Please fill in the word document below by clicking on the blank areas directly next to the field
description. Once the form has been completed, please save it by using the instructions below:
Please save this document using the following format:
NAPIREappl(STUDENTS LASTNAME, STUDENTS FIRST INITIALS).doc
For example, if your name is Jane Elizabeth Smith, you should label your application as:
NAPIREappl(SMITH,JE).doc
3.
Upon completing and saving this form, please send it to: napire.program@tropicalstudies.org
*** If you have any questions about this application process, please contact Kattia Mendez, Undergraduate
Program Assistant at the OTS Costa Rican Office, at: kattia.mendez@tropicalstudies.org
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
Email <napire.program@tropicalstudies.org>
NAPIRE PROGRAM
NATIVE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (NAPIRE) PROGRAM Summer 20
I.
Personal Information
Name:
Last
First
Date of Birth:
Middle
Place of Birth:
Gender:
Citizenship:
If dual,
Campus Address:
Zip Code
Campus Phone:
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Email:
Area Code
Home Address:
Zip Code
Home Phone:
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Home e-mail:
Area Code
Father’s (or guardian’s) Name:
Father’s (or guardian’s) Address:
Zip Code
Home Phone:
(
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Day Phone:
Area Code
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Area Code
Mother’s (or guardian’s) Name:
Mother’s (or guardian’s) Address:
Zip Code
Home Phone:
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Day Phone:
Area Code
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Area Code
Upon selection, we will send you acceptance and program information. Please identify the address that we should use:
Campus
Home
Other
Which of the following influenced your decision to apply to the OTS NAPIRE Program?
Advisor/Professor
OTS visit to campus
Book or publication
Study Abroad Office
Poster
Friend, word of mouth
Former program participant
Brochure
Other, please specify
Did you attend the SACNAS meeting in 2015?
Yes
No
Did you attend the AISES meeting in 2015?
Yes
No
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
Study Abroad Fair
Website
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NAPIRE PROGRAM
NATIVE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (NAPIRE) PROGRAM Summer 20
How would you describe yourself? (This information is used for statistical purposes only)
African American/Black
Asian, Asian American
Biracial/Multiracial:
Pacific Islander
Native American, Native Alaskan
Are you
Hispanic American
Latino(a)?
II.
White/Caucasian
Prefer not to answer
Other:
Tribal or Island Affiliation:
Academic Information
University or college attending:
First Major:
Second Major:
You are currently a:
Sophomore
Month and year of expected graduation:
Junior
Senior
How many college level courses and credit hours will you have completed prior to the beginning of the program (include AP
credits)?
Cumulative Grade Point Average (4.0 scale):
List other Universities, Colleges or Professional Schools you have attended (Please specify dates):
List the courses you have taken that are relevant to NAPIRE experience. Please provide the final grade for each course:
List Spanish Courses Taken:
List your previous field experience:
First Language:
Second Language:
If you have lived, studied, or traveled in a foreign country, state where and when:
III.
Research Information
Please list the top three areas of field ecology that are of interest to you. Examples of areas that students have worked on in
the past are listed below. You may choose from this list, or you may add your own.
Restoration ecology
Conservation biology
Animal behavior
Plant Ecology
Organismal biology (if you are interested in a particular
group or groups of organisms, please specify)
Plant-insect interactions
Microbiology
Aquatic ecosystems
Other (explain)
Which is the percentage of time you would like to spend in:
Laboratory work
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
%
Field work
%
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NAPIRE PROGRAM
NATIVE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (NAPIRE) PROGRAM Summer 20
Which one do you prefer? (both can be accommodated)
You already have an idea you would like to research, thus you would like to develop your own individual research
project from conception to presentation while guided by a scientific research mentor.
You wish to participate with an important piece of an on-going research question, whereby you would design the data
collection in a collaborative group including your scientific research mentor, then be the one responsible for collecting
the data, analyzing and presenting the results.
You will be assigned to a research mentor when we know more about your preferences for your summer research
experience. Upon acceptance to the program you will be assigned to a Scientific Research Mentor who will guide you
through your summer research. At that time, (mid-March) you will be asked to contact them to begin building your research
idea. This can be via email, telephone, Skype or other mechanisms. If you have not already contacted your research mentor,
we will do so during the Home Mentor workshop in April. This is a workshop where we invite your home mentor to Costa
Rica, and communicate them with your research mentor and yourselves.
Home Mentor: Is there someone at your college with whom you can share your career dreams? Someone in the
administration, counseling, or the faculty contacts that you have who you feel comfortable with, and who has impacted your
career? The home mentor should be someone who has time to support your efforts at applying, and to help you organize to
participate if you are accepted. This person does not need to be a professor. It is important that you feel comfortable talking
about your career goals with them. Many school LSAMP program managers have been home mentors in past NAPIRE
programs. Also, in the past we have had school advisory personnel as home mentors. The home mentor is asked to support
the students after they return by facilitating opportunities to present the summer’s research. They should help the student
integrate the experience into their career track.
List the on-campus Mentor who will support your participation in the NAPIRE Program:
Name and Title:
Position:
Address:
Email:
IV.
Telephone:
Statement of Cultural Affinity
Tell us about your family’s ethnic background and the place where you grew up. You can include information such as your
first language, cultural traditions, spiritual affiliations, and other pertinent information (maximum one page)
Please type answer here
V.
Statement of Purpose
Describe your science background (including relevant courses taken, laboratory or field experiences, travel, or employment),
your interest in ecology and scientific research, your academic and career objectives, and how the NAPIRE internship will be
beneficial to you. Write your statement in the space below (maximum one page).
Please type answer here
Signature of Student:
Date:
(Type your name here)
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
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