{"id":12,"date":"2013-11-05T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/biology\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2013-11-05T23:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:20:37","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/biology\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research is an essential part of the Biology program at Harvey Mudd. Every student completes a year-long investigative senior project — either a senior research thesis or a sponsored team design project in one of the Clinic programs<\/a>. While most Biology, Mathematical Biology, and Joint Chemistry\/Biology majors choose to do a thesis, students in all of these majors have the option of being on a Clinic team instead. In addition to the senior project, many students do biology research during the summer. Finally, many students start working in research labs prior to their senior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Research Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We support research students each summer from a variety of external and internal funds. Funding sources can include the\u00a0Merck\/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program, Harvey Mudd\u2019s\u00a0Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment<\/a>, individual faculty research grants and three endowed departmental funds\u2014the Emily H. Mudd, Munzer and William K. Purves summer research fellowships. Students sometimes continue their summer projects for their senior research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n