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Sorry for all the random questions but...
Is there any website that has listings of local labs? I go to school in-state (UIUC) but live in the Chicago area and i have no idea of the labs up there that i can give a call to. Theres plenty of labs in Champaign/Urbana but i would prefer to stay close to home for the summer (at least during my Freshman summer)
Are these labs generally restricted to certain majors? I'm a Health Sciences major and I'm planning to minor in Chemistry.
I just went to the med school's website and looked at the research section and searched for labs that I thought that I would be interested in. From my personal, limited experience, they didn't care about my major. My lab last summer didn't care that I had absolutely no research background, but that's probably rare. Though maybe not; I have no idea.
There is no easy website that lays it out for unadvertised positions -- you have to do the searching and contacting yourself if you want to seek out something that isn't already a set up program. I think LaPresse posted a link to established summer programs a few posts back, though -- the REUs and SURFs and such I believe.