Education and Outreach
VBI’s Education and Outreach group is committed to developing educational programs designed to foster interest in scientific research for students of all ages. Over 5,000 students and parents participate in a VBI sponsored event each year. The VBI Education and Outreach group is directed by Drs. Reinhard Laubenbacher and Kristy (DiVittorio) Collins.
K–12 programs
- Kids' Tech University - Kids' Tech University (KTU) is an educational research program with one primary goal - sparking kids' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
- Climate Change Student Summit (C2S2) - This program brings climate literacy to teachers and students by sponsoring workshops and a summit.
- VBI High School Summer Internship - High school students participate in this summer program, which was developed to help guide students into a research career and recruit the next generation of scientists.
Undergraduate Programs
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Microbiology in the Post Genome Era - Funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF), this program introduces undergraduate students to research through a 10-week summer program.
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology (MSSB) - Funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF), this program introduces undergraduate students to research through a 10-week summer program.
- VBI Undergraduate Scholars Program (USP) - This program is for Virginia Tech undergraduate students who are interested in interning or for credit experiences with VBI faculty and research groups.
- Global Summer Research Institute (GSRI) – Foreign and local students work on a research project.
Graduate Programs
- Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology Graduate Program GBCB- Provides an academic platform to create team-oriented researchers who may be specialists in one area but who are literate in several other disciplines. Virginia Tech’s interdisciplinary program spans traditional departmental boundaries and allow students to be enrolled in a program to study with faculty from many departments and colleges.
- VT Graduate school- Graduate students in various departments are welcome to do research at VBI.
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