Student opportunities & expectations

Undergraduate students
​​Students at the University of South Carolina commit to volunteering with COLAB for 8 in-person hours during the work week (Monday-Friday/ 8am-5pm) at the Institute for the Mind and Brain (IMB) for a minimum of two semesters. 

Skill development:

• Weekly lab meetings
• CITI ethics training
• Elon video coding
• REDCap data management
• CAN trainee involvement
  • neurodivergent community engagement
  • soft skill development and networking events
• Public facing science communication 
  • conferences including DiscoverUSC, SCAND, and more 
  • plain language summary development
  • flyers
  • recruitment efforts

 
Credit-bearing and monetary opportunities:

• Psyc 498, 598
• Magellan grants
  • Magellan Journey
  • Magellan Scholar
• Honors college 
  • Beyond the classroom
  • Research grant
  • Senior thesis
• Capstone projects

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An undergrad student presenting to a crowd at DiscoverUSC 2023

Dr. Edmunds standing with an undergrad student DiscoverUSC 2023

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Join COLAB!

Undergraduate students at UofSC: 

• COLAB accepts undergraduate student research assistants (RAs) to start in August and January after an application and interview process in April and November, respectively.
• We ask that students commit to at least two semesters in lab.

How to apply:

• Please submit the application below, along with your CV, to [email protected] by November 1 (for a Spring semester/January start) or April 1 (for a Summer/June or Fall semester/August start).
• Interviews for each semester will be conducted in the 3 weeks following the application submission deadline.​​

Undergraduate RA Application

What is a CV?

Dr. Edmunds with research team including a graduate student, lab coordinator, and three undergraduate students

Prospective graduate students: 

• Dr. Edmunds is NOT accepting a student (in either school or clinical-community doctoral programs) this fall to start in Fall 2025.
• See below links to learn more about UofSC's psychology doctoral programs to find a mentor currently accepting students!

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School Program Faculty

Clinical-community faculty

Dr. Edmunds and graduate students in IMB hallway smiling

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Last updated 2.4.25