In order to be considered a candidate for honors, students will be expected to maintain an outstanding record in concentration courses. In addition, students should take at least one semester, and are strongly encouraged to take 2 semesters, of reading and research with a CCMB faculty member or approved advisor to complete their research. Students must submit to a public defense of their theses to be presented in an open forum to the CCMB community scheduled in the latter half of April.

Deadlines:

• 1st Friday in October
  • submit the below form registering your honors thesis and advisor
  • submit a 1 page outline of your project including working title, and a few brief paragraphs describing the research project, the lab you will be working with, methodology you will be using, and your desired end goal for the project to ccmb@brown.edu
  • either your primary supervisor or the 2nd reader (or both) must be a current CCMB core or affiliate faculty member
• 1st Friday in February
  • submit a short progress report regarding your research project to ccmb@brown.edu
  • include the name of the second reader (faculty member not your advisor)
• 1st Friday in April
  • submit final draft of thesis project to ccmb@brown.edu
• 3rd Week of April
  • Present your thesis project and findings in the Comp Bio Honors Thesis presentations, date will be circulated in Fall semester.

Complete the form