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Recommender Instructions:
OIMB ‐ UCC IRES Program
Please read and complete this reference request form, supplying the information requested
below. If you wish to use your own institutional stationery, please attach this completed
form to your letter.
Please sign and date the reference report where indicated.
Please transmit completed form electronically, together with your reference report: Dr.
Cynthia D. Trowbridge (cdt@uoregon.edu).
The deadline for electronic submission is 5 p.m. Pacific time on February 1, 2013.
Reference Report:
Recommender’s Name _________________________________________
Department __________________________________________________
Institution ___________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Telephone ___________________________________________________
Fax ________________________________________________________
E-mail ______________________________________________________
1. How long, and in what capacity, have you known the applicant?
2. Please explain how participation in the OIMB - UCC IRES Program would benefit the
applicant in the pursuit of his/her academic and professional goals. Specifically, what significant
approaches, opportunities, or skills do you feel the applicant will obtain through program
participation?
3. Describe the applicant’s potential for academic and professional achievement. Specifically,
please comment on the applicant’s readiness to conduct scholarly research at an international site
under this IRES program.
4. I rank this applicant in the top ______ % of undergraduate students I have known. If the
student is currently a graduate student, I would rank this applicant in the top ______ % of
graduate students I have known.
5. Recommender’s Signature _______________________________________
Date _________________________