2008 REU Program
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| REU Student at the observatory. |
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) is a grant supported outreach program that provides a working research environment for undergraduate students. Over the course of the summer, participants will be actively engaged in research under the supervision of faculty and staff of the School of Physics and Astronomy. At the end of the program, participants are expected to present the results of their investigaions in a short written report (for inclusion in a proceedings volume) as well as in a poster to be displayed at a special wrap-up session in the School of Physics and Astronomy and in a University-wide expo gathering various science and engineering summer research programs. Possible fields of research include Biophysics, Elementary Particle Physics, Cosmology & Astrophysics, Physics Education, Condensed Matter Physics, and Space Physics. You can find out more about our research activities in our Research pages.
Among the activities planned each year are weekly physics seminars, excursions to off-campus physics sites, and a course addressing rudimentary machine shop techniques. Past classes have toured the Soudan Underground Laboratory, a Northern States Power Plant and the O'Brien Observatory, and have taken short courses in physics GRE preparation.There are also opportunities to interact with REU students in other disciplines and to participate with them in general activities.
Applications for a summer program centered on research in the School of Physics and Astronomy are solicited from junior and senior undergraduate physics majors who may be interested in post- baccalaureate studies. The program is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents (green card holders). The dates can be made flexible for individual cases if necessary. In addition to a stipend, successful applicants are provided with meals and lodging, as well as travel expenses to and from Minneapolis. The School of Physics and Astronomy is particularly interested in receiving applications from women and from members of minority groups who are underrepresented in our fields.
The ten-week program at the University of Minnesota is began on June 2, 2008 and finishes on August 8, 2008.
Click here for REU application. Applications received by Friday, February 15, 2008 will get early consideration. Those received after that date may be considered, if positions are still available.
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Sponsored jointly by the National Science Foundation and the University of Minnesota
You may download the 2006 REU program proceedings (6 MByte PDF file).
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Physics Research Programs