REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics for Women and Minorities

REU 网站：女性和少数族裔当代物理学夏季研究项目

• 批准号: 0648877
• 负责人: Sidney Nagel
• 金额: $ 10.5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-15 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0648877&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Projects

This award is to support the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program in the Physics Department at the University of Chicago. This program is distinctive in that it has been targeted particularly at attracting women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the physics community. Applications are solicited nationally with emphasis on historically black colleges and traditional women's colleges. The core of the program for each student is a well-defined 10 week summer research project under supervision of a University of Chicago faculty member. Projects are distributed among: high-energy, cosmic-ray and astrophysics, general relativity, condensed-matter physics, non-linear phenomena and biophysics. The program is structured to provide the selected interns not only with research training, but also with strong peer interactions. It allows them to be part of a cohort of diverse individuals interested in science. In addition, there is informal instruction, mentoring, and career counseling over a ten-week period each summer. Regular work on the individual student's research project is augmented by two scheduled lectures each week from faculty as well as by special field trips to Fermi National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory and Yerkes Observatory, and by informal and formal social activities. Informal mentoring and advising is provided by members of the faculty.

该奖项旨在支持芝加哥大学物理系本科生研究体验 (REU) 站点项目的更新。 该计划的独特之处在于，它特别针对吸引物理学界代表性不足的女性和少数群体成员。 申请在全国范围内征集，重点是历史悠久的黑人大学和传统女子大学。 每个学生项目的核心是在芝加哥大学教职人员的监督下进行明确的为期 10 周的夏季研究项目。 项目分布在：高能、宇宙射线和天体物理学、广义相对论、凝聚态物理学、非线性现象和生物物理学。 该计划的结构不仅为选定的实习生提供研究培训，而且还提供强有力的同行互动。 它使他们成为对科学感兴趣的不同人群的一部分。此外，每年夏天还会有为期十周的非正式指导、指导和职业咨询。 每周两次由教师安排的讲座以及费米国家实验室、阿贡国家实验室和耶基斯天文台的特别实地考察以及非正式和正式的社交活动，增强了学生研究项目的常规工作。 教师成员提供非正式的指导和建议。