REU SITE: University of Kansas Physics and Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates

REU 网站：堪萨斯大学本科生物理和天文学研究经验

• 批准号: 2149897
• 负责人: Hartwin Peelaers
• 金额: $ 39.8万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149897&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; University; Kansas; Physics

This award seeks to establish a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Kansas with the objective of exposing ten undergraduate participants for 10 weeks per summer to research in the areas of astronomy, astroparticle physics, high energy theory, and condensed matter theory and experiment. The mentoring faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas have experience designing short-term research projects and including student results in publications. At the same time participants will increase their computing skills through a computational bootcamp during the first week, and develop professional skills such as scientific writing, presenting, and discussing results.This REU site will offer participating students, after completion of their research projects, the opportunity to attend a scientific conference and present their results. In addition, this REU will provide ethics training, including workshops on implicit bias, bystander intervention, and research ethics. The scientific activities will be supplemented with graduate student mentoring and departmental social activities, including student-run Diversity in Physics gatherings. Participant recruitment efforts will be National, but will provide a particular focus on students from smaller colleges in the Midwest and underrepresented students (URM). Applications will be evaluated holistically including both cognitive and non-cognitive assessments, and a certain number of participant slots will be provided for underrepresented students and women/non-binary students. A keystone outcome of this REU program is to have participating students present at national scientific conferences. This will broaden their exposure to the fields of physics and astronomy while increasing their visibility, which is especially important in ensuring the success of URM students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项旨在为堪萨斯大学的本科生（REU）网站建立新的研究经验，目的是将10周的本科参与者暴露10周，以研究天文学，Astroparticle物理学，高能量理论以及凝结物质理论和实验的领域。堪萨斯大学物理与天文学系的指导学院具有设计短期研究项目的经验，并包括学生的成绩。同时，参与者将在第一周通过计算训练营来提高其计算技能，并发展诸如科学写作，表现和讨论结果之类的专业技能。该REU网站将为参与的学生提供研究项目后，有机会参加科学会议并呈现结果。此外，此REU将提供道德培训，包括有关隐式偏见，旁观者干预和研究道德的讲习班。科学活动将补充研究生指导和部门社交活动，包括物理聚会中的学生多样性。参与者的招聘工作将是全国性的，但将特别关注来自中西部和代表性不足的学生（URM）的较小大学的学生。将对申请进行整体评估，包括认知和非认知评估，并将为代表性不足的学生和女性/非二进制学生提供一定数量的参与者。此REU计划的基石结果是让参加参加国家科学会议的学生参加。这将扩大他们对物理和天文学领域的接触，同时提高其知名度，这对于确保URM学生的成功尤其重要。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且认为值得通过基金会的知识分子来评估的支持，并具有更广泛的影响。