Cooperative Agreement 70NANB15H182

This $465,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will provide transformative research experiences for 10 undergraduate students annually at the University of Pennsylvania's Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM). The program will embed students in cutting-edge materials science research across disciplines such as metamaterials, bioinspired engineering, and novel...

The University of Florida was awarded a three-year, $322,660 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focusing on experimental and computational methods for materials discovery. The grant will support 10-week research internships for undergraduate students, integrating them into faculty research groups working on projects involving discovery of new materials, advanced...

This three-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the University of Colorado/JILA. The site provides research experiences for eight undergraduate students per summer for ten weeks in fields of physics including atomic, molecular, optical physics and others. Students are paired with faculty to conduct cutting-edge research and master parts of larger tasks. The program includes ethics, electronics and machining...

This National Science Foundation award of $316,734 supports the renewal of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), 12 undergraduate students per year will engage in hands-on physics research projects with senior faculty. Students will work in areas such as exotic superconductors, DNA origami structures, and radiation-hard calorimeter components for the Large Hadron...

The Colorado School of Mines will host a three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The $439,574 project grant will support an undergraduate research program integrating computation and experimentation to develop transformative energy materials. Through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), students will gain hands-on research experience generating, curating, and analyzing...

This three-year $414,484 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides research opportunities in multifunctional materials for nine undergraduate students per year, with a focus on students from predominantly undergraduate institutions and minority-serving institutions. The project, hosted by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), aims to inspire early-stage undergraduates...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $340,000 supports an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site award to the University of Pennsylvania from 2023 through 2026. The award provides hands-on research training and professional development to 10 undergraduate students per summer in the areas of catalysis, computational chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Unique aspects include exposure to high-throughput experimentation methods and recruitment of underrepresented student...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $456,034 Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The REU Site will host ten undergraduate students per summer for hands-on research internships in highly innovative materials science and engineering projects, as well as science policy projects focusing on technology transitions. Students will...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $465,895 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to support a 10-week summer program providing mentored research opportunities and professional development for 10 undergraduate students annually. The REU Site: Center for Early Research Experiences in Functional Materials program focuses on interdisciplinary projects in areas such as materials for flexible...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $515,860 to Boston University to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site through March 2026. The site will provide research opportunities for 10 undergraduate students per summer in various physics topics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. Students will gain meaningful research experience working in groups with faculty and senior scientists on specific projects spanning particle physics,...