This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award to Cornell University, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $250,000 to conduct research on particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and develop educational materials to bring these cutting-edge research concepts and practices to undergraduate physics students. The project aims to better understand the fundamental nature of the universe by probing the basic symmetries and origins of...
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,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $413,981 to Vanderbilt University to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site through February 2025. The site offers undergraduate physics and astronomy students opportunities to work on forefront research projects with faculty in areas including astronomy, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, and data science. Students gain access to major research facilities and can visit laboratories like...
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...
This $337,702 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports the Research Experience for Undergraduates site at Stony Brook University from April 2023 through March 2026. Each year, 10 undergraduate students will engage in hands-on research in physics and astronomy topics through mentored projects available at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Students will gain instruction in research techniques, presentations,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Lehigh University. The $464,339 award from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028 will provide 10 undergraduate students each summer the opportunity to participate in 10 weeks of research across a diverse range of physics fields, including fundamental areas like string theory, nuclear physics, and astrophysics, as...
This three-year, $619,214 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site. The REU program will provide research opportunities for 14 undergraduate interns annually at Cornell University or Johns Hopkins University facilities. Interns may choose from eight general projects in areas such as...
This Project Grant award of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the renewal and continuation of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics, astrophysics, and optics at the University of Rochester. The award provides ten undergraduate students per year for ten weeks of summer research across sub-fields including nuclear and particle physics, quantum optics, condensed matter, astrophysics, and plasma physics. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $204,017 to support an undergraduate Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics at the University of South Carolina. The 3-year project, beginning September 1, 2024, engages 10 undergraduate students per year for 10 weeks in state-of-the-art research across particle, nuclear, condensed matter, theoretical, and computational physics....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $350,000 to support a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site hosted by Old Dominion University (ODU) in partnership with Jefferson Lab. The REU site will provide 10 undergraduate students per summer with 10 weeks of research experience in accelerator and nuclear physics. The students will be housed at Jefferson Lab...