This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award provides $300,000 over three years to Northern Arizona University (NAU), Lowell Observatory, and the USGS Astrogeology Science Center to host an astronomy and planetary science research program. The project will pair 10 undergraduate students per year with scientists from these organizations to conduct astrophysics research across a range of topics, including planetary, solar, stellar, and galactic...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award in the amount of $464,991 will fund a 10-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in physics and astronomy at the University of Minnesota. The program will enable 10 undergraduate physics and astronomy students, primarily from smaller colleges, to participate in cutting-edge research supervised by faculty. Students will gain hands-on experience transitioning from...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $460,000, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The objective is to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Kansas, exposing 10 undergraduate participants per summer to 10 weeks of research in astronomy, astroparticle physics, high energy theory, and condensed matter theory and experiment. The...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $165,750 provides funding to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to support an 8-student Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Physics and Astronomy. The program will deliver an authentic summer research experience to help students decide if a research and/or academic career in these fields is right for them. Key program elements include student recruitment across the Four...
This $129,943 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences will support an eight-week Research Experience for Undergraduates site at the University of California, Riverside focused on educating a new generation of astronomers. Eight student interns will conduct observational, theoretical, computational, and data-driven research addressing fundamental questions in modern astronomy. Interns will receive instruction in Python programming, data...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, provides funding of $462,122 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on multi-messenger astrophysics. The REU program will train the next generation of scientists in gravitational wave detection, astrophysical data analysis, observational astronomy, and theoretical modeling....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $417,188 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. This 3-year award, commencing on May 1, 2024, supports a renewed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on computationally intensive research in astronomy and astrophysics.
The program provides hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate students, leveraging UF's advanced...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $273,270 to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) to support a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in optical-infrared astronomy at NOIRLAB facilities in Chile. The project will engage six undergraduate students per year to conduct meaningful research projects under the supervision of NOIRLAB's...
This Project Grant award, valued at $601,324, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Brigham Young University focused on physics and astronomy research. The REU program will provide a diverse group of undergraduate students from various institutions with hands-on research projects across a broad spectrum of physics and astronomy...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $598,900 to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to renew an Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in computational astrophysics. The award supports a 3-year program to recruit and train 10 students annually, primarily from community colleges, on astrophysical research methods and tools with an emphasis on computational astrophysics and...