REU Sites: Summer Undergraduate Research Program

EIA-0139576Pless，罗伯特华盛顿大学标题：夏季本科研究计划该部门有一个支持本科夏季研究机会的悠久历史，这些机会将存在或没有外部支持。 然而，外部支持确实进一步促进了NSF的特定目标，这些目标与项目的规模、学生体验的质量以及学生招募的平衡有关。特别是，所要求的资金将：o保持项目的有效规模，16名暑期学生。 除了由他们的研究基金资助的暑期研究项目外，这还为学生提供了一个关键质量，提高了学生的整体体验。从个人研究补助金中支持学生的教师在招聘方面往往比较保守，必须选择符合其资金来源目标的项目。这可能会对学生的体验和学生的选择产生负面影响。REU课程有三个明确的目标。第一，为来自不同背景的本科生提供参与前沿研究的机会和培训;第二，培养和扩展华盛顿大学现有的本科生研究文化。 第三，创造一个支持和鼓励研究的环境。这第一个目标将通过有针对性的广告活动来实现。这项活动将不排除任何潜在的学生来源，但将集中在n（a）主要教学学院，（B）历史上少数民族学校，（c）非计算机科学系。第二，一个连贯的计划，涉及一个指定的一组夏季研究计划的学生给一个理由，组织活动，一个社会团体，以及一个临界质量，它是适当的，以提供计划，帮助所有参与研究的本科生。最后，我们提出了一个程序，其中包括一个明确的培训组件，教学生的工具有效地攻击研究问题。在夏季期间，一系列定义的检查点将使项目协调员能够识别和解决潜在的问题。

EIA-0139576Pless, RobertWashington UniversityTITLE: Summer Undergraduate Research ProgramThe department has a long history of supporting undergraduate summer research opportunities, and these opportunities will exist with or without external support. However, external support does further particular NSF objectives having to do with the size of the program, the quality of the student experience, and the balance f student recruiting.In particular, the requested funding would:oMaintain an efficient size of the program, sixteen summer students. In addition to summer research projects funded from their research funds, this gives a criticalmass of students that improves the overall student experience.oFoster a broader range f student projects.oClearly separate the objectives of the program from individual faculty research agendas. Faculty who support students from individual research grants tend to be conservative in hiring and must choose projects that serve the objectives of their funding sources. This may negatively impact both the student experience and the student selection.There are three explicit goals for this REU program. First, to give undergraduates from many backgrounds the opportunity and training to participate in frontier research.Second, to foster and extend the undergraduate research culture already present at Washington University. Third, to create a supportive and encouraging environment to do research.This first goal will be met with a targeted advertising campaign. This campaign will not exclude any source of potential students, but will focus n (a) predominately teaching colleges, (b) historically minority schools, (c) non-computer science departments.Second, a coherent program involving a designated group of summer research program students gives a reason to organize events, a social group, and a critical mass for which it is appropriate to offer programs which aid all undergraduate students involved in research. Finally, we propose a program that includes an explicit training component to teach students the tools t attack research problems effectively. A set of defined check points during the course of the summer will allow program coordinators to identify and solve potential problems.