REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati

该奖项来自化学系(CHE)，用于支持更新辛辛那提大学(UC)2008-2010年夏季的本科生研究体验(REU)站点。这个REU网站将由Bruce Ault在辛辛那提大学化学系的Anna Gudmundsdottir的帮助下管理。这个REU网站将在每年夏天将9名学生带到校园进行为期10周的化学前沿研究。九名学生中的八名将由国家科学基金会资助，每年夏天有一名学生将由化学系的约翰·J·亚历山大奖学金基金资助。预计招生计划将确定这9名REU学生的身份，他们都来自辛辛那提大学以外的地方。尽管申请将在全美范围内接受，但招生对象将是辛辛那提300英里以内以本科为主的院校(PUI‘s)的化学和生物化学预科学生，特别是地区性历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU’s)的少数族裔学生。现有的学生专题涵盖了化学领域的广泛研究，包括有机、生物化学、分析和计算等核心领域。学生将与加州大学12名教职员工中的一人密切合作，这些教职员工都有与本科生合作的丰富经验。此外，每年夏天，HBCU的一名教职员工将被带到加州大学进行研究合作，并作为REU学生的非正式导师。积极的教育计划将培养REU学生的研究和专业技能，并为他们未来的职业生涯做好准备。教育活动将包括实际提高研究技能，撰写简历和面试，举办关于职业选择和规划的讲习班，以及讨论科学中最重要的问题。在辛辛那提大学的机构支持下，所有参与者都将有机会参加春季的ACS全国会议，并在REU夏季体验后展示他们的研究成果。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), supports the renewal of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Cincinnati (UC) for the summers of 2008-2010. This REU site will be managed by Bruce Ault with assistance from Anna Gudmundsdottir from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati. This REU site will bring nine students to campus for a ten-week period each summer to conduct cutting edge research in chemistry. Eight of the nine students will be funded through NSF and one student each summer will be funded by the John J. Alexander Fellowship endowment in the Department of Chemistry. Recruitment plans are expected to identify these nine REU students, all from outside the University of Cincinnati. Though applications will be accepted from across the U.S., recruitment will target pre-senior chemistry and biochemistry students at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUI's) within 300 miles of Cincinnati, with a special focus on minority students at regional historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's). Student projects available encompass a broad spectrum of research in chemistry including the core areas of organic, biochemistry, analytical, and computational. The students will work closely with one of twelve UC faculty members participating in the participating who all have extensive experience in working with undergraduate students. In addition, a faculty member from an HBCU will be brought to UC each summer to collaborate on research and serve as an informal mentor to the REU students. An active educational program will develop research and professional skills in the REU students and prepare them for their future careers. Educational activities will include hands-on enhancement of research skills, resume writing and interviewing, workshops on career options and planning, and discussions of issues of overarching importance in science. With institutional support from the University of Cincinnati, all participants will be given the opportunity to attend and present their research results at the ACS national meeting in the spring following their REU summer experience.