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

化学部（CHE）颁发的这一奖项，支持辛辛那提大学（UC）2008-2010年夏季本科生研究经验（REU）网站的更新。 该REU研究中心将由布鲁斯奥尔特管理，辛辛那提化学系的安娜古蒙兹多蒂尔将协助管理。 这个REU网站将带来九名学生每年夏天到校园进行为期十周的化学前沿研究。 九名学生中的八名将通过NSF资助，每年夏天一名学生将由化学系的约翰·J·亚历山大奖学金基金资助。 招聘计划预计将确定这九名REU学生，所有来自辛辛那提大学以外。 虽然申请将接受来自美国各地，招聘将针对辛辛那提300英里范围内的主要本科院校（PUI）的高年级前化学和生物化学学生，特别关注区域历史黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的少数民族学生。 学生的项目涵盖了广泛的化学研究，包括有机，生物化学，分析和计算的核心领域。 学生们将与十二名加州大学教师之一密切合作，他们都有与本科生合作的丰富经验。 此外，从HBCU的教员将被带到UC每年夏天进行研究合作，并作为一个非正式的导师REU学生。 一个积极的教育计划将发展研究和专业技能的REU学生，并为他们未来的职业生涯做好准备。 教育活动将包括动手提高研究技能，简历撰写和面试，职业选择和规划研讨会，以及讨论科学中至关重要的问题。 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并在他们的REU夏季经验之后的春季ACS全国会议上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.