REU Site: Research Experiences in Astronomy for Undergraduate Students at the Maria Mitchell Observatory

该奖项是为马萨诸塞州楠塔基特的玛丽亚米切尔天文台（MMO）本科生研究经验（REU）站点重新提供资金。REU项目每年将提供给6名合格的申请者，他们将使用各种空间和地面天文观测进行最先进的数据分析。提供的学生项目包括绘制星系间的恒星形成图，揭示隐藏类星体的宇宙，以及了解星系团的结构和演化。MMO REU项目将通过提高学生的研究能力、在科学会议和公共场合展示他们的成果、撰写科学论文以及撰写使用国家和国际望远镜设施的观测建议，对学生的技能和职业发展产生重大影响。迄今为止，已有数百名本科生参加了REU项目，其中绝大多数是女性，其中许多人已经在世界各地的顶尖大学、天文台和其他组织中成为成功的天文学家。事实上，今天大约每20个拥有天文学博士学位的美国女性中就有一个在MMO中获得了形成性的研究经验。因此，该奖项将有助于在美国培养有才华的STEM劳动力。

This award is for renewed funding of the Maria Mitchell Observatory (MMO) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The REU program will be offered annually to six qualified applicants, who will perform state-of-the-art data analysis using a wide variety of space- and ground-based astronomical observations. The student projects on offer include mapping star formation across galaxies, uncovering the universe of hidden quasars, and understanding the structure and evolution of galaxy clusters.The MMO REU program will have a significant impact on the skills and career development of student participants by enhancing their capability to do research, to present their results at scientific meetings and in public settings, to write scientific papers, and to write observing proposals to use national and international telescope facilities. Hundreds of undergraduate students have participated in the REU program to date, the great majority of them women, and many have gone on to successful careers as astronomers at leading universities, observatories and other organizations around the world. Indeed, roughly one of every 20 American women with a PhD in astronomy today acquired formative research experience at the MMO. This award will therefore contribute to developing a talented STEM workforce in the United States.