REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities in Biophysics

该奖项支持密歇根大学（UM）生物物理学本科生研究经验（REU）网站。该网站每年将支持7名学生进行为期10周的暑期研究。该网站将为新生提供物理、化学、数学和生命科学交叉领域的跨学科研究体验。澳大生物物理学专业是美国为数不多的独立生物物理学专业之一，旨在促进多学科研究，提供跨学科的本科和研究生教育。生物物理学是一个非常多样化的领域，它跨越并整合了通常分配给数学、物理、化学、生物或工程科学的实验和理论工作。由于生物物理学中可能的研究经历范围很广，一些学生可能没有意识到生物物理学的智力多样性。该网站制定了一项活动计划，主要侧重于研究经验，但同时为学生提供了子学科的简明概述，以便学生能够体验这一跨学科学科的气息。该计划的核心部分包括研究经验，学生将与符合他们兴趣的研究人员和实验室一起参与创新的科学探索。这一核心将通过每周的研究研讨会和讲习班来增强，使他们接触到其他相关的研究课题。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Biophysics at the University of Michigan (UM). The site will support seven students for ten weeks of summer research each year. The site will provide incoming students with an interdisciplinary research experience at the intersection of physics, chemistry, mathematics and the life sciences. The Biophysics Program at UM is one of few standalone biophysics programs in the US, created to foster multidisciplinary research and provide interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate education. Biophysics is a very diverse field that spans and integrates experimental and theoretical work that is customarily assigned to mathematical, physical, chemical, biological or engineering sciences. Because of this wide scope of possible research experiences within Biophysics, some students may not realize the intellectual diversity of Biophysics. The site has developed an activity plan that focuses primarily on the research experience, but at the same time provides students with a condensed overview of sub-disciplines so that the student can experience the breath of this interdisciplinary discipline. The core component of the program consists of research experiences where the students will participate in innovative scientific exploration with researchers and labs that match their interest. This core will be augmented by weekly research seminars and workshops to expose them to other relevant research topics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.