REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Cornell University

康奈尔大学将举办一个关于天文学和行星科学的夏季REU(本科生研究体验)项目。每年夏天，10名学生将在康奈尔大学度过10周，从事空间科学研究。该计划将努力招收不同的群体，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生，来自当地研究基础设施有限的学院和大学的学生，以及学术生涯不同寻常的学生。学生将在一个致力于突破性科学的小型研究小组中工作，参加一系列讲座和研讨会，并参加其他活动，向他们介绍更广泛的科学主题，以及天文学专业职业的性质，以及设计、建造和部署主要设施和任务的过程。研究和专业发展计划将帮助学生了解科学研究的性质和道德，以及成为专业科学家所需的技能和过程。学生们将参加康奈尔大学正在进行的天文学项目，包括卡尔·萨根研究所、北美引力波纳赫兹天文台(NANOGrav)和康奈尔仪器集团LIGO Collaborations。康奈尔大学的行星科学家正在积极参与卡西尼号、朱诺号、欧罗巴快艇、火星科学实验室和火星2020火星车任务。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Cornell University will host a summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy and planetary science. Each summer, ten students will spend ten weeks at Cornell engaged in research in Space Sciences. The program will strive to recruit diverse cohorts including students from underrepresented groups, students from colleges and universities with limited local research infrastructure, and students with unusual academic careers. Students will work within a small research group involved in groundbreaking science, attend a series of lectures and workshops, and participate in other activities that will introduce them to broader scientific topics as well as the nature of professional careers in astronomy and the processes by which major facilities and missions are designed, constructed, and deployed. The research and professional development programs will help students to understand the nature and ethics of scientific research and the skills and process necessary to become a professional scientist. Students will participate in on-going astronomy programs at Cornell including the Carl Sagan Institute, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) and LIGO collaborations, the Cornell instrument group. Cornell planetary scientists are actively engaged in the Cassini, Juno, Europa Clipper, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars2020 Rover missions.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.