REU Site: Sunshine Institute for the Interaction of Light with Matter

位于佛罗里达州塔拉哈西的佛罗里达州立大学的本科生研究体验(REU)站点奖，支持在2022-2024年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。在这个由化学部和国防部保证计划资助的项目中，参与者从事跨学科的研究项目，重点是光化学、光物理和光谱学。尽管该网站鼓励来自全国各地的学生申请，但该网站强调招收来自佛罗里达州和美国东南部的学生，特别是那些来自研究机会很少的机构和化学领域代表性较低群体的学生。参与者还参加职业发展和道德培训，重点是科学交流和为研究生院或工业职业生涯做准备。他们还将接受化学安全方面的培训。通过独立的研究项目和每周的活动，包括研讨会、研讨会和光化学咖啡馆S，该网站扩大了对STEM的参与，并鼓励在STEM领域追求研究事业。学生们参与对现代科学技术非常感兴趣的实践研究。特别是，旨在促进与太阳能转换、光化学反应、超快光物理事件和光磁效应有关的知识的研究项目。参与者还接受合成化学、各种分析技术和理论方法方面的培训。在REU参与者返回自己的机构后，继续为他们提供项目后的指导；鼓励他们在自己的机构和专业会议上展示他们的工作。该计划将建立在FSU化学和生物化学系通过积极的研究参与培养本科生的长期努力的基础上，这激发了许多学生攻读研究生学位并进入科学和工程领域的职业生涯。该网站由国防部保证计划与NSF REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，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。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Florida State University, located in Tallahassee, FL, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Department of Defense ASSURE program, participants pursue interdisciplinary research projects emphasizing photochemistry, photophysics, and spectroscopy. Although students are encouraged to apply from across the country, the site emphasizes the recruitment of students from Florida and the Southeastern United States, particularly those from institutions with few research opportunities and those part of underrepresented groups in chemistry. Participants also take part in a professional development and ethics training, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school or industrial careers. They will also be trained in chemical safety. Through independent research projects and weekly events including workshops, seminars, and Photochemistry Cafés, this site broadens participation in STEM and encourages the pursuit of research careers in STEM fields. The students participate in hands-on research that is of great interest to modern science and technology. In particular, the research projects that are designed to advance knowledge relevant to solar-energy conversion, photochemical reactions, ultrafast photophysical events, and photomagnetic effects. Participants also receive training in synthetic chemistry, a variety of analytical techniques, and theoretical methods. Continued post-program mentoring is provided to the REU participants after they return to their home institutions; they are encouraged to present their work at their home institutions and at professional conferences. This program will build on long-standing efforts by the FSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in training undergraduates through an active research involvement, which has motivated many students to pursue graduate degrees and to enter careers in science and engineering.This site is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE program in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.