REU Site: Research Experience in Optical-Infrared Astronomy at NOIRLab in Chile

REU 站点：智利 NOIRLab 光学红外天文学研究经验

• 批准号: 2349023
• 负责人: Joan Najita
• 金额: $ 27.33万
• 依托单位: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Optical

This project will support six undergraduate students per year for a 10 week research experience at NSF facilities at La Serena in Chile. The students will carry out meaningful research projects under the expert supervision of NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) large and diverse scientific staff. The students will have first-hand experience with NOIRLab's state-of-the-art telescopes and instrumentation at the site. Participants will also engage in cultural activities involving field trips and interactions with their Chilean counterparts from the Practice en Investigation en Astronomia (PIA) program, which offers research experiences for Chilean students. The students will be recruited broadly, from across the US and Puerto Rico, and from institutions that are diverse in size and type, especially those that do not commonly offer research experiences.The student projects will primarily make use of science-ready data products and involve topics and techniques at the forefront of astrophysics, including Galactic structure, star clusters and dwarf galaxies, star formation, the interstellar medium, time domain, and large data sets. The students will receive professional development training provided by the staff at NOIRLab in La Serena. This training will include professional ethics, presentation of scientific work, opportunities and career paths (both in and out of academia), and strategies for successful job interviews.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.

该项目将每年在智利La Serena的NSF设施获得10周的研究经验，每年为六名本科生提供10周的研究经验。学生将在NSF的国家光粉红外天文学研究实验室（NOIRLAB）大而多样的科学人员的专家监督下进行有意义的研究项目。学生将在现场拥有Noirlab最先进的望远镜和仪器的第一手经验。参与者还将从事涉及实地考察的文化活动以及与智利互动的互动，来自“企业调查” EN天文学（PIA）计划，该计划为智利学生提供研究经验。从美国和波多黎各的学生以及从大小和类型上多样化的机构，尤其是那些通常不提供研究经验的机构，学生项目将主要利用科学准备的数据产品，并涉及主题和技术，包括天体物理学的前所未有的主题和技术，包括天体物理学的大型结构，大型群集和巨大的群集，star clusar and dropant arnation sartar and artharf and artharf和数据集。学生将接受La Serena的Noirlab的工作人员提供的专业发展培训。这项培训将包括职业道德，科学工作的介绍，机会和职业道路（包括学术界内外），以及成功的工作面试策略。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估来通过评估来支持的。