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.

该项目每年将支持6名本科生在智利拉塞雷纳的NSF设施进行为期10周的研究体验。学生们将在NSF国家光学红外天文研究实验室（NOIRLab）庞大而多样化的科学工作人员的专家监督下开展有意义的研究项目。学生们将有第一手的经验与NOIRLab的国家的最先进的望远镜和仪器在现场。参与者还将参加文化活动，包括实地考察和与智利同行的互动，这些活动来自为智利学生提供研究经验的PIA项目。这些学生将广泛招募，来自美国各地和波多黎各，来自规模和类型不同的机构，特别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，涉及天体物理学前沿的主题和技术，包括银河系结构，星星团和矮星系，星星形成，星际介质，时域和大数据集。学生将接受由拉塞雷纳NOIRLab工作人员提供的专业发展培训。该培训将包括职业道德、科学工作介绍、机会和职业道路（包括学术界内外）以及成功求职面试的策略。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。