REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Miami University

本研究经验的本科生（REU）网站奖给迈阿密大学，位于牛津，俄亥俄州，支持10名学生在2024年至2027年的夏天10周的培训。在这个由化学部资助的计划中，参与者将参与化学领域广泛，独立和协作的研究经验，以发展和完善学生的实验技能，并提高他们作为研究团队一部分的工作能力。密集的研究，专业发展和队列建设的结合将为下一代科学家提供全面的经验和强烈的鼓励，继续在许多科学领域之一作为职业生涯。该项目侧重于学生在化学和/或谁没有机会在他们的家乡机构的研究。学生将从分析，生物，无机，有机和物理化学的研究项目中进行选择，大多数项目是跨学科的，如生物分析，生物无机，生物物理和纳米技术。学生还将参加会议，将涵盖与专业发展相关的许多主题，包括研究提案的制定，科学演示，科学道德，化学和生物化学职业生涯，包括科学政策，以及让学生接触各种工作机会并建立强大队列的活动。许多本科化学和生物化学专业的学生往往缺乏接触科学研究的职业机会或机会，将批判性思维技能应用于开放式研究。该项目将提供这些机会。迈阿密大学的化学和生物化学REU计划的更广泛的影响是促进化学和生物化学的研究作为一种职业，特别是对学生在物理科学中的代表性不足。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Miami University, located in Oxford, OH, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2027. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants will participate in wide-ranging, independent and collaborative research experiences in chemistry to develop and refine students’ experimental skills and enhance their ability to work as part of a research team. The combination of intense research, professional development, and cohort building will provide the next generation of scientists with a well-rounded experience and strong encouragement to continue in one of many areas of science as a career.The project focuses on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Students will choose from research projects in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, with most projects being interdisciplinary, such as bioanalytical, bio-inorganic, biophysical, and nanotechnology. Students will also participate in sessions that will cover a number of topics associated with professional development including the development of research proposals, scientific presentations, ethics in science, careers in chemistry and biochemistry including science policy, and activities to expose students to various job opportunities and to build a strong cohort. Many undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students often lack exposure to scientific research career opportunities or opportunities to apply critical thinking skills to open-ended research. This project will provide those opportunities. The broader impacts of Miami University's Chemistry and Biochemistry REU program is to promote research in chemistry and biochemistry as a career, especially for students underrepresented in the physical sciences.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.