MRCE: Nuclear/High Energy Physics (NuHEP) Research Center of Excellence

本提案的目的是为汉普顿大学核/高能物理（NuHEP）卓越研究中心寻求未来五年的资金支持。长期目标是在核能和高能物理领域保持具有国际竞争力的研究项目。中心于1991年9月与美国国家科学基金会合作成立。该中心已经达到或超过了当时的所有原始目标，并获得了连续电子束加速器设施（CEBAF）和美国能源部（DOE）的额外资助。最初的目标之一是在汉普顿建立一个博士学位项目；这一目标已经实现，该大学现在是该计划的第四个年头，该系共有45名研究生。NuHEP中心与美国和国外的多家学术机构和实验室建立了坚实的合作项目。NuHEP中心已被其他传统黑人学院/大学（HBCUs）以及主要机构用作建立类似项目的典范。核物理学项目在过去12年中发展迅速。已经证明，在汉普顿可以进行高质量的核物理工作。美国国家科学基金会对该中心的重新资助为该中心作为一个高质量项目的智力维持和发展提供了机会。

9633750 Buck The intent of this proposal is to seek funding for the support of the Nuclear/High Energy Physics (NuHEP) Research Center of Excellence of Hampton University for the next five years. The long range goal is to maintain an internationally competitive research program in nuclear and high energy physics. The Center was established in September 1991 through a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The Center has met or exceeded all of its original goals of that time and enjoys additional funding from the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). One of the original goals was to establish a Ph.D. Degree program at Hampton; this goal has been met and the University is now in its fourth year of that program, boasting a total of 45 graduate students in the Department. The NuHEP Center has established solid collaborative programs with a variety of academic institutions and laboratories in the United States and abroad. The NuHEP Center has been used as a model for the establishment of similar programs at other Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs), as well as major institutions. The nuclear physics program has grown rapidly over the past 12 years. It has been demonstrated that high quality work in nuclear physics can be performed at Hampton. NSF renewed funding of the Center offers the opportunity for the Center to maintain and grow intellectually as a quality program.