REU Site: Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in the Laboratory for Solar And Space Physics at the NASA/Goddard Space Fight Center

提议者计划每年夏天为7名本科生提供机会，让他们积极参与美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心科学与探索理事会的日地探索部的太阳物理研究。这些机会将把NASA实验室多学科环境的优势与致力于教育的研究人员提供的指导结合起来，并鼓励妇女、未被充分代表的少数民族和残疾学生。提案人之前14年管理NSF REU站点的经验使他们能够在美国国家航空航天局（NASA）为对太阳和空间物理学感兴趣的学生建立一个正式的项目，并在美国国家科学基金会（NSF）资助的基础上发展美国国家航空航天局资助的机会。在其作为NSF REU站点存在期间，美国天主教大学（CUA）已经看到250多名学生积极参与了270多个不同的研究机会，许多学生在学年期间继续他们的空间物理研究。该提案将允许CUA为有前途的本科生提供在太阳能和空间物理学方面进行研究的机会，同时与国家一流科学实验室之一的科学家和工程师一起工作。许多参加这个项目的学生成为未来的工程师和科学家，而那些选择其他职业的学生通过对空间科学的重要性有更深的理解，极大地造福了自己和社会。

The proposers plan to provide opportunities for seven undergraduate students each summer to become active participants in solar physics research in the Earth-Sun Exploration Division in the Science and Exploration Directorate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. These opportunities will combine the advantages of the multi-disciplinary environment of a NASA laboratory with the guidance provided by researchers committed to education, as well as the encouragement of women, underrepresented minorities, and students with disabilities. The proposers' previous fourteen years of experience managing an NSF REU site has enabled them to establish a formal program for students interested in Solar and Space Physics at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), and to develop NASA-funded opportunities in addition to those funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). During its existence as an NSF REU site, Catholic University of America (CUA) has seen over 250 students actively participate in over 270 different research opportunities, with many students continuing their space physics studies during the academic year.This proposal will allow CUA to provide promising undergraduates the opportunity to perform research in solar and space physics while working with scientists and engineers at one of the nation's premier scientific laboratories. Many of the students participating in this program become future engineers and scientists, and those who choose other careers greatly benefit themselves and society by having a deeper understanding of the importance of space science.