REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics for Women and Minorities

该奖项旨在支持芝加哥大学物理系本科生研究经验（REU）项目的更新。这个项目的独特之处在于，它的目标是特别吸引女性和在物理界代表性不足的少数群体成员。申请在全国范围内进行，重点是历史上的黑人学院和传统的女子学院。该项目的核心是每个学生在芝加哥大学一名教员的指导下完成一个明确的为期10周的暑期研究项目。项目分布在：高能、宇宙射线和天体物理学、广义相对论、凝聚态物理、非线性现象和生物物理学。该计划的结构不仅为选定的实习生提供研究培训，而且还提供强大的同伴互动。它使他们成为对科学感兴趣的形形色色的人的一员。此外，每年夏天还有为期十周的非正式指导、指导和职业咨询。学生个人研究项目的常规工作，每周由教师安排的两次讲座，以及到费米国家实验室、阿贡国家实验室和耶基斯天文台的特别实地考察，以及非正式和正式的社会活动，都将得到加强。非正式的指导和建议由教师成员提供。

This award is to support the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program in the Physics Department at the University of Chicago. This program is distinctive in that it has been targeted particularly at attracting women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the physics community. Applications are solicited nationally with emphasis on historically black colleges and traditional women's colleges. The core of the program for each student is a well-defined 10 week summer research project under supervision of a University of Chicago faculty member. Projects are distributed among: high-energy, cosmic-ray and astrophysics, general relativity, condensed-matter physics, non-linear phenomena and biophysics. The program is structured to provide the selected interns not only with research training, but also with strong peer interactions. It allows them to be part of a cohort of diverse individuals interested in science. In addition, there is informal instruction, mentoring, and career counseling over a ten-week period each summer. Regular work on the individual student's research project is augmented by two scheduled lectures each week from faculty as well as by special field trips to Fermi National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory and Yerkes Observatory, and by informal and formal social activities. Informal mentoring and advising is provided by members of the faculty.