REU Site: Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance

这个建议是一个更新的REU站点，将向学生介绍太阳和空间物理的真实研究。课程将以为期一周的暑期课程开始，内容涉及太阳、地球的磁层和大气层、日球层以及日地关系。这周还包括一门科学计算的实践课程和一个小组建设项目。在剩下的九周时间里，学生们将在科罗拉多州博尔德市参与研究机构的科学家导师的指导下进行个人研究项目。课程结束时，每个学生都要做20分钟的口头报告，以及他们的研究成果的海报或手稿。学生们学会独立从事前沿研究，并有效地交流他们的成果。除了研究之外，每周的专业发展课程还教授学生关于科学领域的职业选择、申请研究生院、道德和骗子综合症、制作简历和科学交流（演讲、海报、提案和手稿）。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This proposal is a renewal REU site that will introduce students to authentic research in solar and space physics. It will begin with a one week summer school on the Sun, the Earth’s magnetosphere and atmosphere, the heliosphere, and the Sun-Earth connection. This week also includes a practical course in scientific computing and a cohort-building group project. The students will spend the remaining nine weeks working on individual research projects guided by scientist mentors from the participating institutes in Boulder, Colorado. The program concludes with each student giving a 20 minute oral presentation of their work as well as a poster or manuscript of their findings. The students learn to work independently on cutting-edge research and to communicate their results effectively. In addition to research, weekly professional development sessions teach the students about career options in science, applying to graduate school, ethics and impostor syndrome, creating a CV, and scientific communication (talks, posters, proposals, and manuscripts).This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.