REU Site: BU-PRO: Boston University Physics Research Opportunities

该奖项更新了对波士顿大学本科生研究经验（REU）网站的支持。该网站将支持十名本科生从BU以外的每一个夏天的十个星期的研究在物理学的各种主题。该计划旨在为处于教育关键点的学生提供有意义的研究经验，这些经验以物理学为基础，但与其他物理科学有着密切的联系，包括电气，机械和计算机工程，材料科学和化学。具体内容将包括1）与同行和高级科学家在特定项目上的小组工作的研究经验; 2）在文化，方法和科学研究伦理方面的指导;和3）为未来的职业生涯做准备，他们将与来自广泛背景的同事互动：知识、教育、地理和文化。参与者的核心经验将是在个别研究小组内进行指导性研究。这些小组的兴趣涵盖了学术物理学的研究范围：从粒子物理学到生物物理学，再到凝聚态和材料物理学，再到光学物理学和光子学。领导这些研究小组的教师都是处于职业生涯不同阶段的杰出学者，但都有指导本科生的经验。精心组织的全体会议活动将通过发展对学生、研究人员和专业人员在广泛的潜在未来职业生涯中的发展至关重要的技能和能力来补充个人的研究经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This award renews support for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Boston University, BU-PRO. The site will support ten undergraduate students from outside BU per summer for ten weeks of research in various topics in physics. The program aims to give students at a critical point in their education meaningful research experiences grounded in physics but with strong links to other physical sciences, including electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering, materials science, and chemistry. The specific components will include 1) research experience working in groups with peers and senior scientists on specific projects; 2) instruction in the culture, methods, and ethics of scientific research; and 3) preparation for a future career in which they will be interacting with colleagues coming from a wide range of backgrounds: intellectual, educational, geographical and cultural.The core of the participants' experience will be mentored research within individual research groups. The groups' interests span the range of research in academic physics: from particle physics to biophysics to condensed matter and materials physics to optical physics and photonics. The faculty leading these individual research groups are distinguished scholars at various stages of their careers, but all have experience mentoring undergraduates. Carefully structured plenary activities will complement the individual research experiences by developing skills and competencies important to thriving as students, as researchers, and as professionals in a wide range of potential future careers.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.