REU Site: Research Experience in Optical-Infrared Astronomy at NOIRLab in Chile

该项目将每年支持6名本科生在智利拉塞雷纳的NSF设施进行为期10周的研究体验。学生们将在国家科学基金会国家光学-红外天文学研究实验室(NOIRLab)的专家监督下开展有意义的研究项目，该实验室拥有庞大而多样的科学工作人员。学生们将在现场亲身体验NOIRLab最先进的望远镜和仪器。参与者还将参与文化活动，包括实地考察和与智利同行的互动，该项目为智利学生提供研究经验。这些学生将从美国和波多黎各的不同规模和类型的机构中广泛招募，特别是那些通常不提供研究经验的机构。学生项目将主要利用科学就绪的数据产品，涉及天体物理学前沿的主题和技术，包括银河系结构、星团和矮星系、恒星形成、星际介质、时间域和大型数据集。这些学生将接受拉塞雷纳NOIRLab工作人员提供的职业发展培训。这项培训将包括职业道德，科学工作的介绍，机会和职业道路(学术界内外)，以及成功求职面试的战略。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will support six undergraduate students per year for a 10 week research experience at NSF facilities at La Serena in Chile. The students will carry out meaningful research projects under the expert supervision of NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) large and diverse scientific staff. The students will have first-hand experience with NOIRLab's state-of-the-art telescopes and instrumentation at the site. Participants will also engage in cultural activities involving field trips and interactions with their Chilean counterparts from the Practice en Investigation en Astronomia (PIA) program, which offers research experiences for Chilean students. The students will be recruited broadly, from across the US and Puerto Rico, and from institutions that are diverse in size and type, especially those that do not commonly offer research experiences.The student projects will primarily make use of science-ready data products and involve topics and techniques at the forefront of astrophysics, including Galactic structure, star clusters and dwarf galaxies, star formation, the interstellar medium, time domain, and large data sets. The students will receive professional development training provided by the staff at NOIRLab in La Serena. This training will include professional ethics, presentation of scientific work, opportunities and career paths (both in and out of academia), and strategies for successful job interviews.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.