REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Miami University

这项本科生研究经验（REU）项目授予位于俄亥俄州牛津市的迈阿密大学，在2024-2027年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。在这个由化学系资助的项目中，参与者将参与广泛的、独立的和合作的化学研究经验，以发展和完善学生的实验技能，提高他们作为研究团队的一部分的工作能力。密集的研究、专业发展和队伍建设的结合将为下一代科学家提供全面的经验，并强烈鼓励他们继续在众多科学领域中的一个领域作为职业。该项目的重点是那些在化学领域代表性不足的学生和/或那些没有机会在本国机构进行研究的学生。学生将从分析化学、生物化学、无机化学、有机化学和物理化学的研究项目中进行选择，其中大多数项目是跨学科的，如生物分析、生物无机、生物物理和纳米技术。学生还将参加一些与专业发展相关的课程，包括研究计划的制定、科学报告、科学伦理、化学和生物化学的职业发展（包括科学政策），以及让学生接触各种工作机会和建立强大的团队的活动。许多本科化学和生物化学专业的学生往往缺乏接触科学研究的职业机会或将批判性思维技能应用于开放式研究的机会。这个项目将提供这些机会。迈阿密大学化学和生物化学REU项目的更广泛影响是促进化学和生物化学研究作为一种职业，特别是对那些在物理科学领域代表性不足的学生。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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Miami University, located in Oxford, OH, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2027. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants will participate in wide-ranging, independent and collaborative research experiences in chemistry to develop and refine students’ experimental skills and enhance their ability to work as part of a research team. The combination of intense research, professional development, and cohort building will provide the next generation of scientists with a well-rounded experience and strong encouragement to continue in one of many areas of science as a career.The project focuses on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Students will choose from research projects in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, with most projects being interdisciplinary, such as bioanalytical, bio-inorganic, biophysical, and nanotechnology. Students will also participate in sessions that will cover a number of topics associated with professional development including the development of research proposals, scientific presentations, ethics in science, careers in chemistry and biochemistry including science policy, and activities to expose students to various job opportunities and to build a strong cohort. Many undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students often lack exposure to scientific research career opportunities or opportunities to apply critical thinking skills to open-ended research. This project will provide those opportunities. The broader impacts of Miami University's Chemistry and Biochemistry REU program is to promote research in chemistry and biochemistry as a career, especially for students underrepresented in the physical sciences.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.