Summer Opportunities
MRSEC administers a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Each summer, up to ten undergraduate students applicants are selected from a very competitive list to participate in the research programs at the Center for a ten week period. This year we extended this initiative by selecting three teachers who participated in a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program designed to involve high school teachers in research at the Center and to incorporate their research experience into their classroom science curricula.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
With the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience of Undergraduates (REU) program the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Polymers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst offers to qualifying undergraduates interested in obtaining research experience in polymer science and engineering the opportunity to join a faculty-supervised research laboratory in the UMass MRSEC for a ten-week period during the summer of each. The stipend for this program is $3,500 inclusive. In addition to their research responsibilities, REU participants will attend regular weekly meetings and special seminars throughout the summer. Participants are required to write a final report at the completion of the program as well as give an oral presentation.
Application Process and Eligibility:
Undergraduate student
participants supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents
of the United States or its possessions.
A complete application consists of:
- Introductory letter and/or application form
- A one-page resume which includes personal information, a history of your work and laboratory experience and your areas of research interest
- A copy of your official transcript from your undergraduate institution
- One letter of recommendation from a faculty member acquainted with your academic or research performance.
Complete applications must be received by MARCH 1.
Decisions regarding
acceptance of REU applications will be made by APRIL 15.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS
WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
Submit complete applications for consideration to:
Thomas P. Russell, Director
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Polymer Science and Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Contact Gregory M. Dabkowski, (MRSEC Outreach Coordinator) for more information regarding outreach activities.
