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Summer Opportunities For Mathematics Majors |
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Summer Opportunities For Mathematics Majors |
| Doug Meade with recent undergraduate award winners |
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The principal summer research opportunities for undergraduates are REUs: Research Experiences for Undergraduates. These are programs hosted at universities and colleges around the country and most are supported by the National Science Foundation. In order to participate in an REU, the interested student must apply to the host institution in the Fall or early Spring before the summer of the REU. REUs typically run 6 - 8 weeks in the months of June, July, or August. Each REU consists of 6 - 10 undergraduates from a variety of institutions in the United States and abroad. A group of 1 - 4 faculty members from the REU host institution, sometimes assisted by graduate students, direct the REU students on research projects. Students get background on the projects in the first week or two. This is done by attending lectures Do some groundwork before you apply to an REU. Most REUs have web pages with application instructions and a list of proposed research topics. Find out which other students and which faculty (if any) have attended REUs in the past. Their input can be valuable. Faculty may also have connections to the organizers of certain REUs. Learn More About REU's from the American Mathematical Society REU Information from the National Science Foundation Mathematics REU sites from the National Science Foundation
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