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Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Physics Summer Research Program Application

Welcome to the web application form for the Physics REU program at Rensselaer. Our program is currently under review for renewal for Summer 2019 funding by the NSF, and we will keep applicants apprised of the status of the proposal. The Rensselaer program is based in Troy, New York, and will run from May 27, 2019 to August 2, 2019. We will consider all applicants, but most strongly encourage students from colleges without graduate research programs and students in STEM under-represented groups to apply.

The first round of offers is anticipated to go out prior to March 1, 2019. For full consideration, students are encouraged to submit all your materials by February 15, 2019, although applications will be accepted until available positions are filled. If you are unable to submit this form on-line, you may include the information, along with your personal statement and transcript, in the body of an e-mail message and send it to Professor Peter Persans, Program Chair.

Please note that all required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

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Last name: *

First name: *

Date of birth (enter in mm/dd/yy format): *

Gender: *

Male

Female

Citizenship: *

U.S. citizen

Permanent resident

Ethnicity: *

Hispanic or Latino

Other

Race: *

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

Other

Decline to answer

Disability (select all that may apply): *

Hearing impairments

Visual impairment

Mobility impairment

Other

None

If you checked "Other" above, please describe your disability here: *

Home or cell phone number (include area code): *

Campus phone number (include area code): *

E-mail address: *

College name: *

Major: *

Home institution's highest degree offered in Physics or related science: *

A.S. or A.A.S.

B.S.

M.S.

Ph.D.

Expected B.S./B.A. graduation date *

Campus / local address: *

Number of college credits completed as of June 1, 2019: *

Number of credits required for a bachelor's degree at your institution: *

Overall GPA (please specify as "out of possible," such as "3.45 / 4.0"): *

GPA in science / math: *

Please provide the name of your health insurance carrier: *

If I am accepted and agree to attend, I will participate for the full term of the REU. *

Yes

* PLEASE CONTACT US PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION IF YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE FULL TERM. *

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Project Subfield Preference

Pick two subject fields in which you would prefer to work this summer.

First preference: *

Second preference: *

In the field below, please rank (first to last, separated by commas, the following research approaches which you would
prefer to practice this summer (Theory, Experiment, Computation):

Research rankings: *

Personal statement and transcript

Using the buttons below, please select and upload the files containing your required personal statement and transcript.

Your personal statement should include a statement of your goals, how this program will help you achieve them, and a description of any special aspects of your background that would make you a good choice for this program.

Attach personal statement file *

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png pdf doc docx.

Attach transcript *

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png pdf doc docx.

Recommendations / References

Please fill in the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of two faculty members or professional scientists who will provide your recommendations. It is your responsibility to ask them to submit their letters by e-mail to Program Chair Peter Persans . Those providing the recommendations should include your name in the subject line of their e-mail message and a short description of their own qualifications.

Reference 1: *

Reference 2: *