TEST-2025 UT Austin Astronomy NSF REU Program
TEST-2025 UT Austin Astronomy NSF REU Program
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We are pleased to announce that theUT Austin Astronomy NSF REU ProgramFrontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st Century (PI: Dr. Shardha Jogee)will run in Summer 2025 for ten weeks from Saturday May 24/2025 to Saturday August 02/2025 This is the seventh summer of our NSF REU program and we look forward to welcoming a diverse motivated highachieving group of eight scholars.The program involves a synergistic collaboration between theUT Austin Astronomy DepartmentMcDonald Observatory theTexas Advanced Computing Center and theCollege of Natural Sciences.
A supportive and cuttingedgeastronomy research environmentwhere they will have the opportunity to conduct research in frontier areas of astronomy includingstar formation planetary systems science (the Solar System exoplanets) stellar astrophysics black holes galaxy evolution dark matter dark energy cosmology and instrumentation.
Research Supervision and Broad Mentorship:REU students enjoy research supervision from internationally recognized faculty research scientists and postdocs. The REU director also meets students regularly for broad mentorship and professional developments activities. Additionally graduate students provide informal mentorship.
Professional Development:We provide a wide variety of professional development and mentoring activities These typically include python coding guidance to navigate the science landscape science communication (posters talks and papers) LaTeX workshops to write research notes and conference papers an overview of STEM careers an overview of how to apply for graduate programs empowerment activities and an endofprogram research symposium.
An observational astronomy modulein the Department on the UT Austin campus followed by a fully fundedobserving trip toMcDonald Observatory(if pandemic health and safety protocols allow a visit to the observatory).
Access to theTexas Advanced Computing Centerfor modern computing techniques that drive Big Data analytics and numerical simulations
- Financial and Logistical Support:Our REU program provides very generous financial and logistical support. We cover the cost of roundtrip travel from the students home institution or residence in the USA to the UT Austin campus oncampus housing background checks gym fees poster printing as well as a round trip to McDonald observatory (if pandemic health and safety protocols allow a visit to the observatory). We also provide an allowance of $800 per week (which includes the NSF stipend of $700 and an additional supplement) for ten weeks. This allowance is used to cover meals and other expenses. In addition we also provide funds for REU students to attend a future professional meeting (e.g. the AAS meeting) to present their research results from our REU program.
- PostREU mentorshipand funding to attend a future professional meeting(e.g. the AAS meeting) to present their results.
- The vibrant and diverse city ofAustinwhich is home to eclectic and cosmopolitan music art culture and food and outdoor activities (e.g. hiking cycling rock climbing and kayaking on Lady Bird Lake).
Eligibility:As per NSF rules eligible applicants must be a U.S. citizen U.S. national or permanent resident. Applicants must already be enrolled as an undergraduate student (outside UT Austin) at the time of applying to our REU program and must have a graduation date of April 2026 or later. The UT Austin Astronomy NSF REU Summer 2025 program will run for ten weeks from Saturday May 24/2025 to Saturday August 02/2025 andonly students who can commit to participating in person in all ten weeks of the program are eligible for admission. We especially encourage applications from students who are from institutions with limited research opportunities or/and are from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in STEM (e.g. firstgeneration college students Pell grant recipients students with disabilities U.S. veterans gender minorities and racial/ethnic minorities including African Americans Hispanics American Indians Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders).
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Part-Time
