[Physics opps] FW: SARA REU Summer Intern Program

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-----Original Message-----
From: Edmund Bertschinger 
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:30 PM
To: Nancy E Savioli
Subject: FW: SARA REU Summer Intern Program

Hi Nancy, Our undergraduates may be interest in this summer research opportunity.  Aloha from Hawaii, Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Wood [mailto:wood at wd.astro.fit.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:13 PM
To: Edmund Bertschinger
Subject: SARA REU Summer Intern Program

Dear Astronomy/Physics Department Faculty or Staff:

We're trying to reach as many undergraduate students who would be interested in knowing about our NSF-REU Summer Intern Program as possible.  Could I please ask that you forward this to the undergraduate students in your department?  And if this has reached the wrong person, my apologies, but I would be gratful if you'd help me update my distribution list by replying with the email address that your department would like to receive annoucements in future years.  Thank you very much for your time.

-- Matt Wood, SARA REU Program Director
   Florida Institute of Technology

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Dear Undergraduate Student:

The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy expects to host a "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" program sponsored by the National Science Foundation in the summer of 2012. Each SARA summer intern will work closely with a faculty mentor at one of the 10 SARA universities.  In addition to observing with the SARA 0.9-m telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona, the summer activities will include a number of social events and excursions, as well as workshops on observational techniques data reduction, current events in astronomy, proposal writing, job opportunities in astronomy, and scientific ethics.
Participants will present research results at a final workshop near the end of summer and the proceedings will be published in JSARA: The Journal of the Souteastern Association for Research in Astronomy (see www.jsara.org).

Stipend support for the program is $4500.  Housing is provided and travel to and from the program is supported, as is an observing run at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Please visit our website at 
	          www.astro.fit.edu/sara-reu
for more details and to complete an application.  The deadline for receipt of all materials is February 3, 2012.  Appointments will be announced beginning March 1, 2012. 

The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) is a consortium of 10 universities primarily in the southeastern United States, and students selected for the program may end up working at any one of the 10 institutes:  The Florida Institute of Technology, East Tennessee State University. , Florida International University, The University of Georgia, Valdosta State University, Clemson University, Ball State University, Agnes Scott College, University of Alabama, and Valparaiso University.

Students who have completed their freshman, sophomore, or junior year in college by Spring 2012 are invited to apply (graduating seniors and more advanced students are not eligible).  Applicants are not requried to be majors in Astronomy or Physics, though a demonstrated interest is essential.  Applicants must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents in good academic standing and are expected to have adequate preparation in basic science and math courses.  If you have questions prior to applying and after seeing the online documentation, please contact me.

Matt A. Wood, Professor
SARA NSF-REU Program Director
Dept. of Physics and Space Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL  32901-6975, USA
wood at fit.edu
321-674-7207
www.astro.fit.edu/sara-reu
www.astro.fit.edu/wood