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<font size=3>Program Number: 81334<br>
Title:
Research Experience for
Undergraduates
<br><br>
Sponsor: University
of Houston<br><br>
SYNOPSIS: The program is designed to infuse qualified<br>
undergraduates with enthusiasm toward both graduate level education<br>
and a career in research. <br><br>
Deadline(s): 03/29/2010 <br>
Established Date: 11/11/2004<br>
Follow-Up Date: 01/01/2011<br>
Review Date: 03/12/2010<br><br>
Contact: Fritz
Claydon,
Ph.D.
<br><br>
Address: REU
Program Director<br>
Cullen College of Engineering <br>
E421 Engineering Building 2 <br>
Houston, TX 77204-4007 <br>
U.S.A.
<br>
E-mail:
reu@egr.uh.edu<br>
<br>
Program URL:
<a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/reu/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.egr.uh.edu/reu/<br>
</a>
Tel:
<br>
Fax:
713-743-4214 <br>
Deadline Ind:
Receipt
<br>
Deadline Open: No<br>
*See Restrictions for further information. <br><br>
DEADLINE NOTE<br>
Applications will be reviewed on a first-come first-serve basis. The<br>
final deadlines for receipt of all application components is March
29,<br>
2010.<br><br>
Award Type(s): In-Residence<br>
Internships<br>
Research Grants/R & D<br>
Summer<br><br>
<br>
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: <br>
U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)<br>
U.S. Permanent Resident<br><br>
Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S.
Territories)<br><br>
<br>
Appl Type(s): Undergraduate Student<br><br>
<br>
Target Group(s): NONE<br>
Funding Limit: $5,000 <br>
Duration: 9 WEEK(s)<br>
Indirect Costs: Unspecified<br>
Cost Sharing: No<br>
Sponsor Type: College/University<br><br>
<br>
Geo. Restricted: NO
RESTRICTIONS
<br><br>
CFDA#:
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OBJECTIVES: Participants will make important contributions to<br>
the College's ongoing research efforts. During this program,
students<br>
will acquire competence in: Defining a research problem; Learning<br>
modern methods associated with a literature search; Designing<br>
experiments; Acquiring data and performing subsequent analysis;<br>
Preparing and giving reports and presentations; and Writing
proposals<br>
to prepare students for the tasks associated with graduate study and<br>
research. <br><br>
ELIGIBILITY<br>
<p>Participants will be selected from applicants, who will
be<br>
U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who nominally will be
juniors<br>
or seniors in a related science or engineering field, meeting the<br>
academic requirement of a 3.0/4.0 gpa.</p><br><br>
FUNDING<br>
<p>Students selected for participation in this program
will<br>
receive a stipend of $5,000. Students with residence from outside
the<br>
Greater Houston area will receive a travel allowance to offset<br>
transportation costs. Students will stay on campus in an apartment .<br>
(cas)</p><br><br>
KEYWORDS: Nanotechnology
<br><br>
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