Additionally, the REU participants will take specially designed short courses in Optics, Lasers and Interaction of Light with Matter. Students in this program will spend 12 weeks in a French laboratory. A similar program in Chemistry is sponsored through the Univ. of Florida . Past project descriptions are summarized on both web pages.
Some travel expenses are also available.
The program is open to all students pursuing majors in science and engineering, but two semesters of Physics and Calculus are required. Participants will be selected on the basis of academic merit, personal references and suitability for the program. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. This program is open to US citizens and permanent residents only. If you can not get your referees to fill out the forms by the deadline, please make sure that you put their name and phone number on your application form, so that we may contact them directly.