NSF REU at Trinity

1. Applciation Deadline: March 31, 2008.

2. Basic Information

2.1 Eligibility

Funding is limited to United States citizens or US permanent residents. Women and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.

2.2 Technical Skill

It is expected that you are a computer science or related major with at least one year of courses taken within your program of study. You are also expected to know at least one programming language among Java, C, or C++.

2.3 Commitment

Your application constitutes commitment that, if selected, you will be available to participate in the REU site during the program date (May 26 – August 1, 2008). This means that you will live in the Trinity campus and work full time on the research project for the entire duration of the project.

3. Application

To be considered, you must submit all the application materials by the deadline (March 31, 2008). See here for contact information. The application materials include the following:

The application form. You can send this via email only . A application form is provided here in MS Word or PDF format.

A transcript from your current institution. While official transcripts are preferred, unofficial ones are accepted. We will also accept an electronic version of the transcript. When an unofficial or electronic transcript is sent, we expect that, if selected you or your university will forward us an official transcript by April 25, 2008.

A recommendation letter. This letter should be sent by the faculty directly to us via either email, mail or fax. A recommendation letter form is provided here in MS Word or PDF format.

4. Projects

If selected, you will collaboratively work on one of the four projects with 1 or 2 other students. In the application form, you are asked to give a preference to two projects that interest you the most. To help you make the decision, the description for each project is here.