Monthly Archives: April 2020

Openings in the Rice Astroparticle Lab

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Please find in the attached PDF several openings in the Rice Astroparticle Lab.

Computational Summer Projects in the Rice Astroparticle Laboratory:  Summer2020

People are encouraged to reach out with questions, where project descriptions will be clarified accordingly.  If people want to do a SURF in the Rice Astroparticle Lab, they should speak soon with Prof. Tunnell (tunnell@rice.edu).

Deadline coming up: Rice Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Physics and Astronomy Majors

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[ reminder: deadline coming up soon! ]

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Physics and Astronomy Majors

including the Thomas A. Trombello Award, the Harold E. Rorschach Memorial Scholarship, and the G.C. Phillips Memorial Scholarship for work in the T.W. Bonner Nuclear Laboratory

 

Award will be $5,400 for a nominal 10-week period

Application Due Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 (note: due date moved!)

 

Application materials include:

  1. a cover page listing:
    1. proposal title
    2. your name
    3. your email address
    4. your research advisor
    5. your academic year (freshman, sophomore, junior)
    6. length of time you have worked with the advisor if any
    7. whether you plan to continue this research for a senior thesis if you are currently a junior
  2. a one-page summary outlining the proposed research experience, prepared in consultation with your proposed P&A faculty mentor, including a general overview accessible to a non-specialist, a description of the specific topic you will study and how it connects to the big picture, a description of what you will be doing, and a discussion of what you hope to learn.
  3. an unofficial transcript

 

E-mail all materials to Prof. Geurts (geurts@rice.edu)