Subject: University of Minneosta Materials Research Science & Engineering Center Programs for Native American students Dear LSAMP community, Please see the following REU programs at the University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/REUdescription.php> fellowships are awarded to undergraduates for participation in a ten-week summer program designed to provide unique research experiences, professional development, and increased awareness of materials science and engineering. Each student performs research in one of the four UMN MRSEC Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs):Engineered Multiblock Polymers<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/Research/IRG1.php>, Organic Optoelectronic Interfaces<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/Research/IRG2.php>,Magnetic Heterostructures<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/Research/IRG3.php>, and Nanoparticle-based Materials<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/Research/IRG4.php> IRGs, or one of the various MRSEC Seed<http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/Research/Seed.php> groups. Programs below particularly for American Indian students, and faculty/student pairs: American Indian Undergraduate Research Program. It is essentially the same as our Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, and is run concurrently, but strictly for American Indian students. It is 10 weeks in the summer (housing, travel, and $5000 stipend included) . Deadline: February 15, 2015. <http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/NAdescription.php> http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/NAdescription.php Faculty / Student team program- T his program is similar to the REU and American Indian Undergraduate Research Program (housing, travel, and $5000 stipend included), but involves a faculty member coming to campus with the undergraduate. This has been a particularly effective program with tribal colleges because it helps ease the student in to the research university environment and also helps build collaborations between tribal college and UMN faculty. Faculty can participate 2-10 weeks- stipend is based on time in residence . Deadline: February 15, 2015. <http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/Teamdescription.php> http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/EHR/Teamdescription.php Students in all Physical Science or Engineering/pre-engineering majors are encourage to apply to the undergraduate programs. A ttached is a flyer on the program bas ics. Contact Phil Engen for more information: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 612-626-0798 Regards, Anne cc: Phil Engen -- Anne Hornickel Program Director, North Star STEM Alliance The North Star STEM Alliance<http://www.northstarstem.org/> mission is to broaden the participation of Minnesota’s underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Office for Equity and Diversity | University of Minnesota 162 Appleby Hall | 128 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 P: 612-626-0043 Chair, Minnesota STEM Network; SciMathMN executive committee The Minnesota STEM Network<http://scimathmn.org/mnstemnet/>, an outreach initiative of SciMathMN<http://www.scimathmn.org/>, seeks to work across sectors of business, education, non-profit organizations and communities across Minnesota to address critical issues in STEM education and workforce development. ######################################################################## ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the OU-LSAMP list, click the following link: http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=OU-LSAMP&A=1