REU Imaging in the Physical Sciences Application

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1 REU Imaging in the Physical Sciences Application Status: Applications for are now being accepted. Download this form and complete it following the instructions below. Dates: Applications due February 11 th, 2015, candidates will begin to be informed by March 11 th The Program: The Imaging in the Physical Sciences Research Program is a 10- week research experience from June 7 to August 14, 2015, including a research project in a specific lab, housing on the RIT campus (if required), research development experiences (paper writing, giving presentations, etc.) and the opportunity to travel to a national conference to present research results. All participants will have the opportunity to interact with the whole research community of the Center for Imaging Science. If you arrived here from elsewhere, please read the information available at before completing this application. Frequently Asked Questions I am not a U.S. citizen. Can I still be selected for this program? This program can only support students that are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Do my recommenders have extra time to get their letters to you after the deadline? What about transcripts from my school? Yes to both. It is essential that your applications is completed by February 11th, but we will continue following up for additional materials that we require beyond that date. How do my recommenders get their letters to you? You can EITHER 1) attach PDF letters from your recommenders to this form before you submit it to us, or 2) ask them to their PDF letter to ritreu@cis.rit.edu BEFORE February 21, You will be informed via when your application is complete. Do I have to obtain an official transcript? Official transcripts are preferred, but an unofficial transcript printed from your schools online system will also be accepted, but we may ask for further verification. Please ask that they be submitted in PDF format where

2 possible. My school will only mail out official transcripts, what should I do? You will indicate on the application how your additional materials (transcript, letters, resume, and essay) are being submitted. They may be submitted by to ritreu@cis.rit.edu, appended to this PDF form as additional PDF pages, or (if necessary) mailed in. See the instructions below. Instructions for submitting your application: 1. Complete the sections on the PDF form below. Items with red asterisks are required. 2. Save the completed PDF form on your computer, and rename it using your first initial and last name, such as: TSmithRITREU2015.pdf 3. Prepare your resume, career, and life experiences essays as separate documents, convert them to PDF format, and rename them in a similar fashion: TSmithResume.pdf, TSmithCareerEssay.pdf, TSmithLifeEssay.pdf 4. these files to: ritreu@cis.rit.edu 5. Any files that must be mailed should be sent to: Dr. Roger Dube, 2104 Center for Imaging Science, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY Arrange to have your recommenders their letters to ritreu@cis.rit.edu using the same format but adding their last name: TSmithLetterJones.pdf 7. As an extra check, complete the checklist on the form to be sure you have requested and/or ed the required items. We will notify you as soon as possible once we have received all of your materials. All materials must be received no later than Feb 21 st to get full consideration. If you have any questions, please us at: ritreu@cis.rit.edu. First Name: * Last Name: * Phone: * Example: Citizenship: * US Citizen Permanent Resident Not a US citizen

3 NSF REU funding can only be used to support US Citizens or Permanent Residents. (Optional) Hearing Status: Not impaired Hearing impaired, hard of hearing Deaf Our REU program is able to offer support services for participants who are deaf or hard of hearing. (Optional) Ethnicity: (Optional) Gender: College/University: * Type of college/university: * Community/2 year College (highest degrees are Associates) 4-year College (highest degrees are Bachelors/Masters) PhD Granting University Major/Program of Study: * Graduation Year: * Please use the format 20XX. Please give the year of your expected graduation from college Have you had any research experiences in the past? * I hope to gain my first research experience in this REU program I had opportunities to do research at a college/university while in high school I have had opportunities to work in a research lab, or with a research group, during the school year I have had a previous full time research experience at my college/university I have previously attended a full time research program at a different location Please select whichever apply to you. By "research experience" we mean experiences

4 where you were actively engaged in scientific research, not classroom laboratory experiences or library/internet based research projects. Are you interested in working in any specific lab? * (Check all that apply) I am interested in many/any labs or areas Laboratory for Multi-wavelength Astrophysics (LAMA) Multidisciplinary Vision Research Laboratory (MVRL) Biomedical Imaging Magnetic Resonance Laboratory Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Lab (DIRS) Goniometer of RIT (GRIT) Advanced Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation, and Metrology Laboratory (AOFIM Lab) Optics Agent Based Modeling Laboratory for Advanced Instrumentation Research (LAIR) Space Weather Historic Document Restoration Photo Acoustics Perform Laboratory (Vision) Please tell us the names and s of your recommenders. Ask them to their letters to: ritreu@cis.rit.edu Recommender 1 First Name: * Last Name: * Recommender 2 First Name: * Last Name: * How did you hear about our program? * Please write a one or two paragraph essay describing any life experiences that have shaped the unique qualities, experiences and background that you would bring to the REU program. Attach a pdf to this application. * Please write a one or two paragraph essay describing your career plans, both educational and long-term employment goals. Attach a pdf to this application. *

5 FINAL CHECKLIST: ed files should be sent to ed files should be named in the form: TSmithResume.pdf, TSmithEssay.pdf, TSmithLetter.pdf etc. Mailed files should be sent to: Dr. Roger Dube 2104 Center for Imaging Science 54 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY Your submission once the form is completed: Save this file, append any pdf pages, to address above * Please ask your two recommenders to us their letters per the instructions above. * Please , mail, or arrange to have sent, a copy of your transcript. * Please attach or a copy of your resume. * Please write and a statement of your life experiences that have shaped the unique qualities, experiences and background that you would bring to the REU program ( words). * Please write and a statement of your career and research interests ( words). *