NSF Org:	EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Initial Amendment Date:	August 12, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	August 31, 2005
Award Number:	0244074
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Esther Bolding EEC  Division of Engineering Education and Centers ENG  Directorate for Engineering
Start Date:	September 1, 2003
End Date:	August 31, 2006 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$273,750.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$273,750.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2003 = $91,250.00 FY 2004 = $91,250.00 FY 2005 = $91,250.00
History of Investigator:	Linda Schmidt (Principal Investigator) lschmidt@umd.edu Paige Smith (Co-Principal Investigator) Janet Schmidt (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Maryland, College Park 3112 LEE BUILDING COLLEGE PARK MD  US  20742-5100 (301)405-6269
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Maryland, College Park 3112 LEE BUILDING COLLEGE PARK MD  US  20742-5100
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	NPU8ULVAAS23
Parent UEI:	NPU8ULVAAS23
NSF Program(s):	EWFD-Eng Workforce Development
Primary Program Source:	app-0103  app-0104  app-0105
Program Reference Code(s):	9178, 9250, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	136000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.041

ABSTRACT

0244074 Schmidt

This award funds a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Maryland College Park for 10 students each year for a ten-week summer research experience. The program will be structured to enable participants' flexibility in applying their intellectual interests to a variety of different research topics. Students will be a part of teams. A team will consist of four undergraduates conducting research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, a graduate student, and an advanced undergraduate student familiar with the faculty member's research. The research conducted will be in the field of the faculty member's own area of interest and expertise. The program is specifically design to improve the number of female students choosing graduate study in preparation for a career in research in a field of science or engineering. The program will recruit junior-level and senior-level students majoring in the physical sciences or engineering and build on a previously funded NSF Award (NSF Grant No. 0120786), "Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)" designed to create supportive research teams of primarily female students to address the national need to increase participation of students from population groups underrepresented in research fields in science and engineering.

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