How to Apply
for 2025 Summer REU Program
First check out these important details:
- Check the Eligibility
and Practical Details paragraphs on
our REU program home page.
In particular, are our start and end dates, which unfortunately
are not flexible, consistent with the term or quarter schedule at
your university?
- Review the list of Summer
2025 REU Projects. Though these specific projects are
not
cast in stone, most of them will be assigned to REU students more or
less
as described. The project assignment will take into consideration applicants' interests in specific projects.
- Criteria for selection include grasp of basic physics and
mathematics, independence, ability to learn quickly and work with peers
and mentors, initiative, motivation, responsibility, organizational
and communication skills, and suitability for the research project
(e.g., potential in hands-on laboratory skills, programming skills,
etc).
Participants come primarily from physics, astronomy,
and mathematics majors, have outstanding faculty recommendations,
and have strong academical records or potential. Like many other REU programs,
ours is over-subscribed by an order of magnitude.
To apply for our Summer 2025 program:
- Fill out and submit the on-line
application form. Make sure to follow the guideline to write your personal statement.
- Within the application form, submit electronically an unofficial college transcript that includes your Fall 2024 final grades. If you
are selected to participate in this program, you will be asked to submit an official copy of your transcript prior to May 1, 2025.
- Submit recommendations by two faculty members who have agreed to write recommendations on your behalf.
Provide this link
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/reu/faculty_recommendation.html to your references who should submit
their recommendations on-line before the application close date.
Your application is complete with submission of an application form, a copy of
the transcript, and two recommendations. Incomplete appplications will not be
considered.
The last day for receipt of all items is February 17.
The on-line application form and recommendation form should be submitted by midnight (23:59)
Mountain Standard Time on February, 17 when the site will be closed.
We will start to send out our first offers by e-mail in the last week of February,
2025, though it may be a few weeks before our list of REU participants is
finalized. N.B.: If you receive an offer, you will be
expected to either
accept or decline by March 20. Extensions of this deadline
are not possible, so it will be useful for you
to have a clear idea of your priorities, and a realistic grasp of your
opportunities, among the programs to which
you have applied.
We notify all applicants when our program is full.
If you have questions, please check our FAQ page
to see if your questions are already answered there. If not, please direct
your question to: reu at solar.physics.montana.edu