Faculty and Student Teams (FaST)

The Department Of Energy's national program entitled the Faculty and Student Teams Program (FaST) offers faculty and student team appointments for the summer semester.

Selected faculty and student participants will be associated with members of the Brookhaven National Laboratory scientific and professional staff in an educational training program developed to give research experience in areas of chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, nuclear medicine, applied mathematics, high- and low-energy particle accelerators, and science writing.

• Apply to FaST
• More about FaST
• FaST project descriptions
• FaST Financial Info
• FaST eligibility
• FaST key dates - from DOE site
• Info for current FaST participants

Fast at BNL

At BNL, the objective of this program is to build research capacity and other resources for colleges and universities. The program reaches out to faculty and students form institutions that have not done business with DOE-SC and provides them with the tools, knowledge, and resources needed to compete for future research funding.

Selected Faculty and student participants will be associated with members of the Brookhaven National Laboratory scientific and professional staff in an educational training program developed to give research experience in areas of chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, nuclear medicine, applied mathematics, high- and low-energy particle accelerators, and science writing.

A FaST appointment will include features which have been the mainstay of BNL's Undergraduate Summer Programs since 1952:

• You will participate in a cutting-edge scientific research program, directed by a BNL researcher.  The research project is mutually agreed-upon by the faculty and researcher prior to the team arrival at BNL. 
• As a major user facility, BNL attracts visiting scientists and University faculty from across the US and the world.  Like them, you will be treated as colleagues in your research group and a full member of the BNL community - able, as time permits, to attend or take part in scientific seminars, visit major BNL facilities, and interact casually with other undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, researchers, and technical staff, as well as your immediate research group.  You may also participate in a wide variety of recreational activities available to Laboratory employees.
• FaST students will have the opportunity to present their research results verbally and/or in writing; their work will appear at a poster session to which the Laboratory community is invited. Your research paper may appear in the DOE scientific journal for undergraduate students.  Goals of FaST at BNL are to offer a specific learning experience for students, and a sustainable relationship between faculty and BNL researchers for future collaborative efforts. 
• For all non-local students, dormitory-style single-room (air-conditioned) housing will be available on BNL's 5000 acre site.

FaST Administrator at BNL:

Noel Blackburn
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 438, PO Box 5000
Upton, New York 11973-5000
(631) 344-2890
(631) 344-5832 fax

Last Modified: October 2, 2008
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