Award Abstract #0755022
iREU Site: The US/South America REU Site in Chemistry and Molecular Biodiversity
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NSF Org: |
CHE
Division of Chemistry
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Initial Amendment Date: |
April 29, 2008 |
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Latest Amendment Date: |
April 29, 2008 |
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Award Number: |
0755022 |
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Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
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Program Manager: |
Wilfredo Colon
CHE Division of Chemistry
MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
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Start Date: |
May 1, 2008 |
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Expires: |
April 30, 2009 (Estimated) |
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Awarded Amount to Date: |
$126913 |
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Investigator(s): |
Randolph Duran duran@chem.ufl.edu (Principal Investigator)
John Eyler (Co-Principal Investigator) Troy Sadler (Co-Principal Investigator) Adrian Roitberg (Co-Principal Investigator) James Brown (Co-Principal Investigator)
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Sponsor: |
University of Florida
1 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE, FL 32611 352/392-3516
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NSF Program(s): |
OTHER GLOBAL LEARNING & TRNING
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Field Application(s): |
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Program Reference Code(s): |
SMET, 9250, 9183, 9178, 5977, 5913, 5911
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Program Element Code(s): |
7731
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ABSTRACT
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This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), with co-funding from the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), supports a new international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site between the University of Florida (UF) and South America for the summers of 2008-2010. The U.S. program will be under the overall direction of Randolph Duran of the University of Florida (UF) and the South American program under the overall direction of Jose Manuel Riveros of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Duran will be assisted by Adrian Roitberg of UF in the administration and coordination of the U.S. students. Fifteen U.S. undergraduates each summer will travel to either Brazil or Argentina to participate in a twelve week chemistry research program. In Argentina, U.S. students will integrate into research laboratories at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and in Brazil, U.S. students will integrate into research laboratories at one of three locations: the University of Sao Paulo (USP); Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); or the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). This program is set up as a bilateral exchange and through a consortium of South American funding, an equivalent number of Brazilian and Argentinian students will be brought to the U.S. over the 12 week period and fully integrated into domestic REU sites. The U.S. students will each spend the vast majority of their summer in 'science immersion' distributed in groups of 2-4 students per institution. The main scientific focus of the participating laboratories is chemistry or molecular biodiversity. A three-day weekend post-REU meeting and poster session each October after the program ends will be held at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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