Application
Application for the summer 2012 Summer Research Programs in Chemistry at Penn State.
The Summer 2012 application is now closed.
Completed applications are due February 29th.
The main criteria for selection will be the student's academic record and letters. We will also take into account the student's enthusiasm for chemistry, and interest in career goals related to energy research. The main aim to the selection process is to identify students who are well qualified, who have a keen interest in chemistry and energy-related research and who want to find out whether a career in chemistry research is right for them.
Instructions:
If you have read the requirements and are eligible to apply, there are two steps. Please:
1) create a friends of Penn State account at: https://fps.psu.edu/mkuser/index.html
2) following the directions below, complete the on-line application (application is now closed for 2012)
- the same application is used for the NSF REU and 3M programs
- indicate two faculty members from whom we will request recommendations (please do not send these separately). We recommend that these letters be from your faculty advisor and a chemistry professor.
- indicate the project(s) in which you are interested in the statement of research interests
- send an official transcript by regular mail to:
Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
c/o The Department of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
104 Chemistry Building
University Park, PA 16802 - note the deadline date of February 29
- Indicate your first, second and third choice of research project on the application form
- after submitting, you may log back in at any time to check the status of your application
