Details of Program
 

Research Groups at OU 
 

Application Materials
 

Details

We will begin to review applications and offer fellowships by February 15. To have the best opportunity to participate in the program, we strongly encourage you to have your application complete by that time. However, we will review all applications sent until positions are full, and will always consider new applications from strong candidates or those from under-represented groups in physics. The application form may be obtained below.

For the summer REU program, a site grant from the NSF plus funds from the state of Oklahoma as well as internal funding from OU will support about 15-20 students in a program of research, educational and social activities during the summer. Students accepted into the program will be directly involved in the on-going research of our own Physics and Astronomy faculty. In addition, we are arranging a twice weekly series of lunchtime seminars with faculty, OU students and post-docs. These seminars will provide professional development and information about life as a scientist. As the summer progresses the students themselves will be actively involved in presentations and discussion of their own research. Faculty will also give presentations on future careers in Physics and Astronomy. Students will receive undergraduate credit from OU for REU participation. We cover the cost of the tuition.

In addition, social activities and many opportunities to sample cultural and recreational events and facilities around Norman will be arranged. 

Non-OU participants will be housed near campus, two per two-bedroom apartment, in a complex with an on-site pool and tennis courts. Housing expenses will be covered. In the event students do not have their own cars, bus service to campus and nearby commercial centers is readily available. articipants will receive a stipend of $4000 and up to $500 in transportation expenses. OU student participants will receive the $4000 stipend. We typically have about 15-20 undergraduates in the program.

Research at OU:

The University of Oklahoma is a comprehensive research University with over 22,000 undergraduate and graduate students. We are located in Norman: a town of about 90,000 people which is 25 miles from Oklahoma City. The Department of Physics and Astronomy has a full-time faculty of 32, approximately 60 graduate students, and a long history of educating scientists and engineers (the latter through our Engineering Physics program) at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels. Current research in our department is focused in four areas: 

Astronomy/Astrophysics

Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics

Solid State/Condensed Matter Physics

High Energy Particle Physics

Obtaining an application 

• Download a PDF version of the application form.
• Contact us directly: 
The University of Oklahoma
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Norman, OK 73019
(800) 522-0772; (405) 325-3961
FAX (405) 325-7557;
email: reuphy@nhn.ou.edu