REU Site : Appalachian Mathematics and Physics Site

About the REU site

The Department of Mathematics and Physics at Marshall University is proud to host the REU Site: Appalachian Mathematics and Physics Site, an 8-week summer undergraduate research program that will run during Summer 2025. This program focuses on providing research opportunities in mathematics and physics to undergraduate students. Participants will receive a $5,600 stipend, paid housing in the campus dormitories, and a meal plan for the duration of the program.

Dates, eligibility, and deadlines

Dates of REU: 2 June 2025-25 July 2025
Who is eligible?: As per the NSF rules, only US Citizens or Permanent Residents without a bachelor's degree may participate.
Deadline to apply: application for Summer 2025 will open soon

Location

Participants will be housed in a dormitory at Marshall University and be provided a campus meal plan. Housing and the meal plan is 100% paid for by the grant (i.e. it does not come out of the stipend!).

Marshall University was recognized as an R2 research institution in 2019. The faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Physics have a history of involvement in REUs, having hosted an NSA-funded REU in combinatorics in 2016 and being involved in a computational REU that ran in 2010--2014. Marshall University runs a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program and was recently awarded a different REU program in civil and environmental engineering.

All participants will have access to classroom space and computational hardware as-needed, and physics participants will have access to the necessary laboratory equipment to conduct their research. Participants will live in the dormitories of Marshall University and will be provided with a meal plan for the duration of the program. The dormitories are approximately a five minute walk from the two buildings in which research will occur. Marshall University has two libraries that can provide academic resources for participants, as well as additional collaboration spaces. The Memorial Student Center serves as a center point of campus with a welcoming foyer as well as nationally-franchised fast food and coffee shops.

Marshall University is located in Huntington, the second largest city in West Virginia. Its downtown area connects to the western edge of campus, and the city and its surrounding towns are host to numerous artistic and musical events each summer. Local transportation options exist for participants without a car. The Tri-State Transit Authority provides a bus service that connects the university to to local recreation, shopping locations, and restaurants in Huntington. Greyhound provides bus services to other nearby cities such as Charleston, WV and Ashland, KY. Huntington also hosts an Amtrak station with service to distant cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York City.

West Virginia hosts numerous public recreation areas -- for example Beech Fork State park lies ten miles to the south of Huntington while the New River Gorge National Park, the United States' newest national park, lies near Fayetteville, WV, about a two hour drive from Huntington.

Contact for questions

Please contact Dr. Tom Cuchta at cuchta@marshall.edu with any questions about the program.

How to apply

Please fill out the application form here. You will be asked a series of questions and be asked to arrange for one letter of recommendation to be emailed. If you have any questions or concerns with the application, then please direct them to Dr. Tom Cuchta at cuchta@marshall.edu

Projects

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