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Superior Energy-efficient Materials and Devices

Center 7 of the Joint University Microelectronics Program JUMP 2.0

Research Experiences for Undergraduates – REU at SUPREME

REU Application for 2025

https://etap.nsf.gov/award/7343/opportunity/9869

Application opens: November 26, 2024

Application closes: February 6, 2025

The SUPREME Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) will be managed by the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) integrating closely related programs and hosting students at two sites, Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Applicants may indicate their program/site preference (or both) and their technical areas of interest on the application, e.g., microelectronics. To the extent possible, all participants will be considered as one cohort.

Details:

  • The program will run for 10 weeks from the first week of June through the second week of August. Applicants must be available the entire period from June 2 through August 9, 2025.
  • Participants will receive a $7,000 stipend, plus housing and reasonable travel expenses. The program covers all reasonable research expenses. Full participation in the ten-week program—trainings, convocations, final reporting, and program evaluation—is mandatory. The program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are undergraduates at U.S. universities. Graduated seniors are not eligible.
  • Applications will be accepted until Feb. 6, 2025. Applications will require personal statement, transcript, and 1 reference letter.
  • We encourage applications from students in 4-year institutions as well as community colleges, including those with limited research experience. 

Additional information about the program and requirements can be found here: CNF Research Experiences for Undergraduates.

Background:

SUPREME, the Center for Superior Energy-Efficient Materials and Devices together with the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) have been awarded $549,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand their education and outreach programming.

Prof. Grace Xing, Center Director of SUPREME, shares on behalf of all SUPREME PIs “We are excited on partnering with NSF through this REU Site to broaden participation of young talents in the pursuit of future electronic materials and devices.”  REU participants will gain valuable skills in cleanroom and semiconductor technologies, exposure to latest microelectronics research, as well as networking opportunities via direct interactions with semiconductor industry liaisons and the SUPREME Annual Meeting. The mentoring also includes professional development via workshops and talks on ethics in research, effective presentation and writing, intellectual properties and entrepreneurship, career paths, and students become part of the network of JUMP 2.0 Centers and the wider SRC research community.

The award is supporting Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at Cornell University & the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2025 through 2027 by establishing the new REU Site: Summer Research Program at SRC JUMP2.0 SUPREME (grant no. EEC-2349310). Each year, the 10-week program will host 10 REU students (five at Cornell and five at MIT) who will participate in semiconductor research in cutting-edge cleanroom facilities. Students’ individual research projects will align with latest research for future microelectronics applications at SUPREME a Center of the Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0) of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC).