2023 Applications Now Open for TREND: Get paid to do physics research at the University of Maryland in Summer 2023

UMD College Park offers TREND, an exciting NSF-sponsored REU (research experience for undergraduates) summer program for physics, mathematics, and engineering students from institutions across the country to collaborate with scientists conducting research in nonlinear dynamics.

Students Receive:

• 10 weeks of mentored research experience in some of the best nonlinear dynamics labs
• Travel funds to UMD and back home
• Housing at UMD for the summer (with ~9 other TREND students)
• $5,400 stipend + $600 food allowance
• $500 for travel after the summer to present your research at a conference
• Community-building with ~9 other undergrad researchers
• Practice and mentoring with oral, visual, written and multimedia communication skills
• Outreach opportunities

Types of Research:

• Biodynamics/Biophysics
• Neural networks
• Chaos
• Lasers
• Photonics
• Plasma dynamics
• Robot dynamics
• Turbulence

…and more. Details here under each mentor group.

How to apply?

Submit (by February 10, 2023):

• Our application form
• At least one letter of recommendation (ask each recommender to send to trend-reu@umd.edu)
• Unofficial transcript (send it to trend-reu@umd.edu)