The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, through support from the National Science Foundation, hosts a Research Experience for Veterans (REV) program focused on Sustainable Nanotechnology. The CSN and NSF are eager for student Veterans to participate in research for class credit during the school year.

Additionally, selected participants will have the opportunity to be paid for 10 weeks of summer research in collaboration with one or more principal investigators of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

Each student will be located at one of the participating institutions but will interact with faculty and students at all institutions via in-person and online interactions.

Research Project Examples:

• Synthesis as well as functionalization of novel types of nanomaterials
• Molecular-level interaction of nanomaterials with lipid bilayers
• Influence of surface ligands and nanoparticle bulk composition on uptake of nanoparticles by organisms
• Molecular-level changes induced in organisms by exposure to nanoparticles
• Development and application of methods for in situ characterization of nanomaterials in biological/environmental matrices
• Computational characterization and prediction of SNPs across many scales

Program Highlights:

• Faculty-led seminars on various topics in sustainability and nanotechnology
• Tutorials on job searching in the science & technology sectors
• Tutorials on applying to, surviving, as well as excelling in graduate school
• Also, presentation of your research results and conclusions to other students and faculty
• Activities with other student veterans in the REV program
• Training in cross-disciplinary research linking chemistry with biological science and materials science
• In addition, direct interaction with faculty mentors

Benefits

• Students receive  a $5,000 stipend
• Housing and meals
• Travel expenses to and from the host institution
• Travel expenses to and from the University of Minnesota for an orientation meeting at the beginning of the summer