Both institutional funds and research grants from foundations and organizations pay students' summer stipends and allow them to travel to professional meetings to present their results. Undergraduates become coauthors on research publications with their mentors.

Into which area do you think you would fit? Running accelerators to study the nucleus? Modeling quantum systems? Understanding neutron stars? Paving the way for new semiconductors? Take a look at some of the past student work on our website and dream about what you could do.