{"676470":{"#nid":"676470","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IMS Receives NSF Funding for Education and Outreach Programs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for Matter and Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (IMS) has received $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two education and outreach programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe awards will support the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022\u003EResearch Experience for Undergraduates\u003C\/a\u003E (REU) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/k-12-resources\u0022\u003EResearch Experience for Teachers\u003C\/a\u003E (RET) programs at Georgia Tech. The REU summer internship program provides undergraduate students from two- and four-year programs the chance to perform cutting-edge research at the forefront of nanoscale science and engineering.\u0026nbsp;The RET program for high school teachers and technical college faculty offers a paid opportunity to experience the excitement of nanotechnology research and to share this experience in their classrooms.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis NSF funding allows us to be able to do more with the programs,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/mikkel-thomas\u0022\u003EMikkel Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E, associate director for education and outreach. \u201cThese are programs that have existed in the past, but we haven\u2019t had external funding for the last three years. The NSF support allows us to do more \u2014 \u0026nbsp;bring more students into the program or increase the RET stipends.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the REU and RET programs, IMS offers short courses and workshops focused on professional development, instructional labs for undergraduate and graduate students, a certificate for veterans in microelectronics and nano-manufacturing, and community engagement activities such as the Atlanta Science Festival.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) has received $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two education and outreach programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) has received $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two education and outreach programs. "}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2024-09-03 15:21:02","changed_gmt":"2024-09-03 16:53:18","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674795":{"id":"674795","type":"image","title":"IMG_5911.JPG","body":null,"created":"1725377050","gmt_created":"2024-09-03 15:24:10","changed":"1725377050","gmt_changed":"2024-09-03 15:24:10","alt":"Mikkel Thomas speakers with K-12 Educators during a summer training","file":{"fid":"258358","name":"IMG_5911.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/03\/IMG_5911.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/03\/IMG_5911.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2678130,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/03\/IMG_5911.JPG?itok=Hnmoh9pO"}}},"media_ids":["674795"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E | Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}