With financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Chemistry and the College of Arts & Sciences, a 10 week Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at Oklahoma State University (OSU) for the summers of 2007-2009 has been established. The program director is Barry K. Lavine, and Jeff White and John Gelder are co-directors. Participants will be recruited from institutions with limited research opportunities. Eight students will perform research in nanoscience each year centered on the themes of homeland security, advanced instrumentation, environmental analysis, catalysis, and chemical sensors. There will also be undergraduate research projects that integrate the nanoscience research theme with biotechnology. The linkage between biotechnology and nanoscience coupled with professional development activities will convey to each REU student both the excitement, and interdisciplinary nature of chemical research. REU participants will attend workshops that cover important chemical and material science concepts common to all of the summer research projects. Students will receive training in the use of instrumentation including NMR, X-ray crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, GC-MS and LC-MS. There will be a biweekly seminar series specifically geared to the interest of the participants. REU students will be given the opportunity to present their research informally in weekly group meetings and at a final symposium, where each REU student will give both a poster and oral presentation. Every REU student will also have the opportunity to present their summer research at a National ACS Meeting in the spring following their research experience at OSU.

• Each REU participant will be given a eight-week stipend of $4,200.
• Housing costs on campus will be subsidized for all REU participants who are not from the host institution (OSU).
• Travel expenses will be covered for all REU participants who are not from the host institution (OSU).