Undergraduate Resources

This is a collection of resources that undergraduate students in the LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaborations (or aspiring to join the LVC) might find helpful to learn about opportunities for internships and graduate programs at LVC institutions.

Summer Research Opportunities in Gravitational-wave Science

Some of the links below are for gravitational-wave specific REUs while others are general physics and/or astronomy department REU programs that include some gravitational-wave projects.

• LIGO Caltech SURF/REU Program, Caltech
• Caltech-wide SURF/REU Program, Caltech
• LIGO Opportunities for Underrepresented Minorities, Caltech
• Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, U. of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• Gravitational Physics International REU, U. of Florida
• Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University
• Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Minorities and Women, University of Chicago
• Leonid Grishchuk Summer Internship in Gravitational Physics, Cardiff University
• Summer Undergraduate Research Programme, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• REU Program in Physics and Astronomy, LSU
• REU in Multimessenger Astrophysics, RIT
• DOE-INFN Summer Students Exchange Program, Italy

Applying to Graduate School

Useful resources for undergraduate seeking to apply to graduate programs in gravitational-wave science. .

• GradschoolShopper- Physics & astronomy graduate school guide
• Graduate programs in gravitational-wave science

REUs in Gravitational Wave Science

• Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, U. of Texas, Brownsville
• Gravitational Physics International REU, U. of Florida
• LIGO REU, Caltech