The Department expects to support up to 10 undergraduate mathematicsmajors for a research program each summer.This program will require the students to be oncampus for a total of 8 weeks during the summer period, where that total period of time couldbe split into two or three shorter periods, if approved.The participating students will receivegrants of $4,000 apiece for the summer period, to help cover their living expenses during theprogram.The goal of this program is to provide mathematics majors with the opportunity forreading and study in some areas of mathematics that are not part of the regular program ofcourses offered by the Department.Students will work under the direction of afaculty member in the Department.Ideally, this would be an opportunity for aparticipating student not just to learn a body of mathematics but also to engage in someindependent investigation.A student interested in applying to participate in this program mustfind a faculty member in the Department who agrees to be the student’s adviserfor the period of the program.Before the beginning of the summer program, the adviser, inconsultation with the participating student, will outline a program of reading and study in atopic of mutual interest.The faculty adviser will meet with the student regularly during thesummer.The organization and conduct of each individual student’s program will be up to theindividual faculty members involved and could vary considerably with the topic and the goal setfor the student.Participating students will be required to submit a short paper summarizingtheir summer research activities at the end of the program to the chair of the Department (in care of Scott Kenney) by September 15, 2012.(This may be a paper to besubmitted for publication; alternatively, it could also be a detailed summary of the student’saccomplishments during the course of the program.)
Students interested in applying to participate in this program should submit an outlineof the proposed activities for the following summer to the Math Department Chair’s Office(i.e., Scott Kenney, Department Manager: Fine 302) by April 16th.Student proposals shouldexplicitly indicate the general topics to be pursued and the periods of time that the studentexpects to be in Princeton over the summer, accompanied by a note of approval and supportfrom the faculty member who has agreed to be the student’s adviser.This program is onlyavailable to mathematics majors (i.e., students must be either a junior or a senior in the fallfollowing the summer program).In exceptional circumstances, majors from other departmentsmay be accepted to the program if they have an adviser from the Department anda research program that is essentially on a mathematical subject.Preference will be given tothose students who have not already had one summer of participation in this program.
Those students whose applications are accepted will be notified by April 30th.Studentswill be responsible for making their own on‐campus housing and living arrangements for theperiod of the summer program.
Faculty advisers should be willing to meet regularly with their advisees during thecourse of the program previously agreed upon and should submit to the department chair atthe end of the program a brief report of the student’s performance.