Dates: June 18 – August 23, 2024

Description: The selected students will be part of Caltech’s WAVE Fellows program. Caltech WAVE aims to foster diversity by increasing the participation of underrepresented students in science and engineering PhD programs and making Caltech’s programs more visible and accessible to students not traditionally exposed to Caltech.Fellows will carry out the work over a 10-week period during the summer and submit two interim reports, a research abstract, and final paper. At the conclusion of the program, students give an oral or poster presentation at one of several WAVE Seminar Days, symposia modeled on a professional technical meeting.

To enrich the research experience, the students are invited to attend the following:

• Weekly seminars by Caltech faculty & JPL scientists and engineers
• An academic and professional development series on developing a research career, graduate school admissions, and other topics of interest to future researchers
• Various social and cultural activities
• Weekly small student-faculty dinners
• Special field trips

Stipend: Selected students received a research stipend of $7100 for 10 weeks, plus a $300 travel supplement

Housing: Campus housing supplement of $2000

Application: Applications are due February 1, 2024. To apply to the program, go to the Application Home Page. In addition, you must ask two faculty members (or others familiar with your academic or work background) to submit two letters of reference. Indicate their names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses in your on-line application where appropriate.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DUE-1741863, AST-1636646, and AST-1836019.