NSF REU SITE: The Language of Science and the Science of Language

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Note: this opportunity encourages applications from community college students.

Description:
The Language Sciences Research Lab is running a 8-week PAID summer research program for undergraduate students interested in LANGUAGE. This program is a hands-on program that requires 35 in-person hours each week. During this program you will:

• Conduct research with mentorship from OSU faculty members.

• Learn how to communicate about research and language science with professionals and the public.

This program does not take place on the Ohio State University Campus. Most of your time will be spent at COSI, a public science museum in Columbus, Ohio, or at the STEAM Factory (400 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH), an OSU-sponsored co-working space near COSI.

The Language Pod is an interdisciplinary research laboratory that operates inside of COSI, a public science museum in Columbus, Ohio.The Pod has two primary goals:

-To conduct research in linguistics, psychology, speech and hearing science, and other related fields through recruitment of the public at COSI.

-To educate and perform outreach demonstrations for museum guests that teach about language science and the work we do as language scientists.

For this program, students get the opportunity to engage in both of these aspects of the lab’s work. For your research experience, you will be assigned an OSU faculty member or graduate student and their advisor, as a mentor. You’ll work on an existing research project with them. At the end of the program, you’ll prepare and present a talk on the work.


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This program is funded by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)


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