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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Secretariat Physics and Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL">Dear Amsterdam-based Physicist or Astronomer,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#242424"> </span><b><span lang="en-NL">tl;dr:</span></b><span lang="en-NL"> Please submit your proposals for 1st year projects in June at the following link:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dlEPOf8wkgaq2y"><span lang="en-NL">https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dlEPOf8wkgaq2y</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Deadline:<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b><s>March<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>9th eob</s><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span> March
13 eob</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#242424">Thanks! </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#242424">Joshua, Clara</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">More information</span></u></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">The UvA/VU Physics and Astronomy BSc program wants to<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>make your experimental research activities more visible</b><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>in
its program. You can help out! Help is much appreciated because we need to cater to 100+ students. Please make time and capacity available in your research lab to supervise groups of students (3-5 students per group) in the month of June.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We use a survey form to collect your project data, among which:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">Your name/email</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">Optional: intended (PhD/PD) supervisor name/email</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
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<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt"># students per team </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt"># teams that you could host</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">Optional: upload a<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:black;background:white">scientific (non-review) article</span><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>that students use to prepare.
We will need one later if you don’t provide it now.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">An indication of when the students should be in the lab (e.g. due to your absence for traveling etc).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Please keep in mind: The first-year students like freedom but also need more structure than you may realize. For the project, include: </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">(1) Expected working hours/days (usually 10-17h, total 80 hours lab time from June 2-20, work from home possible, etc) </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">(2) Project goal. Can be: explore open ended question, calibrate sample/machine, extract feature from data, etc. (more details below)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">(3) Supervision strategy: introductory meeting, periodic meetings, group meeting attendance, etc.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#242424"> </span><i><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Project submission form:</span></i><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> </span></span><a href="https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dlEPOf8wkgaq2y"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dlEPOf8wkgaq2y</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">We use the same form as for Research Project.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>The deadline for submission is March<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>9<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>eob</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Even more background and practical information:</span></u></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The students need to work about<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>two weeks fulltime</b> in the lab total, to be distributed over the first three weeks of June. They
will spend the remaining time on training on how to perform teamwork, Github use, poster presentation and video communication. Training on teamwork will be provided by others. It is NOT needed to keep the entire team busy with lab work - they need to also
read literature, make a poster, animation, do data analysis: dividing labor is a skill they need to learn as well.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">In our course, which will run in the month of June ‘24, we aim to train students in (1) the scientific skill of “ownership” (2) team work (3) scientific group attitude (4) poster presentation
and (5) animation. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Example animations from last year: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0ymz1NAeSZ90UjZz_7EjM43v4whHfaD" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0ymz1NAeSZ90UjZz_7EjM43v4whHfaD</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">There is considerable flexibility as to what the students should do. Students can:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Get confronted with a simple experiment and let them describe/rationalize observations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Repeat experiment from a PhD student/postdoc at slightly different settings</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Perform data analysis on a (new) data set with (new) code and perform some systematic study</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Build a necessary component in a slightly different way</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Prepare a sample in a different way (if sample prep is reasonably involved)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">NEW: we also allow projects with more emphasis on data analysis. The students could do mostly coding/numerical work, but there should be a substantial lab experience included.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">In all these tasks, the idea is to<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>spark creativity, curiosity, ownership</b>. The project is best
designed to have a fixed 1-3 day experimental part in the beginning to get going with the activity with something that you know will work. After this initial phase, the students are requested to come up with a research question by themselves, guided by the
supervisor.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>For examples of projects</b>, please see here:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5bltupdeidn2t84fjqfgl/Project_description_examples_appendices.pdf?rlkey=obegmktxgg9zpexk5jktpsrgp&dl=0"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5bltupdeidn2t84fjqfgl/Project_description_examples_appendices.pdf?rlkey=obegmktxgg9zpexk5jktpsrgp&dl=0</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The project phases will consist of the students </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Studying research literature (in April/May, before starting the project), </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Performing some (basic) experiment hosted by a research group in early June</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Presenting the research work in a poster and short video in the last week of June (please save the Thursday if you would like to attend the poster session).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">If this sounds familiar: another approach to expose students to research is via the second year BSc “Research Practicum”, in which students get to interact for one week with a scientist and work
on a suitable project.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>Our course comes before the “Research Practicum”</b> and you are encouraged to participate in both (with the same topic), as the learning goals for both courses differ substantially, and
the same students will not be assigned to the same project. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Note: we have probed the students' interests in research topics with a new updated version of a booklet with very brief topic descriptions. We have grouped the research activities per topic and
will so be able to use these preferences to build the teams. Please find the 2026<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>booklet here:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o26cgp3y7gxydpup2vzoz/First-Year-Booklet-2026.pdf?rlkey=y4wfhspgstf2ieugy1ilrwqe5&dl=0"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o26cgp3y7gxydpup2vzoz/First-Year-Booklet-2026.pdf?rlkey=y4wfhspgstf2ieugy1ilrwqe5&dl=0</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt">Send us your feedback on Booklet if you have any.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#242424">We will make sure that your project gets assigned to students who have
indicated interest in the topic of your project.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a href="mailto:j.a.dijksman@uva.nl"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">j.a.dijksman@uva.nl</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="mailto:c.nellist@uva.nl"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">c.nellist@uva.nl</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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