# Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Gravitational Waves

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**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/undergraduate-research-opportunities-in-gravitational-waves/28 "2022-02-07T17:42:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/ask.igwn.org/jonah/32/10_2.png) [@jonah](https://ask.igwn.org/u/jonah)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/undergraduate-research-opportunities-in-gravitational-waves/28/1 "2022-02-07T17:42:27Z")

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There are a lot of opportunities to do research in gravitational waves!

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration includes over 100 institutions! If you are interested in working on gravitational wave research, a great place to start is looking at the [list of LSC institutions](https://my.ligo.org/census.php), and see if they include a school you’d like to attend or can reach easily.

In addition, some schools offer summer undergraduate research opportunities through the NSF funded [REU program](https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu). These tend to be GREAT opportunities, with many expenses covered. To find a program, [search the NSF database of REU sites](https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp). There are lots of ways to search. I found a search for “gravitational” turns up some good options. You could also look for programs in physics or astrophysics.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![herwins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/ask.igwn.org/herwins/32/120_2.png) [@herwins](https://ask.igwn.org/u/herwins)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/undergraduate-research-opportunities-in-gravitational-waves/28/2 "2022-12-29T03:10:30Z")

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I am a final year physics undergraduate from Mauritius, would be super interested in doing a proper dissertation project on using gravitational wave detector data to perform Physics deduction similar to those shown in the talk [Physics of Compact Binary Coalescence by Maya Fishbach (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQIPqcknEig&ab_channel=GWOpenDataWorkshop) given for [GW Open Data Workshop #5 (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTzEMcfPsv9L1mQly59VVEEQo2YTbTx0a). (The talk I found something amazing)

Any options available for someone like me so far where not as much guidance is readily present??  
Thanking in advance