Duke University (NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks)
The undergraduate research programme of the NSF Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks (MONET), an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation headquartered at Duke University. Its distributed multi-mentor model connects students to polymer chemistry projects across the centre's partner institutions and laboratories, so taking part does not depend on the research infrastructure of a student's own campus; the centre reports that 90% of participants come from small-research or no-research institutions. Students apply by identifying a senior investigator near them and requesting an interview, so there is no single fixed deadline.