Im a college astronomy major, and Im interested in doing summer research at the Observatory. Whats available?
The Observatory doesn’t run any programs on its own, but Caltech has an excellent summer program called SURF, which brings students from other schools to campus for 10 weeks to do research with Caltech faculty. To apply for this program, you’ll have to have a specific project mapped out with a particular member of the faculty, so browse the faculty roster and read through the “bluebook” articles and personal webpages to see what sort of research they do, and then contact them directly.
