Research experience projects for undergraduates, teachers, community colleges, and K-12 students have increased in recent years. The properly designed and executed projects have the potential to not only expose the participants to the advanced research environment and provide engagement opportunities in exciting scientific activities, but also their positive impacts enhance the project faculty and graduate assistant career developments. This paper describes various planning and management aspects of different research experience programs that target a wide spectrum of audiences from K-12 to undergraduate students. The experiences are described by utilizing the three research experience project director perspectives, including the authors of the paper. The discussions identify best practices in the design of research experience programs and effective engagement approaches for the participants, graduate assistants, faculty members, and administrators for superior program achievements.
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