Stone Laboratory - Research for Undergraduates Recommendation Form 2026

This form should be filled out by the recommender on behalf of students applying for the 2026 Stone Lab Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship. The deadline to submit this form is 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on February 25, 2026.

References will not receive an automatic email with recommendation instructions but there are suggestions on the REU FAQ page.

For more information on the program, see the REU website or
contact Dr. Justin Chaffin at chaffin.46@osu.edu or 419-285-1845.

Reference Contact Information
Your Name Your Name First Last
Your Email (Please use work email, not personal)
Your Phone Your Phone - ### - ### ####
Your School/Company
Your Title/Position
Your Department
Student Information

Enter the name of the student you are completing this form for:
Student Name Student Name First Last
Student Email
Please rate the applicant on the qualities listed below to the best of your ability.


	Exceptional	Good	Fair	Poor	Unable to judge
Academic effort	Academic effortExceptional	Academic effortGood	Academic effortFair	Academic effortPoor	Academic effortUnable to judge
Integrity	IntegrityExceptional	IntegrityGood	IntegrityFair	IntegrityPoor	IntegrityUnable to judge
Work habits	Work habitsExceptional	Work habitsGood	Work habitsFair	Work habitsPoor	Work habitsUnable to judge
General motivation	General motivationExceptional	General motivationGood	General motivationFair	General motivationPoor	General motivationUnable to judge
Leadership	LeadershipExceptional	LeadershipGood	LeadershipFair	LeadershipPoor	LeadershipUnable to judge
Initiative	InitiativeExceptional	InitiativeGood	InitiativeFair	InitiativePoor	InitiativeUnable to judge
Ability to work with others	Ability to work with othersExceptional	Ability to work with othersGood	Ability to work with othersFair	Ability to work with othersPoor	Ability to work with othersUnable to judge
Ability to work independently	Ability to work independentlyExceptional	Ability to work independentlyGood	Ability to work independentlyFair	Ability to work independentlyPoor	Ability to work independentlyUnable to judge
Maturity	MaturityExceptional	MaturityGood	MaturityFair	MaturityPoor	MaturityUnable to judge
Writing skills	Writing skillsExceptional	Writing skillsGood	Writing skillsFair	Writing skillsPoor	Writing skillsUnable to judge
Critical thinking skills	Critical thinking skillsExceptional	Critical thinking skillsGood	Critical thinking skillsFair	Critical thinking skillsPoor	Critical thinking skillsUnable to judge

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Stone Laboratory - Research for Undergraduates Recommendation Form 2026

Stone Laboratory - Research for Undergraduates Recommendation Form 2026

Reference Contact Information

Student Information

Please rate the applicant on the qualities listed below to the best of your ability.