{"id":2798,"date":"2025-09-08T15:14:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/?page_id=2798"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:16:04","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/programs\/reu\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"REU Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2798\" class=\"elementor elementor-2798\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4858119 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4858119\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856da5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"856da5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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menu-item-2647\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/facilities\/thermal-lensing\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Thermal Lensing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7addfd2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7addfd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8103f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8103f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">REU Awards<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6810f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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