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STANFORD

Stanford’s Science Technology and Reconstructive Surgery (STARS) Program is a 7-week program for high The 7-week STaRS Internship is for high school and undergraduate students considering careers biomedical and biological sciences. Students must be age 16 or older at the time of the program to apply. Students under 18 will require signed parental consent forms to work in a biochemistry laboratory.  For the 2021 program the program may be virtual or in person.

Levels: High School Students, College Freshmen, College Sophomores, College Juniors, and non Graduating College Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: There are no citizenship restrictions
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: Deadline to Apply: November 30, 2025 11:59 PST 
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University of San Diego

This project aims to provide undergraduate students in the Southern California region with research experiences in Mexico. It is being led by Professor Ryan McGorty at the University of San Diego. 

Students who apply and are selected to participate will receive a $6400 stipend, free travel to and from the research sites in Mexico, and free housing while in Mexico. Students will spend 8 weeks in Mexico conducting research from mid-June to mid-August. Six students will be selected to participate each year, with three students living and working together in Monterrey, MX and three in León, MX. 

Students from the U.S. will conduct research over the summer at either the Center for Research in Advanced Materials (Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, CIMAV) in Monterrey, Mexico or the University of Guanajuato in León, Mexico. Working with research mentors in Mexico and the mentors in Southern California, students will take various approaches to study the physics and chemistry of soft materials. Such approaches include using computer simulations to study fundamental aspects of soft materials and using 3D printers to apply our scientific understanding of soft materials to the design and use of new inks and resins. Students taking part in this research and receiving mentorship from U.S. and Mexican scientists will be prepared to cooperate with diverse teams across borders and to become leaders of a globally engaged scientific workforce.

 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 19, 2026  
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 Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Are you an undergraduate interested in computing research but worried about your experience level? No problem! No prior research experience is required to apply for the NSF Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program. This 10-week summer opportunity gives you the chance to work on exciting research projects, guided by experienced faculty mentors.

The NSF Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to immerse themselves in computing research and gain firsthand experience working with faculty mentors at institutions across the U.S. This 10-week summer program helps students explore what graduate school is like, while mentors support the next generation of researchers and promote diversity within the computing field.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Citizenship: no restrictions but must be attending a US University
Deadline to Apply: 

• Early Application Deadline: December 1, 2025
• General Application Deadline: January 31, 2026

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The MDI Biological Laboratory’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program aims to engage students in scientific explorations in the Laboratory’s focus area, comparative regenerative biology, while providing them with opportunities to build skills important to successful careers in the biological sciences. For 10 weeks, each REU student will conduct independent research under the mentorship of a research scientist while having access to state-of-the-art research laboratories, core facilities and support staff. Students will join in MDI Biological Laboratory’s active scientific community, which includes other undergraduate research fellows, visiting scientists, graduate students and post-docs as well as research assistants.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents 
Deadline to Apply: January 25, 2026 by 11:59 pm EST
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CMU’s Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program brings together undergraduates from around the world to the CMU campus to participate in a eleven-week summer research program.  Participants will work in robotics labs with leaders in the field.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors. 
Citizenship Requirements: All no restrictions.
Minimum GPA: 2.8 
Deadline to Apply: January 21 at 3 PM EST.
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University of Texas at Austin
The Realtime Adaption REU (Summer Internship) – NSF Cohort seeks to analyze the use of neural function encoders for real-world autonomous systems subject to challenging environmental characteristics such as irregular terrain surfaces and noisy state estimates. The resulting experiments will test the baseline capability of neural function encoders and their ability to ensure safe, responsive operation in rapidly changing environments requiring real-time adaptability through sensor-driven, in-situ adjustment. Thereby helping build foundations for further research on the fly adaptive control with scarce data.

Citizenship: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply TBD for 2026
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University of Massachusetts at Boston
The summer REU program in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to:

• Carry out an independent research project in biology.
• Work closely with a faculty advisor and research group.
• Develop research skills, including laboratory, analytical, and computational skills.
• Explore issues related to research such as science communication and responsible conduct of research.
• Exchange ideas with students at weekly workshops and other activities in and around Boston and Boston Harbor.
  
  Applicants should have completed at least one semester of college-level biology. Students  from primarily undergraduate institutions are especially encouraged to apply.
  
  Levels: Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating seniors 
  Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents 
  Application will open on December 15, 2025
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Boston University
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program at Boston University (BU) is designed to promote access to research experiences for talented undergraduate students. This includes students from BU and other institutions, especially ones with lesser access to first-class research opportunities for undergraduates. As such, one long-term goal of the NSF-REU program is to enhance and broaden training and participation in order to sustain the nation’s vibrant STEM workforce. The SURF Program is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF-REU) and Boston University.

Major in Biology or related field
Levels: Rising sophomore, junior, or senior
Citizenship: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Portland State

Virtual NSF REU Computational Modeling Serving Portland!

The intellectual focus of this virtual REU site is computational modeling to serve and enhance Portland (OR) and its greater region. Students will be involved in multi-disciplinary, community-based research projects and trained in computational thinking across different disciplines. In doing so, they will gain an understanding of the potential and limits of these tools and how they can serve communities.

Portland State University (PSU), with its NSF-funded Portland Institute for Computational Science (PICS), is ideally suited for this REU site as it has developed a reputation as a national model for urban universities that enhance their region by working with partners to solve problems. The activities of this REU Site will involve a 2-week training followed by an 8-week research project completed under a faculty mentor’s guidance and with the involvement of a community partner.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Mar 29, 2026.
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SURE: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

The SURE program pairs passionate undergraduate students with top researchers for an unforgettable 8-week, hands-on journey into the world of geoscience. Dive into real projects like seismic modeling and earthquake engineering, gain skills in labs and field sites across the nation, and connect with peers on the epic All-Intern Field Trip along the San Andreas Fault. Conclude by presenting your work at the SCEC Annual Meeting! With travel and lodging covered, SURE is your pathway to impactful research and career-defining connections.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens or Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Rochester

The Nanophotonics, Quantum Photonics, and Vision/Biomedical Optics REU at University of Rochester aims to create a well-defined pipeline to a career in photonics for REU participants. There is a particular focus on undergraduates from colleges without strong photonics research programs, and community college students—all of whom might not otherwise recognize photonics as a possible career path. This program will engage participating students in the frontiers of photonics research while at the same time providing them with experiences to recognize the excellent career opportunities, both academic and industry based, available in photonics. The host department is the university’s world-renowned Institute of Optics, located in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. REU participants will benefit from the Institute’s Summer School, its Industrial Associates program, and its strong ties with the local Rochester photonics industry. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors and graduate students

Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents

Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
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SOURCES: Supported Opportunities for Undergraduates and Researchers to Collaborate on Earthquake Science

SOURCES offers undergrads nationwide the chance to conduct research through remote mentorship with leading experts. Interns explore STEM careers, develop essential research and data analysis skills, and gain valuable scientific experience. They join the All-Intern Field Trip along the San Andreas Fault and present their research at the SCEC Annual Meeting, building connections with peers and experts. SOURCES provides an accessible pathway to geosciences

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens or Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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UC Berkeley,  Yale, Cornell, Georgia Tech, University of Minnesota, and Boston College
C-GEM is learning how to repurpose nature’s protein synthesizing machine – the ribosome and all its associated factors – to biosynthesize genetically encoded, sequence-defined bio-polymers and natural product-like molecules – with unprecedented structures, functions, and activities. C-GEM’s goal is to develop the science that transforms how scientists design and produce both bio-materials and medicines. No previous research experience is required!

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PT.
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Open Quantum Initiative Fellowship, Chicago Quantum Exchange

The Open Quantum Initiative (OQI) Undergraduate Fellowship provides undergraduate students with research experiences working in quantum science laboratories and research groups.

With the support of Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) member and partner institutions this fellowship helps to establish diversity, equity, and inclusion as priorities central to the development of the quantum ecosystem. Through the Fellowship, students expand their understanding of quantum information science and engineering (QISE), connect with leaders in academia and industry, and increase awareness of quantum career opportunities, including the wide range of opportunities to leverage applied quantum research in fields such as drug design, bioimaging, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and finance.

Applicants should be majoring in physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, quantum science, philosophy, or a QISE related major. Students must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited educational institution, including community colleges, located in the United States.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Deadline to Apply: Deadline to Apply: February 10, 2026
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 Rochester Institute of Technology
REU in Multimessenger Astrophysics

Building on RIT’s history as a center for undergraduate research, students in the Multimessenger Astrophysics REU, one of several on campus, will join a vibrant community and work with top-flight researchers. 

Students in the REU program will learn about and perform research on topics spanning gravitational wave detection and data analysis, observational astronomy and astrophysics, visualization of scientific data, detector building and characterization, and theoretical and numerical modeling. 

This program encourages applications from students who are deaf and hard of hearing students, community college students, and/or first generation college students.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens or Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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ICompBio REU 

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Computational Biology

The about 10-week iCompBio REU focuses on interdisciplinary computational biology training to undergraduates in science, technology, engineering, math, and other related fields.   A one-week computing bootcamp will be provided to teach students essential data science using R, and advanced data processing and deep learning methods using Python. Each student will be jointly mentored by a computer science mentor and a biology mentor. The computing training includes coding, modeling, simulation, deep learning neural networks, computer vision,  parallel computing, statistics, data visualization, and mobile App development.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Juniors, and Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens and Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Missouri

Scientific Study of Interpersonal Relationships Across the Lifespan

This nine-week summer program is centered on the interdisciplinary, lifespan developmental, and diverse nature of the scientific study of close relationships. Each undergraduate will be mentored by a primary FARR-net-affiliated faculty member from the departments of Communication, Human Development & Family Sciences, or Psychological Sciences, to design a project related to one or more primary close relationships (i.e., parent-child, sibling, friends, romantic/marital partners) from a developmentally-informed perspective. 

This site is interested in students from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and minoritized identities (e.g., First-generation, Veterans, Pell-eligible, rural). Additionally, participants must have a strong interest in a close relationships RESEARCH-based career.

Levels:  Freshman, Sophomores,  Juniors and Seniors (non graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte  

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program engages undergraduate students in the state of the art in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence with a variety of cutting-edge domains. The program immerses students in a truly collaborative research community. We teach research skills through training sessions and experiential, hands-on learning, while students are active contributors to a community of practice that includes faculty, graduate students, and peers.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors and graduate students

Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents

Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2026

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Pennsylvania State University- University Park  Remote Program

This short course is a training program to develop programming, numerical modeling, and data science skills for undergraduates in the physical sciences. The course is intended for students at the beginner to intermediate level with scientific programming; no prior programming experience is required. The short course will be run remotely, with student participants learning from recorded lectures, then working on programming and data visualization exercises under the supervision of the instructor over zoom. Students can participate from anywhere as long as they have a stable internet connection.

Students in the course will develop programming, modeling, and data science skills that are broadly applicable across the physical sciences and related field. The course will use example data sets and models from cutting edge research in the Geosciences; student participants will therefore gain experience and insight into fundamental open research questions in Geosciences.

The program will run for two weeks in July  on weekdays. Student participants will receive a paid stipend of $600 per week, and will complete an independent project to cap off the course. During the short course, students should expect to dedicate 4-5 hours each day to the course material. This will include time to watch recorded lectures and to join virtual “lab” exercises with Prof. Foley to work on programming exercises. These live virtual “labs” will be held in the afternoons (Eastern daylight time) during the short course.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors and graduate students
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Central Florida Research in Materials for Energy Applications


This REU site offers research training to highly motivated undergraduate students within the common theme of novel materials for energy applications. Three specific areas within this theme are targeted: 1) Materials for catalysis; 2) Quantum materials for energy needs; and 3) Transparent conducting thin films for photovoltaics.

Students will gain hands-on training in topics such as synthesis of two-dimensional nanostructured materials and ultrathin films, material characterization, single-atom catalysts, nanostructured materials for electrocatalysis, topological quantum materials, and computational design of materials for energy applications. In addition to research experience, students will benefit from training in critical thinking, data science and machine learning, ethics and scientific integrity, written research communication, scientific presentations (poster and oral), formulation of research hypotheses, and framing of research questions with informed knowledge of key literature in the field.

The program seeks to to support undergraduates students majoring in physics, chemistry, or materials science who have just completed their freshman or sophomore years at an institution of higher education and are working toward a 4-year undergraduate degree. Priority will be given to under-represented students in STEM who have had limited or no previous research experience, and who are very excited about the possibility of a career in STEM. Special consideration will be given to veterans, non-traditional students (over 30 years old), students with disabilities, and students who are the first in their families to attend college/university.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors and graduate students
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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This NSF-REU program is aimed at students who are interested in Physics and/or Astronomy and who want to learn more about physics research. 
Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  and non-graduating seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Oklahoma State University & University of Alabama in Huntsville

The main goal of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site is to increase undergraduate participation in research projects on technologies that lead to the development of Smart Personal Protective Equipment (SMAPP). The research projects on material for protective equipment, heat flux measurement in fire conditions, and human-robot interaction in dangerous environments will be conducted at the Division of Engineering Technology (DET), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, OK. The projects on wireless sensor development, circuit design, and artificial intelligence for human health monitoring will be offered at Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, AL. The students have an option to choose their project. 

Applicants must be from Engineering/Engineering Technology/Applied Science majors or closely related fields

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026

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Utah State University
REU Site: STEM for Plant Health

Sustainable agriculture to meet growing demands under increasing climate variability is both a problem and an opportunity for a range of interdisciplinary research approaches. The Plant-STEM REU introduces participants to research projects in laboratories, research greenhouses, and field sites that investigate the numerous inputs that influence plant health. Mentors come from the Biological Engineering, Biology, Plants Soils & Climate, Environmental Engineering, and Chemistry and Biochemistry departments housed in three different colleges (Engineering, Agriculture, Science). Complex problems require a broad range of diverse ideas and approaches to solve. Sustainable crop production is challenged by a range of external pressures, including diminished soil health, temperature extremes of increasing severity and duration, pathogens and invasive species, climate influence on pollinators, and changes in precipitation patterns and water availability.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA:
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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The SFI Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR) program provides a 10-week residential experience in complex systems science for undergraduate students. Students develop and carry out an independent research project in collaboration with an SFI mentor and as a member of the supportive UCR community. Students learn how to combine theory, methods, and data from the physical, natural, and social sciences to ask big questions about real-world complex systems using the rigorous methods employed at SFI. Through a series of seminars and workshops, students enhance their skills as researchers and prepare for the next steps in their academic and professional journeys.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors All Levels
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: Applicants are welcome from any country. International students will need to be sponsored on an F-1 visa by their home institution (contact your international office at your university to inquire about CPT/OPT status).
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) allow students to participate in hands-on research in the laboratory of an established researcher and APS member for 10 weeks. Students must have had less than nine months of prior laboratory experience.

Fellows have the opportunity to:

• network with other APS Fellows interested in and conducting biomedical or basic research;
• explore the nature of research and the scientific process;
• investigate physiology career options, what it takes to find career success;
• learn about scientific writing and draft a meeting abstract, learn about common ethical issues in figure and text preparation; and
• pose their career questions to members of the APS

  Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors
  Citizenship Requirements: There are no citizenship requirements
  Minimum GPA: 3.0
  Deadline to Apply: February 2, 2026
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Summer Scholars Program on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Opportunities

Focus Areas include: 

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Herpesvirus and hepatitis B infections
• Human Microbiota
• Immunotherapy
• Infection Prevention
• Math Modeling (coding experience required)
• Viral Infections

 

Promoting diversity and inclusion is a central focus of the program. The program strongly encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, first-generation college students, students from low socio-economic backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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RISE: Research in Sustainable (bio)Energy (Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation, Department of Energy)

The Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) is pleased to present the RISE (Research Internship in Sustainable Bioenergy) which is a summer internship program offering bioenergy research opportunities for undergraduates from groups currently underrepresented in STEM.

During the 10-week program, students gain experience in plant biology, agronomy, synthetic biology, genetics, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, and civil & environmental engineering. Successful applicants will be given a $6,000 stipend; housing and travel are provided.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Alabama

The University of Alabama REU in Fluid Mechanics with Analysis Using Computations and Experiments is housed in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. This program spans 10 weeks and offers opportunities for up to 10 students from UA and other institutions across the nation.

Faculty throughout three engineering departments (aerospace engineering and mechanics, mechanical engineering, and chemical and biological engineering) will act as research mentors for the program. Examples of research areas include high-fidelity simulations of turbulent

flows, combustion studies, boundary layer measurements, wind tunnel studies on membrane wings, supersonic flow visualization, magnetic fluid mechanics, and machine learning assisted turbulence modeling.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT

Levels: Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizens, permanent resident, non-U.S. citizen with DACA, or international student with appropriate visa and work authorizations
Minimum GPA: 3.5
Deadline to Apply: January 20, 2026
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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY 

The objective of this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Boise State University is to provide an intensive research-team experience with state-of-the-art facilities while exploring activities within the theme materials for society. Mentors from various disciplines work with students to develop skills needed to excel in academic and industrial research environments, where interdisciplinary teams are standard.  Students ultimately present their results at the annual summer research conference.

All are welcome, but we particularly encourage women, persons with disabilities, veterans, and students from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering (including African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders) to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizens/Permanent Resident students
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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The Brandeis Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) announces its “Bioinspired Soft Materials” Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for summer 2021. The REU is a summer research program that will fund undergraduate students assigned to MRSEC laboratories.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Artificial Intelligence for Computational Creativity

This NSF Summer REU Sit is a 9-week, fully-funded, summer residential program which brings students to the Brown University campus June 6 — August 5 2022 to conduct original research with computer science faculty and graduate students. Our intellectual focus is creative applications of artificial intelligence: potential research topics include creative generative models (of visual and textual content), detecting “fake” generated content, AI for game playing, user experience design for creative AI systems, and more. Research in this field is poised to revolutionize the means of personal expression for everyone: in writing, photography, design, architecture, and more.

The program encourages applications from students from historically-underrepresented groups, which includes (but is not limited to) students that identify as women, underrepresented minority (URM), having a disability, first-generation college, low-income, and/or LGBTQ+

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA but students should be in good academic standing
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century: The DEEPS-Leadership Alliance REU, Brown University

Undergraduates from around the nation are invited to come to Brown University this summer to engage in cutting-edge research in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.   Students from groups historically underrepresented in the sciences are particularly encouraged to apply, including Black, Latinx/Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students; women; first-generation college students; students with disabilities; and students who have faced financial barriers. The program welcomes students of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and students from diverse life experiences and academic paths, including veterans.The program encourage applications from undergraduates with majors across STEM fields, including geoscience/Earth science, environmental science, physics, chemistry, engineering, math, applied math, biology, and computer science.

 

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“MathILy-EST provides early research opportunities each year for six college students who are deeply but informally prepared for mathematics research. The focus of the program is on first-year students, with second-year and entering college students also considered for participation. The MathILy-EST REU is co-sited with MathILy—participants work in spaces near the MathILy classrooms, and live in the same dormitory as MathILy instructors and high-school students.”

Levels: Freshmen & Sophomores
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026 
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Carnegie Mellon’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Software Engineering (REUSE) program is an opportunity for undergraduate students to spend a summer working with some of the world’s leading Software Engineering faculty researchers. A number of projects are available in diverse areas which may include automated bug repair, mining software repositories, green computing, requirements engineering, program analysis, programming languages, and usable programming tools. Accepted students will work closely with CMU faculty and researchers on research problems with the potential for publication and significant impact on the future practice of software engineering.

This program is  especially interested in promoting research opportunities for students traditionally underrepresented in computer science, and for first- and second-year undergraduate students. Neither research experience nor advanced coursework in computer science or software engineering is required.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents.
If you are on a student visa and you are accepted to REUSE, you will
need to apply for CPT or OPT at your home institution before the program starts.
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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The Ohio State University

 

“This REU site program will enhance the knowledge and skill level of a cohort of undergraduate  students through empowering, hands-on, and interdisciplinary research experiences in  advanced knowledge and technologies for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Systems.  This summer experience supports you to be future researchers and members of the workforce  in the civil, environmental, and geodetic engineering society.”
All STEM Majors invited to Apply! 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents

Minimum GPA:3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Brown University Biology of Animal movement and performance

“Brown University is home to a group of scientists who conduct cutting-edge research on the causes and consequences of animal movement and performance. Focal species span flies to humans to dinosaurs, and work is done at nearly all levels of analysis. Our REU program aims to bring students into this vibrant community, where they can work with a diverse set of mentor to learn how to perform research. At the same time, REU participants will partake in a rigorous professional development program that fosters inclusivity and community, while providing enduring and continuous support for careers in academia and research.”

 Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) REU program

COLDEX is a multi-institution collaboration to explore Antarctica for the oldest possible polar ice samples and analyze those samples to understand the evolution and future of Earth’s climate system. It will also create and deliver novel educational and professional development programs for teachers, faculty and early career scientists, develop and implement programs to help make polar science more diverse and inclusive, and transfer scientific knowledge to stakeholders and the public

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors or Recent Graduates
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA but students should be in good academic standing
Deadline to Apply: Applications will open on December 1st
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Future Leaders in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (FLAME)
The Cornell FLAME Summer Program provides URM students a unique opportunity to launch into a Ph.D. program through enhanced summer research experience and through a subsequent fast-tracked/prioritized admission into the Cornell MAE Ph.D. program with tailored programmatic and financial support. It is designed for students interested in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Energy and Sustainability, Robotics and Autonomy, and Space Science and Engineering.

Levels:  Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: Not Specified
Minimum GPA: Not specified but students should be in good academic standing
Deadline to Apply:  TBD for 2026
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NSF REU Site: Cyberinfrastructure Research 4 Social Change 

The University of Texas at Austin

The National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Research for Social Change is engaging 10 undergraduate students each summer for nine weeks in solving real-world problems of national relevance, teaching them to not only be critical thinkers, but to be creative and reflective as well.

Students gain skills in advanced programming and problem solving and use the CI to conduct cutting-edge research in engineering, science, and computational medicine. Research projects emphasize advanced computing as a tool to power discoveries that will impact social change for future generations.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: no minimum GPA but should be in good standing. 
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents.
Deadline to Apply: Rolling admissions apply before April 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern. 
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Summer Program Advancing Techniques in the Applied Learning of Statistics (SPATIAL-Stats), Georgetown University

SPIRAL and SPATIAL-Stats are research experiences for undergraduates (REU) aimed at providing a mentoring structure for undergraduate students that promotes active learning and engagement in problems in statistics and mathematics. Undergraduate students in the SPIRAL and SPATIAL-Stats will learn how to conduct scientific research. The SPATIAL-Stats program will run in conjunction with the Summer Program in Research and Learning (SPIRAL), an award winning REU in existence for over 15 years. 

All applicants are welcomed; women and under-represented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors Citizenship Requirements:  US Citizens, Permanent Residents 
Minimum GPA: No Minimum  
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

“The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funded Collaborative Approaches among Scientists and Engineers (CASE) Research Experience is a 10-week research program for undergraduates located at Auburn University. Field and laboratory research projects are available for students majoring in STEM disciplines including chemistry, biology, physics, and all branches of engineering.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: February 7, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Physics Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
Selected undergraduate students perform frontier research for 10 weeks during the summer of 2020 on experimental and theoretical projects in one of their chosen research areas: Nano-materials and Condensed Matter, Photonics, Lasers, and Quantum Optics, Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics. Additional activities include social events jointly with other REU’s, field trips to industrial labs, seminars on ethics, use of a research library, and technical writing and research presentations.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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“The Future of Food: Opportunities and Careers for Undergraduate Student (F2OCUS) Fellowship Program aims to provide undergraduate students with experiential learning opportunities to increase their understanding of the future of food systems as it relates to enhancing the safety, quality, and security of our food supply through knowledge sharing, capacity building, and leadership development.”

Priority will be given to students from traditionally underserved minorities, first-generation college students, and students from institutions with limited research opportunities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of California at Berkeley 

REU Site at UC Berkeley: Integrated Biology from Molecules to Ecosystems

Applicants encouraged from student who are Underrepresented Minorities, First Generation College Students, Financially Disadvantaged Students (Pell grant recipients), Students with Disabilities

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO

The Environmental Engineering Solutions for Pollution Prevention (EESPP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the University at Buffalo (UB) is a 10-week summer program. EESPP-REU builds upon the past ERIE-REU program by promoting air and water pollution projects that are relevant to not only Western New York, but across the globe. 

Projects focus on laboratory and/or field experimentation in three themed areas:

1. Pollutant Identification and Measurement
2. Pollutant Source Control 
3. Environmental Remediation

Participants are paired with a faculty research mentor to conduct transformative air and/or water pollution research. Weekly group meetings of the REU cohort foster student-to-student communication via workshops and networking opportunities. A Research Symposium, as well as support for post-REU conference presentations and publications, provides students opportunities to hone their communication skills

Students from under-represented minority groups and non-research focused institutions are strongly encouraged to apply. No prior research experience required.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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REU Site: Data-driven Materials Design

This 10-week program offers a unique interdisciplinary experience that integrates materials science with modern data science techniques. Students will be introduced to the field of Materials Informatics and learn how to apply the tools of artificial intelligence or machine learning to design novel materials with preferred characteristics for target applications. This program offers a combination of hands-on training, professional development, and formal education based on a cutting-edge curriculum developed by faculty in the UB Dept. of Materials Design and Innovation. Get a head start on becoming the future generation of researchers who are fluent in both materials science and data science!

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026

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The Frontier Technologies in Biometrics and Authentication REU offers participants the opportunity to develop highly sought-after skills in biometrics and authentication, which have become a core part of cybersecurity course curriculum.

In this 10-week REU program, undergraduate students will work with a group of experienced faculty members and industrial mentors, and conduct cutting-edge research in biometrics and authentication. Participants will complete a short-term intensive research training experience, which will prepare them for a research path in the field of cybersecurity, as well as benefit their graduate applications and job opportunities.

Applicants should have basic programming skills (e.g., Matlab, C/C++/C#, Python or Java)

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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CalTech LIGO SURF

Undergraduate students in physics, astronomy and engineering are invited to participate in the development of gravitational-wave astronomy through the Caltech LIGO Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: Dates for January 11, 2025
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UCSF Summer Student Research Program 

For over 40 years, the Summer Student Research Program has placed talented high school and college students from diverse backgrounds into local clinics and basic science labs to participate in active biomedical research projects. Formerly affiliated with CHORI, now fully integrated with the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, this summer program provides a one-on-one mentorship with health care providers and researchers, along with access to unique workshops, seminars, trainings, simulations, and networking opportunities. The program culminates in a formal research symposium in which each student presents their project findings to the scientific community, many of which continue on as future grants, publications, and advances in healthcare. The overall goal of the program is to stimulate interest in health sciences for under-represented students, arming them with professional skills and confidence, thereby improving their likelihood of success in STEM careers.  

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: Applications to open up in December
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Cincinati CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Participants in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship will you will meet students from all around the country who have come to Cincinnati for the summer to learn about careers in biomedical research. Participants will gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge laboratories, working under the supervision of our world-renowned research faculty and take full advantage of the opportunities available in a professional research environment. All majors are accepted, however, students should have an interest in a career in biomedical research or medicine.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2026
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CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

The Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biodesign (B3) research experience for undergraduates (REU) is a National Science Foundation supported summer program at the City College of New York (CCNY). 

10 students are embedded into faculty research labs in the Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Biology, and Physics in the Science Division, the Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the Grove School of Engineering, and the CUNY School of Medicine.  Experiences at the laboratory bench or in front of a computer are supplemented with activities to promote interactions between students, peers, senior colleagues, faculty mentors, and to expose students to science in / out of the laboratory.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Non Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizen or Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY REU

REU Site: Nature’s machinery through the prism of physics, biology, chemistry and engineering

Program participants work with faculty members, postdocs, graduate students, other undergrads and each other on collaborative research projects about nature’s machinery. Participants are paired in teams of two to carry out independent but highly collaborative research under the guidance of two faculty mentors, each from a different discipline. The projects are designed to give participants a sense of the contributions that physical scientists can make to biological problems and the contributions that biologists can make to physical problems. The focus is on cross-disciplinary training.

Ideal candidates are students who: 
– Have completed at least two semesters of college-level physical science/engineering or biological science/engineering by the start of the program in May 2026.
-Be enrolled as an undergraduate at a two- or four-year institute of higher learning at the time of application.
-Have an expected graduation date (earning a bachelor’s or associate’s degree) on or after December 2025.
– Majoring  in natural science (biological or physical science) or engineering.
Applicants from underrepresented groups (First generation, Veterans, LGBTQ+, ) are encouraged to apply
Students who have completed their bachelor’s degree are not eligible

Levels: Rising Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.2
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 
REU Site in Molecular Biosciences & Colorado State University

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with financial support from the National Science Foundation, offers qualified undergraduates from throughout the country the opportunity to conduct research projects in biochemistry and molecular biology for ten weeks each summer.

This program allows students to participate in active research in a wide range of areas, including protein structure and function, transcriptional mechanisms, molecular neurobiology, regulation of gene expression in a chromatin context, cancer biology, plant biology, embryonic development, diabetes, cytoskeleton dynamics, and virology.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens
Minimum GPA: not specified
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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Ultraintense Lasers and Ultraintense Fields

The Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC), founded by NSF in 2003, has supported research experiences for undergraduates (REU) for a diverse group of 264 students from more than 40 US institutions.  The Center conducts research and trains engineers and scientists in the area of lasers and photonics, focusing in particular on the generation and application of EUV light. This laser-generated shorter wavelength light is opening new revolutionary opportunities in science in areas including nanotechnology, materials, chemistry and biology.  The EUV ERC REU program will provide students with a unique opportunity designed to understand EUV science and technology and to become involved in EUV-related research projects that are technically and scientifically challenging and highly interdisciplinary.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 2.8
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

The Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training Diversity Program (BEST) was established to expand and diversify the behavioral and biomedical sciences’ workforce by introducing undergraduates from underrepresented populations to biostatistics and cardiovascular and pulmonary disease research. Students representing racial and ethnic minority groups, disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities join the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health’s for eight weeks of research, training, academic and career planning, and social activities around New York City. All applicants must have completed one semester of college level calculus.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Connecticut

The UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Research Experiences for Undergrads (REU) is an NSF-funded program offering undergraduates a paid summer research internship. Participants will spend 10 weeks with UConn faculty and graduate students, engaging in graduate-level research projects on a host of different physiological systems. In addition to their scientific work, students will also participate in career and graduate school workshops as well as social events. The program culminates with a symposium where students will present a scientific poster covering their research.

Applications are encouraged from First Generation College Students as well as US Veterans.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens 
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Connecticut
REU Site: Research Experience for Neurodiverse Students- Transforming the Nation’s Aging Infrastructure by Advancing Radical Solutions

The goal is this program is to give neurodiverse students opportunities to experience a positive research environment that recognizes and builds on their unique strengths, encourages their persistence in engineering careers, and enhances their participation in engineering research.  Students can expect to acquire skills and knowledge to help them enter graduate research programs.

The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates site in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) offers paid summer research opportunities in the in the fields of artificial intelligence for storm damage prediction, machine learning for damage assessment of bridges, and several other topics. This unique program nurtures the out-of-the-box thinking potential of neurodiverse students including those with ADHD and/or dyslexia) to advance radical solutions to the problems facing the nation’s aging water, power, or transportation infrastructure.

Interested students who identify as neurodiverse, especially underrepresented minorities, veterans, first-generation college students, and students from institutions with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens 
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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Mystic Aquarium – UConn Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Internship

This REU program offers a unique collaboration between the renowned Mystic Aquarium and a leading institute of higher education, the University of Connecticut, Avery Point, located on Long Island Sound. In fact, this is  are the only aquarium in the U.S. to have an REU! 

First generation college students, community college students, two year college students, underrepresented groups

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens 
Deadline to Apply:  TBD for 2026
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Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) is a national user facility that supports a broad range of nanoscale science and technology projects by providing state-of-the-art resources coupled with expert staff support. CNF has been serving the science and engineering community since 1977! Over 700 users per year (50% of whom come from outside Cornell) use the fabrication, synthesis, computation, characterization, and integration resources of CNF to build structures, devices, and systems from atomic to complex length-scales. Our CNF REU research projects encompass chemistry, nanoscale electronics, materials processing, physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences, with a strong inter-disciplinary emphasis.

CNF REU interns interact with researchers from academia and industry, work with Cornell faculty and graduate students, learn hands-on nanofabrication processes, train on a variety of nanofab tools, and become independent nanoscale researchers in their own right. The CNF REU Program runs from approximately the first week of June thru the first week of August and the first two weeks of our ten-week program include intense training, including attending our short course, Technology & Characterization at the Nanoscale (CNF TCN), and attending our three-part New User Training. The summer typically concludes with a Nano-Convocation on Cornell campus so that mentors can attend, and then a three-day National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) REU Convocation . Finally, each CNF REU intern writes a two-page report that is published as part of the CNF Research Accomplishments.

CNF REU interns receive a $6,000 stipend, plus housing and reasonable travel expenses. Full participation in the ten-week program, convocations, final reporting, and program evaluation is mandatory. And of course, the program covers all reasonable research expenses!

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: TBD for 2026
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CorGGLE is a nine-week summer program that allows students from non-geoscience fields to explore opportunities for geoscience graduate study, specifically giving them exposure to myriad socially relevant careers in the geosciences.

Students will conduct a research project with distinguished faculty and staff, present their work, learn about geoscience careers from practitioners, receive training in professional skills and network with others in their field of interest through weekly luncheons.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating), Senior, Post baccalaureate or recent graduate, Have completed at least two semesters of college by the start of the Summer Research Program and either attended or graduated from college in that last 5 years without completing a graduate degree in the geosciences.
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not specified 
Deadline to Apply: TBD in 2026
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RISE (Research Internship in Sustainable Biology) is a summer internship program offering bioenergy research opportunities for undergraduates from groups currently underrepresented in STEM.

During the 10-week program, students gain experience in plant biology, agronomy, synthetic biology, genetics, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, and civil & environmental engineering. Successful applicants will be given a $6,000 stipend; housing and travel are provided.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA : No Minimum GPA
Deadline to Apply:  Feb. 19, 2025 at 11:59PM CST
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Emory University

Combining Models with Data Summer 2025

“Subject to the approval of funding, the REU Site Computational Methods for Data Science within the Department of Mathematics at Emory University has several funded opportunities for undergraduate summer research. The site will be held in conjunction with the Emory Research Experience for Teachers that provides additional funding for in-service high school teachers.”

The site’s core activity is a six-week on-site research and training that will be hosted at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. This activity is preceded by a three-week virtual pre-REU/RET phase that focuses on team building, on-demand teaching of advanced mathematical concepts, and finalizing the design of the research projects. During the on-campus phase, the teams will work on their research project and receive mentorship from faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. 

Levels: College Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Minimum GPA: No Minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: There are no citizenship requirements. Students must be enrolled at a US Institution.
Deadline to Apply: Rolling Admissions with March 1, 2026 Deadline 
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Statistical Models with Applications to Geoscience, Florida Institute of Technology

In the Summer of 20234 Department of Mathematical Sciences and Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences will host undergraduate students from around the US. For 8 weeks these students will participate in Statistical Models with Applications to Geoscience research program and learn the skills necessary for a successful scientific career.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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Florida International University FIU REU Site: Understanding Coastal Eco Systems

The Research Theme of the REU Site is the ecology of coastal ecosystems across gradients of human impact. Specifically, our research looks at coastal ecosystems ecology, environmental aquatic chemistry, and the connections among the Everglades wetlands, coastal mangrove forests, seagrass beds and shallow water coral reefs. Our goal is to detect the sources, transport and transformation of environmental stressors and the ecosystem responses under rapid changing climate and land-use. The hydrologic connectivity between the natural, agricultural, and urban landscapes results in a highly complex network of contaminant and pollutant sources that are transported throughout a heavily managed water landscape.

Levels: Rising Sophomores,, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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University of Florida Experimental and Computational Methods for Materials Discovery REU

Applications are now being accepted for the Summer program, articipants in the program will conduct research and take part in group activities including seminars on cutting-edge areas of materials physics; workshops focusing on graduate programs, career opportunities in the physical sciences and engineering, and scientific communications skills; and field trips to laboratories on and off campus.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Non-Graduating Seniors

Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents.
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

The REU program will provide an interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of nanotechnology and biomedicine to undergraduate students from other institutions, leveraging the diverse interdisciplinary expertise, resources, and training opportunities in this area at University of Georgia (UGA).

Students will participate in interdisciplinary research projects that apply nanotechnology to specific biomedical questions. Each REU student will be co-mentored by paired faculty from the nanotechnology and biomedical disciplines on a collaborative research project. Individual posters will be completed, and there will be a poster session at the conclusion of the 10-week program. Work with the faculty mentors can continue during the coming academic year and eventually result in a publishable work.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US citizen or permanent residents.
Minimum GPA: N/A
Deadline to Apply:  February 18, 2025 by 5 PM EST
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Hands-on research in Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Glycomics and Computational Biology will bring participants recruited nationally from underrepresented groups to the University of Georgia campus for 10 weeks.  The first week involves lab safety training, some workshops, and the beginning of a sequence luncheon seminars on current research at UGA and bioethics.  The remainder of the time throughout the summer is spent in the laboratory working on an individual research project. REU participants present their research as a poster and oral presentation at the end of the summer.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025
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GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Founded in 1992 by Dr. Gary May, a former Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Sciences (S.U.R.E.) program is committed to increasing the number of qualified students who are traditionally under-represented in STEM fields. These include but are not limited to students from racial/ethnic minority groups, women, or first generation college students. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2.75
Citizenship Requirements:  U.S. Citizen & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard has 7 REU programs that are coordinated through the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Students spend their summers working with faculty. The program provides professional development activities designed to foster interest in graduate school and careers in research.  

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: 5 of Harvard’s programs require that candidates be US Citizens or Permanent Resident’s.  However the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Rowland Institute at Harvard will accept international students. 

International students are encouraged to visit this link to verify their eligibility.
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025
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Harvard

Harvard & Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

SAO is once again offering11 exciting ten-week summer Astronomy research internships through NSF’s REU program. SAO’s REU internships bring students to Cambridge to work on the cutting edge of astrophysics, analyzing data from many of the world’s foremost observatories. Research topics include but are not limited to exoplanets, stellar physics, star formation, blackholes, cosmology, galaxies, galaxy evolution…and many others!

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors

Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2025 at 11:59:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time.
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University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawai`i, Mānoa expects is offering research internships for the summer.  Internships are funded through NASA and NSF grants to individual faculty members and the NSF REU program. The IfA REU program will provide undergraduates who are considering a career in science with the opportunity to work with astronomers at the IfA who conduct cutting-edge research in a wide range of astrophysical disciplines and in the development of new telescopes, instruments, and adaptive optics. The IfA research web site presents a comprehensive list of these projects.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens
Minimum GPA: no minimum GPA 
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2025
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“The VR-REU program in immersive visualization and virtual/augmented/mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) will involve 10 students per summer directly in multidisciplinary research projects. Participants will be provided training in immersive 3D visualization tools and technologies. The objective of the program is to inspire participating students to consider STEM as a career path and pursue STEM careers at the graduate level, and specifically target participation of women and underrepresented groups.” 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025
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UIUC Center for Digital Agriculture REU

The CDA REU program is a 10-week paid on-site opportunity hosted by the Center for Digital Agriculture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It brings together students with backgrounds in computation, agriculture, and biosystems and provides valuable hands-on training to work in academia, industry, and beyond.

This program is designed to equip REU participants with the necessary skills to work across disciplines and empower them to address grand challenges in their future careers with robust problem-solving.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores Juniors and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: February 17, 2025
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Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Illinois MRSEC is excited to offer an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Our ten week summer research program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with MRSEC faculty mentors on solving a challenging, meaningful scientific question through taking part in the interdisciplinary Illinois MRSEC research. The program also provides training to help students in their professional development as scientists and engineers, with particular emphasis on those skills related to communicating their scientific discoveries to help broaden its reach and make science more accessible.

Students studying physics, materials science, chemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or related disciplines are welcome to apply. We especially encourage those with limited access to research, community college students, people with disabilities, veterans, and those from groups underrepresented in STEM to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non graduating seniors 
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: No Minimum GPA
Deadline to Apply:February 14, 2025
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The SPIRE-EIT (Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education – Emerging Interface Technologies) REU program is a 10-week experience designed to nurture the next generation of innovative minds by providing an environment where students can explore cutting-edge technological solutions to real-world challenges. This program not only aims to equip participants with essential research skills but also nurtures their creativity and critical thinking abilities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: March 14, 2025
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University of Iowa

REU in Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Science

The focus of this REU is training in evolutionary science, with students working on research projects across several disciplines. Three academic departments at the University of Iowa – Biology, Anthropology, and Earth and Environmental Sciences – collaborate with the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History to offer research projects that span a range of topics, including evolution of behavior, origin of species, cancer evolution, evolution of sex, paleontology, and the evolution of disease. Study organisms span a large range of taxa, and include: crocodiles, flies, snails, fungi, viruses, bees, human cancer cells, beetles, and disease-causing bacteria and protozoa.

As part of the program, students: receive training in research best practices, participate in career workshops, create a digital exhibit based on their research for the University of Iowa Natural History Museum, and make formal research presentations based on their work. Housing, a meal allowance, stipend ($6,250), and a travel allowance are provided to all participants.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025 11:59 PM ET
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“The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology at The University of Iowa seeks to foster the careers of the next generation of microbiologists. We do this by providing an intensive 10-week research experience for bright and ambitious undergraduates who are considering a PhD in microbiology or an allied discipline. We will offer our REU for about 8 students in Summer 2022. Our application deadline is February 15, 2022. We hope that this experience will encourage students to pursue a career in basic science and give them the skills they need to succeed in that career path. The focus of the program is a hands-on research project conducted under the guidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. A range of research projects will be available, including basic mechanisms of bacterial and viral gene expression, virus structure and assembly, biofilm formation, microbial development, and prokaryotic cell biology. Students will also attend lectures to broaden their understanding of microbiology and educate them about graduate school and career options.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Resident
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
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Hunter College

“The VR-REU program in immersive visualization and virtual/augmented/mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) will involve 10 students per summer directly in multidisciplinary research projects. Participants will be provided training in immersive 3D visualization tools and technologies. The objective of the program is to inspire participating students to consider STEM as a career path and pursue STEM careers at the graduate level, and specifically target participation of women and underrepresented groups. The program will identify research collaborators with immersive visualization needs and assign each student to a REU team. Each REU team will consist of a research mentor and a REU student. The mentoring team includes members not just from CS but also from diverse backgrounds including film and media, journalism and biological science.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025
Apply

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JACKSON LABORATORY

The Summer Student Program is available at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut. Outside the laboratory there is much to explore. Depending on the location, students can visit the sights of Boston, New York, or the trails and vistas of Acadia National Park. The Summer Student Program is designed for students who want to immerse themselves in genetics and genomics research. It emphasizes laboratory discovery, communication of knowledge, and professional growth.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: January 27, 2025
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Johns Hopkins University Program in Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioengineering
The Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University offers undergraduate students from colleges and universities around the country a chance to participate in research projects in the exciting and rapidly growing area of nanobiotechnology, a place where biology, medicine, and nanoscience meet.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.5
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025
Apply

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Keck Graduate Institute
Program for undergraduate research in biotechnology and bioengineering

The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program for undergraduate research in biotechnology and bioengineering at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) in Claremont, CA provides undergraduate students the opportunity for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in the areas of applied molecular and cellular biology, bioengineering, computational biology, drug discovery and development, as well as exposure to related ethics and business topics.
Deadline to Apply: March 31, 2025
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National Institute of Health (NIH) 

The National Institute of Health has a number of programs designed to help students explore careers in research and healthcare  These are full-time research positions within one of the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Research groups are located on all NIH campuses, including the main campus in Bethesda, MD.

No prior research experience required. 

Levels: Community College Students
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizen or Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0 
Deadline to Apply:  January 8, 2025 at noon EST
Apply

College students who lack who lack substantial research opportunities during the school year are encouraged to check out the C-SOAR Program. 
Community College students should check out the Community College Summer Enrichment Program 

NIH Also offers a virtual program V-SOAR

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Los Alamos Lab Summer Intern Program

Through its designated national user facilities, Los Alamos allows its partners and other entities to conduct research at many of its unique facilities.Their signatures facilities are a critical component for maintaining the vitality and leadership of our science, technology, and engineering capabilities for national security.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: Rolling Deadlines
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Louisiana State University 

The Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) at Louisiana State University (LSU) provides an ideal setting for the REU student to become familiar with interdisciplinary research. With research groups exploring gravitational waves, complex emergent phenomena in material science, or computational music, the participants work on cutting edge research in Computational Sciences.

The students learn how to use the most current cyberinfrastructure tools with individually designed training sessions targeted to their specific degree of preparation. In addition, since most CCT research groups collaborate with international researchers, REU students are exposed to how international collaborations work.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2.75
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: TBD for 2025
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The University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering welcomes students this summer to join their research experience for undergraduates Micro/Nano Manufacturing.

Through structured hands-on micro/nano/additive training classes, personalized independent research projects, professional faculty mentorship, student professional development, and exposure to a wide variety of applications in the fields of health, medicine, defense, security, energy, wearables, and manufacturing, we provide an encouraging program that educates and trains our next generation.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: March 15, 2025
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REU-CAAR, University of Maryland at College Park

REU-combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems. University of Maryland at College Park

Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU) in Combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems (CAAR) is a 10 week NSF funded research program designed to bridge the gap between the theory (algorithms, probability, combinatorics, Theoretical Machine Learning, others) and other disciplines within Computer Science (AI, Operations Reseach, practical machine learning, others.) 

Applicants must have Discrete Math course or knowledge

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, International Students attending US Institutions Only
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025 
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BioInformatics , University of Maryland at College Park
This REU establishes a program called BRIDGE (Bioinformatics Research In Data science for Genomics) that exposes students to research within bioinformatics and computational biology. Ten students will receive training and mentorship for ten weeks each summer and will be jointly advised by members of the UMD Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB). Throughout this experience, students will work in pairs to learn about a research problem, propose a plan to tackle a specific research question, and implement their plan. With the guidance of experienced mentors, undergraduate students will research real world problems in cutting-edge areas of bioinformatics, including metagenomics, machine learning, single-cell RNA sequencing, parallel computing, and phylogenomics. Students will address novel problems with unknown answers. By the end of the summer, each team will produce a paper and give an oral presentation on their project. Students’ findings will advance knowledge and understanding of the field.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents 
Deadline to Apply: March 2, 2025
Apply

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REU-combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems. University of Maryland at College Park

Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU) in Combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems (CAAR) is a 10 week NSF funded research program designed to bridge the gap between the theory (algorithms, probability, combinatorics, Theoretical Machine Learning, others) and other disciplines within Computer Science (AI, Operations Reseach, practical machine learning, others.) 

Applicants must have Discrete Math course or knowledge

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, International Students attending US Institutions Only
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025
Apply

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TREND at UMD College Park

TREND is a 10-week undergrad summer research program in nonlinear dynamics at UMD College Park, funded by the NSF (award PHY-2150399.) and housed in IPST (Institute for Physical Science & Technology). Projects are computational, experimental, theoretical, or a combination of these. Topics include: 2D materials | collective behavior | biophysics | chaos | lasers | neural networks | optoelectronics | particle physics/particle rings | photonics | plasma reconnection | quantum nanodevices | robotics | turbulence | weather prediction

First generation college students, gender minorities in Physics, racial/ethnic minorities in Physics

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents 
Deadline to Apply: February 14, 2025
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University of Maryland Baltimore County Online Interdisciplinary Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering REU 

This REU Site program will provide 8-week summer online research experiences to undergraduates on how to utilize modern data science and high-performance computing (HPC) techniques to process and analyze big data in many science and engineering disciplines such as Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Medicine.

The REU Site program will be conducted purely online to allow students to conduct research without traveling and work with experts nationwide. In recent years, astronomical growth of available datasets in many science and engineering disciplines often requires big data analytics techniques to efficiently and effectively process the large datasets and gain knowledge from them. The program will help students identify frontier research challenges when facing big data in science and engineering, and guide students to conduct research to tackle the research challenges using advanced cyberinfrastructure software technologies (big data, distributed machine/deep learning, HPC, etc.) and hardware resources (including big data cluster, CPU cluster and GPU cluster). The program will provide development of the national workforce in areas of critical need on “Data + Computing + X”.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements
Deadline to Apply: March 1, 2025
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Energy Transition Institute at UMass Amherst
ETI is inviting students from a wide range of majors in and outside STEM to apply offering projects at the intersection of energy technology and social equity, in a wide range of disciplines from computer science and engineering through economics and history.

We encourage applications from students with no prior research experience. There is no minimum GPA requirement. Any student who is enrolled full-time or part-time in a 4-year college or university or community college in the U.S. may apply. This program is designed to be a welcoming and supportive environment for students from diverse backgrounds, especially those from traditionally marginalized communities. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: No Minimum GPA 
Citizenship Requirements: All citizenships may apply but students must be attending a US Institution 
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2025
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RIDE: Research for Inclusivity and Driving Equity; University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Research for Inclusivity and Driving Equity (RIDE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site will provide undergraduate students an immersive and interdisciplinary experience in community-engaged research focused on improving the transportation experience for underserved and underrepresented communities. REU students will participate in research in civil engineering, health policy, industrial engineering, information management, legal studies, psychology, and regional planning.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT

Levels: Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizens, permanent resident, non-U.S. citizen with DACA, or international student with appropriate visa and work authorizations
Minimum GPA: 3.5
Deadline to Apply: January 21, 2025
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Ma’ayan Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City

Summer Research Training Program in Biomedical Big Data Science

The 2020 Summer Research Training Program in Biomedical Big Data Science is a research intensive ten-week training program for undergraduate and graduate students interested in participating in cutting edge research projects aimed at solving data-intensive biomedical problems. Summer fellows training in the Ma’ayan Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City will conduct faculty-mentored independent research projects in the following areas: data harmonization, machine learning, cloud computing and dynamic data visualization.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Seniors and Masters students
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025 5:00 pm EST
Apply 

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MSRI-UP 2023: Topological Data Analysis

MSRI-UP is hosted by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), formerly the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), in Berkeley, CA

MSRI-UP seeks undergraduates from groups that are underrepresented in the mathematical sciences (including women and gender-expansive individuals)

Levels: Students who have completed two years of college-level mathematics courses, including Community College students.
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA Eligible or undocumented students
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
Apply

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Quantitative Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (QSURE)

The QSURE internship program is designed for exceptional undergraduate students with an aptitude in quantitative sciences and an interest in cancer and population health.  Students will participate in an individual research project and receive exposure to methods in biostatistics, epidemiology and health outcomes research.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: Be authorized to work in the US
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: 8am EST on January 20, 2025
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Michigan State University

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) offer the potential for significant improvements in the mobility, safety, accessibility, and sustainability of transportation systems. As rapid advances occur in the automotive industry, there are a myriad of associated social consequences that will result from large-scale deployment. However, these consequences are not well understood, and there is an imminent need to train students in sociomobility -an area of research at the intersection of engineering and the social sciences. Michigan State University invites undergraduate students to apply to a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in sociomobility, which will train future thought leaders for careers that are focused on the development of innovative, multidisciplinary solutions that jointly address both the technical and societal aspects of autonomous vehicles (AVs).

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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MICHIGAN STATE

iCER ACRES is a 10-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in computational and data science. This REU is coordinated by Michigan State University’s Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE), in partnership with the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER).

Research projects provided though iCER ACRES focus on the development and enhancement of algorithms, models, and software for applications in multiple research areas that require high-performance computing resources.  Research areas include: computational chemistry, biology, astrophysics, mathematics, big data science, and computational electromagnetics.

Applicants must have completed at least two semesters of calculus and programming by May 2020. AP courses and self-study are acceptable ways of meeting the minimum calculus and programming requirement

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
Apply

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University of Michigan

Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience

Semiconductor technology is critical to all facets of modern society. From day-to-day consumer activities to state-of-the-art defense needs, the U.S. relies on vigorous innovation, continuous performance improvement, and reliable manufacturing of microelectronics. To “shore up” our domestic workforce, this three-year REU Site: Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience (SHORE) will provide opportunities for nine students each year to participate in summer experiential training in nanofabrication of semiconductor materials, devices, and related technologies.

The 10-week REU projects will focus on research enabled by the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility at the University of Michigan (U-M). The research projects, supervised and mentored by U-M faculty and graduate students, will address key research challenges in semiconductor materials and devices, focusing on three thrusts: (1) wide bandgap materials and devices, (2) complex oxide materials and devices, and (3) nanotechnology for devices. Detailed project descriptions can be found in the Project Descriptions tab.

The program  encourages applications from students at minority serving institutions, at primarily undergraduate institutions (institutions with no PhD program), at community colleges, and at institutions with limited nanofabrication facilities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 2, 2025
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Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities in Biophysics

The Summer REU Program in Biophysics provides selected non-University of Michigan undergraduate students** from around the United States an opportunity to conduct ten weeks of summer research with some of the country’s leading biophysicists in a range of biophysical fields. The program is conducted in concert with the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program and is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 14, 2025

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The University of Michigan Interdisciplinary REU Program (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) in the Structure and Function of Proteins is designed to provide undergraduate students with a 10 week research experience in the areas of biochemistry, biophysics, cheminformatics, computational chemistry, enzymology, marine biology, molecular biology and plant biology.  The research projects featured in this program all involve studies of the structure and function of proteins.

REU Faculty Mentors represent the departments of Biochemistry; Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Pathology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Students from groups that are historically underrepresented in graduate education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines, including first-generation college students and US military veterans.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 20, 2025
Apply

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University of Michigan

This REU at Michigan’s Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLASP) is currently seeking a highly motivated, diverse and inclusive cohort of undergraduate students to participate in its summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site program entitled: Program in Climate and Space Science Observation (PICASSO). This REU program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

The program is open to students from any academic discipline who are interested in exploring a potential career in the STEM fields of meteorology, climate, and space sciences. Program participants will work closely with faculty, research staff, and graduate students to engage in research from a broad range of disciplines, including:

• Meteorology
• Climate science and adaptation planning
• Atmosphere-biosphere interactions
• Aerosols, and atmospheric chemistry, and air quality
• Space-based remote sensing
• Space-weather and planetary atmospheres.

  Levels: “Eligible students must have an academic standing of sophomore, junior or senior during the upcoming Fall 2025 semester.”
  Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
  Minimum GPA: “While we do not have a formal grade point requirement, most successful applicants have a GPA of 2.8 or higher.“
  Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2025 
  Apply

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University of Minnesota Lando NSF/REU

The Summer Lando/NSF REU is for outstanding national and international undergraduate students. It is designed to encourage students in the chemical sciences to learn more about research in chemistry, and provide them with the opportunity to work in a lab under the direction of a faculty member. We offer a variety of professional and social events for participants throughout the summer.

Applications accepted from students in their sophomore or junior years of undergraduate study in chemistry or closely related fields. This is an international competition. The Lando/NSF REU is open to all students outside the University of Minnesota.

Levels; Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: None all undergraduates may apply
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: February 3, 2025
Apply

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University of Minnesota – Twin Cities REU in Combinatorics and Algebra

 

The 23nd annual REU program in algebra, combinatorics and representation theory will be held in the summer of 2024, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Participants are given the choice of research projects introduced through mini-courses in the first weeks of the program, and students can get a sense of potential topics from the UMN REU website (link below). The session includes organized social activities (local theatre, professional sports events, running club, etc.) as well as mentorship and professional development from graduate student teaching assistants. 

Levels; Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: None all undergraduates may apply
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: Not running in 2025
Apply

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Montana State University

 

Elevating Culturally Relevant Chemistry, Montana State University

The NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry recruits ten students each year for 10 weeks of summer research. The theme of the research in this program is Elevating Culturally Relevant Chemistry. Possible research topics within this theme are diverse and include biocatalysis (enzymes), catalysis for small molecule activation, switchable catalysts, bio- and bio-inspired materials, energy storage and conversion materials, and functional materials that operate under extreme conditions. All interested students are welcome to apply, and we especially encourage applicants from small colleges in the Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Great Plains regions of the United States.

Indigenous and American Indian/Alaska Native students are especially encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non graduating Seniors.
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
Apply

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Montana State University Extreme Biofilms REU

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on biofilms in extreme environments

The Extreme Biofilms REU is a 10-week summer program at Montana State University designed to engage undergraduates in a research project aimed at discovering new ways to grow, understand, and use extreme-loving biofilms for human benefit. The program provides participants with a $6000 stipend, and covers the costs of on-campus housing, plus partial support for food and travel to the REU site.

No prior research experience or formal coursework in biofilm science or thermal biology is required to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Deadline to Apply: March 28, 2025 
Apply

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NASA/CALTECH JET PROPULSION LAB

The JPL Summer Internship Program offers 10-week, full-time, summer internship opportunities at JPL to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. 

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0 GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: March 14, 2025
Apply

NASA

Program Description: NASA Internships are competitive awards to support educational opportunities that provide unique NASA-related research and operational experiences for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, as well as educators. These opportunities serve students by integrating interns with career professionals emphasizing mentor-directed, degree-related tasks, while contributing to the operation of a NASA facility or the advancement of NASA’s missions.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: Rolling Deadlines
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)

“The  NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program sponsors  a 11-week summer internship program for undergraduate students enrolled at U.S. 2-year and 4-year institutions majoring in chemistry, computer science, engineering, materials science, fire research, nanotechnology, information technology, mathematics, biology, manufacturing, statistics, or other STEM discipline. The program provides students with hands-on research experience under the mentorship of a NIST scientist or engineer in Boulder, CO or Gaithersburg, MD.”

 Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Rolling Deadlines
Apply

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University of Nebraska Lincoln REU in Chemical Assembly 

This 10-week summer REU in Chemistry cultivates a learning environment that provokes students to ask, “What are the most important issues that face our society?” and then provides them with enough training that they can contribute to addressing those issues and to communicate what they’ve learned. Participants progress from undergraduate textbook learning to discovering and solving challenging research problems.

This REU offers a wide range of topics, including organic radicals, biochemical sensors, chemical biology, catalytic nanoparticles, drug-protein interactions, graphene nanoribbons, green chemistry, metabolomics, organic synthesis, and mechanically-responsive materials.

Levels Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents, DACA Students  
Minimum GPA not specified
Deadline to Apply: March 1, 2025 
Apply

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University of New Orleans
Advanced Materials Research and Professional STEM Training at the University of New Orleans

We welcome applications from students interested in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Materials Science, and Engineering. 

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: March 21, 2025
Apply

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Growing Up STEM: An REU program in discipline-based education research at North Dakota State University

We are excited to announce a NINTH summer of undergraduate research in discipline-based education at North Dakota State University. Growing up STEM is for any undergraduate interested in exploring the learning and teaching of STEM at the undergraduate level. Join us for an immersive, 10-week summer research experience. Potential projects are diverse and interdisciplinary. Our program includes on-campus housing, a $5000 stipend, mentoring by some of the best researchers in DBER, and a cohort experience like no other.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: No Minimum GPA
Deadline to Apply: February 3, 2025
Apply

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University of North Dakota 

 

Spend your summer working alongside UND faculty and students on interdisciplinary summer research projects at the intersection of chemistry, chemical engineering, and atmospheric sciences. Participants will also receive training in science communication and community outreach

Students from the following groups are highly encouraged to apply:
first generation college students; student from tribal colleges and other primarily undergraduate institutions; majors in chemistry, chemical engineering, atmospheric science.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: No Minimum GPA
Deadline to Apply: March 31, 2025
Apply

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Northwestern’s Quantitative Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Program offers a virtual summer research fellowships to majoring in biology, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or physics to participate in hands-on laboratory or computational research that applies mathematical concepts and methodology to understanding mechanisms in biology.

The majority of projects will use coding languages including MATLAB and Python. Students should have a demonstrated interests in the life sciences, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or physic
Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 27, 2025 by 11:59pm central
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OHIO STATE

 

BUCKEYE REU

Considering a graduate degree or have a growing interest in the field of biomedical engineering?  Attend The Ohio State’s summer BUCKEYE REU program. Their Biomedical Engineering department is uniquely housed in the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, which provides an ideal opportunity for students to contribute to research that will address clinical needs and improve patient health.

Levels Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA 3.0
Deadline to Apply: TBD
Apply

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The Center for Emergent Materials is looking for undergraduates majoring in physics, materials science, chemistry, or electrical/computer engineering to apply to their 10-week virtual program for summer 2021. The NSF-funded CEM REU program involves a wide range of research projects where students will learn to address scientific issues including:

• Integrating materials synthesis and growth, characterization, novel probe development, and theory
• Modeling in order to enhance computation technology
• Modeling the behavior of skyrmion magnetic interfaces.
• Improving energy efficiency through the discovery of new materials, novel phases of matter and innovative spin science.

Members of groups under-represented in engineering or physical sciences are especially encouraged to apply.

Levels Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA not specified
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
Apply

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National Weather Center REU, University of Oklahoma

This exciting summer research program that pairs undergraduate students with research mentors to conduct a project in the wide-ranging meteorology, climate, radar engineering, geography, environmental sustainability, and interdisciplinary topics being researched here. Our mentors come from all of the University of Oklahoma’s Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, as well as related organizations in and around the University Research Campus.

Students are paid a stipend, have free housing, a travel allowance to/from Norman, OK, and travel allowance to present their work at the national conferences.

Levels Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA not specified
Deadline to Apply: Midnight Central Time on February 2, 2025
Apply

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Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program

This National Science Program Funded program offers directed research opportunities during the summer to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Participants will learn how design, synthesis, and characterization work together. Students will be a part of a student cohort through social activities to help promote chemistry as a viable career option for undergraduate students.

Levels Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA not specified
Deadline to Apply: February 24, 2025
Apply

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Ole Miss Nanoengineering Summer REU Program, University of Mississippi

The main purpose of the Ole Miss Nanoengineering Summer REU program is to provide cutting-edge research opportunities for undergraduate students interested in furthering a career in STEM. Each student participant will receive a $6,000 stipend, a 10-week housing and meal plan, and additional travel assistance in an effort to break down any financial barriers in participating in this research experience.
The Nanoengineering REU program will facilitate training, weekly seminars, and mini-courses that will allow all participating students to gain a deeper understanding of the different research areas represented by the program.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Citizenship: US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
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University of Southern Mississippi

The research and education in this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at The University of Southern Mississippi will focus on the use of mapping technology, including geographic information systems, to understand better the transformation of society during periods of historical change.
Student researchers will work with faculty mentors in computer science and digital humanities to map the granular process of emancipation in Mississippi during the Civil War and through the period of Reconstruction to visualize freed-people’s paths to citizenship.

Applicants must be either majoring in or interested in majoring in the humanities, which includes English, History, Philosophy, Religion, and related fields. No computing experience is required and none is expected.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating Seniors,
Applicants must be anticipating graduating no earlier than December 2023. Minimum GPA 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2025
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OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

The OHSU Equity Research Program offers an exciting opportunity for diverse undergraduate college students to spend eight weeks working on research projects alongside faculty, scientists and graduate students. The program has a variety of tracks including Public Health, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, or Nursing in a clinical or community setting. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, and DACA eligible students
Deadline to Apply: January 22, 2025 (Pacific Standard time)
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OREGON INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY

“The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s research experience for undergraduates program, “Exploration of Marine Biology on the Oregon Coast” (EMBOC) offers fellowship opportunities for undergraduate students from both 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities to participate in ongoing marine science research at the University of Oregon’s marine lab during the summer months.” Applicants must have completed a minimum of one year of college-level introductory biology classes.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD
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Oregon State University is pleased to announce summer internships for undergraduate students on the topic of resilience. The Engineering for Bouncing Back (EBB) and Clean Water Initiative (CWI) programs will provide research experiences for undergraduates (REU) in hand-on and interdisciplinary research on building resilient communities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, & non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 24, 2025
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Summer undergraduate research internships in ocean ecology, biogeochemistry, physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program offers students the unique opportunity to work on individual research projects, and participate in group field trips, seminars and science colloquia over a nine week period at CEOAS under the guidance of university scientists, who serve as mentors. Successful applicants receive paid round-trip travel to Oregon, on-campus housing for the duration of the internship, and a weekly stipend.

CEOAS offers a broad range of undergraduate research opportunities and engineering applications in the physics, chemistry, geology, and biology of the Earth, oceans, and atmosphere. CEOAS research areas include ocean ecology, biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, fisheries oceanography, physical oceanography, autonomous ocean observing, atmospheric science, climate modeling, marine geology, sedimentology, paleoclimatology, and geophysics. We welcome applications from students with backgrounds and interests in any of these areas, including atmospheric science, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, earth science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, microbiology, or physics majors.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply:  February 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm PST.
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“The Department of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site focused on the Integration of Biology and Materials. This REU program will provide a 10-week collaborative research experience for undergraduate students aimed at advancing the field and applications of biomolecular materials. Projects will span a variety of topics including design of biomaterials, control of living-nonliving interfaces, and development of processes for effective recovery of biomolecules. In addition to the research experience, students will participate in a variety of technical and social activities including seminars and facilities tours. Interactions with other REU sites at Penn State and a focus on collaborative work in teams will provide social, research and personal growth opportunities beyond the research project work.”

Undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biology, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics or related majors are encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: TBD
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TECBio REU @ Pitt

Simulation and Visualization of Biological Systems at Multiple Scales  REU program is a 10-week summer program that will provide a challenging and fulfilling graduate-level research experience to undergraduate students. Housing, travel, and a stipend allowance will be provided

Students will receive classroom training in topics pertinent to the emerging field of computational biology, such as computational structural biology, cell and systems modeling, computational genomics, and bioimage informatics, in addition to a wide variety of theoretical and experimental research projects.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 14, 2025
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

This summer, the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) at the University of Pittsburgh will be offering an NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Rehabilitation Engineering. 

The mission of HERL is to continuously improve the mobility and function of people with disabilities through advanced engineering in clinical research and medical rehabilitation. The American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE) program is aligned with this mission and is designed to promote greater involvement and understanding of rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology while fostering an understanding of the problems faced by individuals with disabilities.  The result of this 10-week program is a greater ability for students to apply engineering principles to improve the quality of life, level of inclusiveness, and greater functionality for people with disabilities.

HERL is an internationally recognized leader in these research areas and is uniquely qualified to offer an experience that will foster future growth for a new generation of researchers. ASPIRE participants will work directly with HERL faculty and graduate students on projects in our current research portfolio.

The program includes:

• Seminars and workshops to augment the research experience
• Exposure to new and challenging engineering and design concepts
• Networking/collaboration opportunities
• Graduate school application process
• A stipend 

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and non graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 28, 2025
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University of California at Riverside

This REU Site will expose undergraduate students recruited nationally to the full data science pipeline: from data acquisition, data modeling, to real-world applications. The Goal is to provide meaningful data science research opportunities to a broader audience, including women, underrepresented minority, and economically disadvantaged students from institutions that do not have major research operations. All STEM Majors are invited to apply.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and non graduating seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February  20, 2025
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), This experience for up to twenty students throughout colleges and universities in the United States.  Students will work with a faculty member on a materials research project in chemistry, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, biophysics, materials science or engineering.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025
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The MindCORE Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania offers a paid ten-week summer research program for undergraduate students from Penn (the Lila R. Gleitman Summer Fellowships) as well as for select students from other institutions. They seek a cohort of students from diverse backgrounds who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the mind and brain. The program includes one week of workshop-style sessions with faculty as well as a short course in programming, followed by nine weeks of research experience in a MindCORE-affiliated faculty member’s lab. Participating faculty include researchers from Biology, Computer and Information Science, Linguistics, Neurology, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Psychology.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadline to Apply: March 2, 2025
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PEPPERDINE 

 

Pepperdine University will host the Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biology (SURB) developed specifically for students who are interested in pursuing a career in biological research, science education, environmental science, or biotechnology. Pepperdine biology faculty will work closely with selected students in diverse areas of biological research. Successful applicants will be provided a generous stipend, on-campus housing, a unit of biology research credit, funding for travel to Malibu, and a budget for the purchase of research supplies. The program will begin with a 14-day research orientation workshop. During the workshop, students will be introduced to varied research tools and techniques and will partner with a faculty member to develop a project idea for their summer research.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: before 12:00 AM Midnight (EST) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
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Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University

 

The REU program  provides opportunities for undergraduates to carry out research at the forefront of materials science and engineering. For 9 weeks the REU students work on projects under the guidance of faculty from the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. The REU research projects are not special projects created for the undergraduate level, but rather are an integral part of current research of faculty associated with the Princeton Center for Complex Materials

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non-graduating Seniors.
Citizen US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: not specified
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2025
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SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF) 

“Engage in research this summer on Purdue’s West Lafayette, Indiana campus! SURF matches undergraduates with a faculty member and graduate student mentor who introduce them to the research tools used on the cutting edges of science, engineering, and technology. (Open to Purdue students and undergraduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities”

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2.8
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, International Citizens attending US institutions
Deadline: January 15, 2025 (priority deadline, rolling after)
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CISTAR (Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) held at Purdue University, is an 11-week summer research internship program for undergraduates majoring in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials engineering, ceramic engineering or science, environmental science, or economic analysis.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: February 28, 2025 11:59 PM ET
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Rice University

“Students will be introduced to complex, interconnected planet-scale systems by participating in research on how the Earth becomes habitable. Novel research projects will explore the relationships between dynamic planetary processes and life by answering questions of how the Earth influences life and how life, in turn, modulates Earth’s own evolution. Projects range from field and laboratory experiments that help us understand the composition of Earth’s deep interior, creating and modifying its surface, to modeling the evolving composition of its atmosphere.”

Applicants do not need to have prior research experience

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: February 15, 2023
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Cal State University San Bernardino REU In Mathematics 

This program is an immersive research experience for students to be recruited nationally, with emphasis on recruitment from those institutions that have limited research opportunities for their students, and from populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines. This program takes place on-campus at CSUSB. After an intensive week-long introduction to the subjects, the participants choose to pursue research in Geometry or Knot Theory. Participants will receive a stipend, room and board and produce a journal-style paper, poster, and give a presentation on their results.

Students who are underrepresented in mathematics are encouraged to apply. 

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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The Scripps Research Institute
SURFing the Interface between Chemistry and Biology

The goals of the UF Scripps SURF program are to expose the next generation of scientists to the breadth of biomedical career opportunities, and to introduce them to the world-class quality of the graduate training program here at UF Scripps Biomedical Research. Our scientists are leaders in their fields who prioritize mentoring and education. We welcome students from underrepresented and underserved populations, including those who are the first in their family to go to college or who attend institutions with limited research opportunities.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA Eligible or undocumented students
Deadline to Apply: February 2, 2025
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University of Texas at Austin
The Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials is offering a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Students will have the opportunity to work directly with faculty on interdisciplinary materials research projects involving chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering disciplines. In addition to the research, students will participate in an organized program of lectures, lunches with CDCM faculty, laboratory visits and a variety of recreational activities. T

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents 
Deadline to Apply:  February 10, 2025 at Noon. 
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The University of California San Diego MRSEC Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program provides full-time summer undergraduate research opportunities at the forefront of materials science and engineering.  Participants in our highly collaborative and interdisciplinary program, which focuses on predictive assemblies and engineered living materials, will be fully immersed in the research laboratories of the MRSEC faculty from 5 departments across campus (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Nano Engineering, Physics), as they engage in projects with a focus in either or both experiment and theory.

Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors.
Minimum GPA: Not specified Citizenship Requirements:  US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 30, 2025 

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UC SAN DIEGO REU IN BIOMATERIALS

The Jacobs School of Engineering (JSOE) at UC San Diego hosts a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program in Biomaterials. The objectives of the program are to train undergraduates in basic research through challenging biomaterial-related engineering projects performed with research mentors from engineering departments across JSOE. Research areas include tissue engineering and 3D printing, bio-inspired biomaterials, biomaterial-stem cell interaction, nanoparticles and drug delivery.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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UC SAN DIEGO DESIGNING FOR SAFETY & SAFETY BY DESIGN

Program Description: The overarching goal of this NSF REU Site is to immerse students in a meaningful and highly interdisciplinary research environment within the structural engineering domain and to teach them that design does not end with construction. Instead, designing for safety embodies: quantifying potential load conditions, damage mechanics, and uncertainties; monitoring for anomalies during operations; processing this information through cyber-modeling via digital surrogates; and translating the information to actionable knowledge for improving current and future system designs. This REU Site will recruit and train 12 diverse U.S. scholars for eight weeks each summer, recruited from across the nation with emphasis on broadening the participation of underrepresented minority, women, and economically-disadvantaged students, to conduct research alongside six professors and their graduate students.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and non graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.3
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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UC SAN DIEGO SUMMER TRAINING ACADEMY FOR RESEARCH SUCCESS (STARS)

The University of California at San Diego Summer Training Academy for Research Success (STARS) program is an eight week summer research academy for community college students, undergraduate students, recent college graduates, and masters students. STARS offers student participants a rigorous research opportunity with esteemed UC San Diego faculty, informative transfer and graduate school preparation workshops, and educational, cultural, and social activities in sunny San Diego.

Levels: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: AB 540 or DACA students are eligible or US Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Deadline to Apply: Priority Deadline: February 10, 2025 12 PM PST (Rolling Application) 
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
The Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) at world renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) seeks inquisitive motivated undergraduates with exceptional aptitude for quantitative science, majoring in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology or geology. 

Undergraduate college students contemplating a career in scientific research and development are encouraged to apply for a summer research internship in marine science and technology. This ten-week summer internship program offers qualified students the opportunity to work with some of the most notable scientists in the world while earning a modest salary. In addition to their research, students will attend weekly seminars given by members of our faculty and scientific staff

Levels: Freshman, Sophomore, and Juniors
Minimum GPA: not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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UC Santa Barbara 

The Quantum Foundry research internship program brings science and engineering California Community College, California State University, and other primarily undergraduate institution undergraduate students to the UC Santa Barbara campus for an 8-week summer research experience. Undergraduate interns gain first-hand experience in scientific investigation via a dynamic, collaborative research environment. They are matched individually with Foundry faculty and graduate student lab mentors who provide ongoing training and support. Interns also participate in professional development activities preparing them for graduate research and the workforce.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 8, 2026, at 11:59 PM
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ

The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at UC Santa Cruz exposes early-career college students to the field of environmental conservation through field research, leadership and professional training. This is a two summer program that begins with and eight-week, paid, intensive summer course integrating conservation design, leadership and research

The program is looking for 20 passionate, creative undergraduate students from any major, currently in their freshman or sophomore years or with at least two more years of college left.

Levels: Freshmen & Sophomores
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents, and Dreamers
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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University of California at Los Angeles

“The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) is an umbrella organization that administers and scaffolds summer undergraduate research opportunities within UCLA Samueli.  We currently coordinate several programs, including the Interactive Systems, Functional Nanomaterials, Engineering Faculty Lab REU Supplement, and the Electrical & Computer Engineering Fast Track to Success Summer Scholars Program. In the past two years, the program has been run virtually, but we hope to run in-person programs in the future.

Selected scholars will be paired with a UCLA Samueli faculty based on project needs, skills, and interest.  Interns will be invited to work on a project that contributes to the momentum of their assigned lab.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and non graduating seniors Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2025 TBD
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Bruins-In-Genomics (B.I.G.) Summer Research Program is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (not Graduating)
Minimum GPA:3.0Citizenship Requirements: US Citizen & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: March 1, 2023
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RESEARCH IN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS @ UCLA

Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) 2023, Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA

In contrast to most summer research experiences that focus on an academic problem where students work closely with an academic mentor, RIPS students apply their mathematics knowledge to a real-world industrial problem, with an emphasis on problem solving using whatever methods are appropriate. In this way, RIPS is a cross between an REU and an internship.

RIPS is a program for students who are enrolled in or have just completed an undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree. Recent graduates who have received their degree no earlier than December 2022 may apply for RIPS 2023. Students with a strong background in mathematics and an interest in seeing how mathematics is used in the real world are encouraged to apply. Most of the projects have a significant computational component, so that proficiency (or at least some experience) in computer science, data analysis or numerical computation is valuable, but not necessary for everyone. Competition is high for the limited slots available. International students are eligible to apply for RIPS-LA.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: No Restrictions
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) 2023 – Singapore
RIPS Singapore is a research experience, but the projects come from industry rather than academia, so it is essentially a cross between an REU and an internship.

RIPS is a program for students who are enrolled in or have just completed an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. Students with a strong background in mathematics and an interest in seeing how mathematics is used in the real world are encouraged to apply. Most of the projects have a significant computational component, so that proficiency (or at least some experience) in computer science, data analysis or numerical computation is valuable, but not necessary for everyone. Competition is high for the limited slots available. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply to RIPS-Singapore.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores Juniors & non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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Santa Fe Institute

The SFI Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR) program provides a 10-week residential experience in complex systems science for undergraduate students. Students develop and carry out an independent research project in collaboration with an SFI mentor and as a member of the supportive UCR community. Students learn how to combine theory, methods, and data from the physical, natural, and social sciences to ask big questions about real-world complex systems using the rigorous methods employed at SFI. Through a series of seminars and workshops, students enhance their skills as researchers and prepare for the next steps in their academic and professional journeys.

Program Dates for 2024  Program dates: June 2 – August 10, 2024

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors All Levels
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: Applicants are welcome from any country. International students will need to be sponsored on an F-1 visa by their home institution (contact your international office at your university to inquire about CPT/OPT status).
Deadline to Apply: Deadline has passed for 2025
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MultiPLE Sites including University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania,

NSF Center for NSF Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

The program supports a select group of undergraduate, community college, and tribal college students to participate in authentic research in chemical synthesis of quantum photonic materials and integration printable electronic applications under the mentorship of world-class faculty and graduate students. Participants embark on a nine- to ten-week immersive research project in a single IMOD research lab, and produce an abstract and poster summarizing their work. Students may be placed at a number of different participating IMOD labs and will participate in shared virtual seminars and symposia, and will become members of the IMOD community.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors 
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Closed for 2025
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

The University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM-C) summer REU program is focused on exposing underrepresented minorities and veterans to a viable and relevant career pathway focused on materials and energy research.

First Generation College Students as well as veterans are encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores,  Juniors and non-graduating Serniors 
Citizenship Requirements: US citizens & permanent residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2024

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Clean Energy Bridge to Research, Clean Energy Institute

 

Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) is a summer program run by the University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and Undergraduate Research Program, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1950904). The CEBR Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to participate in authentic research in solar, energy storage, and grid technologies under the mentorship of UW’s world-class faculty and grad students. Participants embark on a nine-week immersive research project in a single UW clean energy research lab, and produce an abstract and poster summarizing their work. All students that are accepted into the program are supported financially with competitive stipends.

This program is open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are 18 years of age or older. This program prioritizes non-UW students who have completed one or two years of college, community college, or tribal college and students underrepresented in STEM. No prior research experience is necessary.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Citizenship Requirements: US citizens & permanent residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM·C) summer REU

This REU is focused on exposing underrepresented minorities and veterans to a viable and relevant career pathway focused on materials and energy research.

Undergraduates, including veterans, will find that the research topics are both challenging and relevant to their experience. How can we provide mobile, lightweight, and inexpensive energy sources to our forces and to the communities they work with? How can materials research lead to new electronics that are super miniaturized, low energy consumption, and reliable? How can new kinds of sensors be used to improve safety, efficiency, and effectiveness?

The University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM·C) summer REU program is focused on exposing underrepresented minorities and veterans to a viable and relevant career pathway focused on materials and energy research. Previous research experience is NOT necessary. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are 18 years of age or older.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Citizenship Requirements: US citizens & permanent residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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Center for Neurotechnology REU

 

The CNT at the University of Washington will sponsor a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) on the Seattle campus during the summer.  This program provides undergraduate students with opportunities to work on research projects with scientists and to take part in workshop training sessions in ethics, communications, and scientific presentation skills designed to provide the undergraduate scientist with a solid foundation for graduate study.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US citizens & permanent residents
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2024
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

The Doris Duke Conservation Program at the University of Washington is an eight-week, two-summer experience immersing students in conservation practice. Applicants should be transferring to a four year school in Fall 2020 

Levels: Freshmen & Sophomores
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents, Dreamers and DACA students are encouraged to apply
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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Wayne State

The REU site program: Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing’s metropolitan location is in midtown Detroit, MI and is the heart of US automotive manufacturing. The site allows participants to experience the resurgence of Detroit, MI; interact with industry, and research sustainable manufacturing issues facing industry today.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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SANFORD RESEARCH

REU Site in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Sanford Research

Sanford Research offers the Sanford Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR), which provides opportunities for undergraduate students interested in research careers to participate in research.

This dynamic summer program allows you to apply your classroom knowledge by working in a laboratory under the supervision of a principal investigator and interacting with research teams that include graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

In addition to obtaining research experience in state-of-the-art facilities, you will attend weekly career and professional development workshops, as well as build your presentation and communication skills through scientific presentations. You will also benefit from the collegial and interactive research environment and enjoy the social community in Sioux Falls, a small city with an abundance of dining, shopping, sporting events and entertainment.

Students are encouraged to apply if they attend an institution that does not have substantial research opportunities or are underrepresented in the biological sciences, including underrepresented minority students, first-generation college students, individuals from lower-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and veterans or members of the Armed Services.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2026
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SANDIA NATIONAL LABS

Each year, Sandia National Labs welcomes students from around the country—from those in their final years of high school to researchers obtaining PhDs—to work in a variety of technical and business positions. Interns work on real-world, challenging projects to contribute to critical national goals. Many of our research internships can be experienced through technical institutes that encompass a range of disciplines, including cyber security, energy surety, engineering design, and software development. Each institute provides a team to guide and mentor interns in projects aligned with their major or area of particular technical interest. Professional development and social activities supplement project work to create an even more rewarding experience.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline: Rolling Deadlines so apply early
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Sens Research Foundation Summer Scholars Program 

The SRF Summer Scholars Program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct biomedical research to combat diseases of aging, such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s Disease. Under the guidance of a scientific mentor, each Summer Scholar is responsible for his or her own research project in such areas as genetic engineering and stem cell research. The Summer Scholars Program emphasizes development of both laboratory and communication skills to develop well-rounded future scientists, healthcare professionals, and policy makers. Students participating in the program will hone their writing skills via periodic reports, which are designed to emulate text scientists commonly must produce. At the end of the summer, students will have the opportunity to put all of their newly developed communication skills into practice at a student symposium

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents and International students on a case-by-case basis.

Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Deadlines to Apply: Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program
The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, sponsors a ten-week research program for outstanding undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in the biomedical sciences.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors,  Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: Not Specified

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

This NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program will support ten highly motivated and talented undergraduate students to conduct independent but guided research that focuses on Coastal Ocean Processes during an intensive 10-week program at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island, CA. 

The program will provide students with hands-on research experience, training in laboratory and field methodologies, introductory lectures and special seminars in oceanography and marine science, academic and career advisement, professional development workshops, group activities and field trips to explore Catalina Island’s unique ecosystems.This program will be especially beneficial for undergraduate students with a strong interest in pursuing graduate school or a career in marine science and research.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors , & Seniors
Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.25
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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SUMMER HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SITES INCLUDING HOWARD, UCLA, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

The Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) is a free summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions. SHPEP’s goal is to strengthen the academic proficiency and career development of students underrepresented in the health professions and prepare them for a successful application and matriculation to health professions schools.

Levels: Freshman and Sophomores
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Citizenship Requirements: an individual granted deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services OR a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2024 TBD
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Stanford’s Canary Cancer Research Education Summer Training is a world-class research center dedicated to early cancer detection. To train the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists, we offer a unique summer research training opportunity for undergraduate students, namely, the Canary Cancer Research Education Summer Training (CREST) Program. Funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the program offers a 10-week research experience in one of our state-of-the art labs.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Citizenship Requirements:
Minimum GPA: Not Specified:
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Sandia National Lab

Summer Intern Program

Program Description: Each year, Sandia welcomes students from around the country—from those in their final years of high school to researchers obtaining PhDs—to work in a variety of technical and business positions. Interns work on real-world, challenging projects to contribute to critical national goals. Many of our research internships can be experienced through technical institutes that encompass a range of disciplines, including cyber security, energy surety, engineering design, and software development. Each institute provides a team to guide and mentor interns in projects aligned with their major or area of particular technical interest. Professional development and social activities supplement project work to create an even more rewarding experience.

Levels: All
Minimum GPA: 3
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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University of Rochester  Summer REU Program: “Chemistry Research for Medicine and Energy”

Within this training program, UR C-REU fellows work closely with leading faculty members and their groups in relevant research aimed at addressing fundamental challenges related to the synthesis and discovery of new bioactive molecules, efficient conversion and storage of energy, and sustainable chemistry.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, & non-graduating Seniors
Citizenship Status: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.25
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR UNDERSTANDING MUSIC, MEDIA, AND MINDS
“How can a computer learn to read an ancient musical score? What can methods from signal processing and natural language analysis tell us about the history of popular music? Can a computer system teach a person to better use prosody (the musical pattern of speech) in order to become a more effective public speaker?”

This REU combines machine learning, audio engineering, music theory, and cognitive science. Students will work in teams of two will be mentored by two or more faculty members drawn from Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brain and Cognitive Science, the program in Digital Media Studies, and the Eastman School of Music.  Applicants must have completed two computer science courses or have equivalent programming experience by the start of the summer program.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors 
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
GPA: Not Specified
Students must have completed two computer science courses or have equivalent programming experience by the start of the program.
Deadline to Apply: Applications for the summer 2026 program will open in late December 2025
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Syracuse University invites students to apply to their NSF Funded 
Undergraduate Research in Chemistry Program at Syracuse University. 

Selected students will have the opportunity to do research in any of the following areas: 
 Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Solid-State Science, Chemical Physics, Surface Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Materials Science, or X-ray Diffractions.

Students must have completed one year of chemistry and have a serious interest in chemistry. 
Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, & Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US citizens & permanent residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

The Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Research for Social Change Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Texas Advanced Computing Center is actively engaging 10 undergraduate students each summer for nine-weeks in solving real-world problems of national relevance, teaching them to not only be critical thinkers, but to be creative and reflective as well.

Students gain skills in advanced programming and problem solving and use the CI to conduct cutting-edge research in engineering, science, and computational medicine. Research projects emphasize advanced computing as a tool to power discoveries that will impact social change for future generations.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2026
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TEXAS A & M

This REU summer research program focuses on interdisciplinary projects in sustainable chemistry.

Participants become full members of a research group, carrying out fundamental research on topics that span the chemical sciences. Students will participate in a Sustainable Chemistry workshop and professional development focused on Science Communication.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Levels: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA:
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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This is a competitive program open to undergraduate chemistry majors (or closely related fields) enrolled in 4-year U.S. colleges and universities other than Texas A&M who have completed at least their first year with a 3.0 GPA or better with strong letters of recommendation. Students must have completed at least 2 semesters of college chemistry including laboratories

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Texas A&M University

The Department of Oceanography’s summer REU program will focus on “Observing the Ocean: hypoxia, harmful algae, contaminants, nutrients, and ocean modeling.” Ten students will work closely with faculty and staff mentors in laboratories and on seagoing projects to acquire the analytical skills for multidisciplinary oceanographic research. They will have the opportunity to plan, participate in, and use the data from a 3-day REU research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the R/V Pelican to investigate our changing ocean. The program is rounded out by a weekly professional development workshop series that helps students navigate careers, apply to graduate school, and/or gain other professional skills necessary to help them meet their professional goals. 

Applications encouraged from first generation college students; races/ethnicities currently underrepresented in oceanography (Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, African Americans, Latino/Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders).

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2,75
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026
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Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) Program at the College of Engineering
The USRG program at Texas A&M University provides an exciting and unique opportunity for undergraduate students to immerse themselves in research under the guidance of College of Engineering faculty, postdoctoral fellows and advanced graduate students.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.25
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 16, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

 

The Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Research for Social Change Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Texas Advanced Computing Center is actively engaging 10 undergraduate students each summer for nine-weeks in solving real-world problems of national relevance, teaching them to not only be critical thinkers, but to be creative and reflective as well.

Students gain skills in advanced programming and problem solving and use the CI to conduct cutting-edge research in engineering, science, and computational medicine. Research projects emphasize advanced computing as a tool to power discoveries that will impact social change for future generations.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2026
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US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SULI Program

Summer internships at the DOE Labs including Ames Lab, Argonne National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Fermi National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab,Pacific Northwest National Lab, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, Stanford Linear Accelerator Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors and Recent graduates
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: January 7, 2025 5 pm EST
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US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Community College Institute Program
The Community College Internship (CCI) program seeks to encourage community college students to enter technical careers relevant to the DOE mission by providing technical training experiences at the DOE laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 16 participating DOE laboratories. They work on technologies or instrumentation projects or major research facilities supporting DOE’s mission, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers.
Deadline to Apply: : January 7, 2026 5 pm EST
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The Integrated Research Experience for Undergraduates programs in Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering for Future Manufacturing, and Materials, provide students interested in chemical related sciences and engineering the opportunity to pursue summer research in three, themed summer programs. Together, participants in all three programs form a larger community of researchers

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and non-graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON

REU in Astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Astronomy Department and the Astrophysics group of the Physics Department will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in Astronomy and Astrophysics for several students for the ten weeks.  Participants will work in Madison with researchers in the Astronomy Department and the Astrophysics group of the Physics Department. 

We highly value diversity among our participants; women, members of under-represented minorities, and students from small colleges are all encouraged to apply. No prior research experience required.
Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Non-Graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA Eligible or undocumented students

Deadline to Apply: TBD for 2026 
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON

The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison provides immersive, full-time bioscience research and professional development for undergraduate students as they prepare for graduate school and research careers in biology.

 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Non-Graduating Seniors
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
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The West Virginia University Astrophysics REU is a 10-week summer program for undergraduate student research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). West Virginia University is proud to host a REU site focused on astrophysical research.

Each student will be associated with a specific research project, where they will work closely with their faculty research mentor and other researchers. Students receive a $5,000 stipend, $300 in travel expenses, meals, and lodging.

Green Bank Observatory (GBO). The GBO is the world’s largest steerable radio single dish and many research projects involve Green Bank Telescope data
Students must be majoring in physics or astronomy undergraduate degree programs (baccalaureate or associate and part-time or full-time

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2.8
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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Research in Behavioral Science at West Virginia University 

REU participants receive high-quality research experience and mentorship to prepare them for pursuing careers in behavior science or related fields. Through this project, we aim to foster interest and participation in experimental psychology and expand the diversity of skilled researchers in behavior science.
Ideal candidates are majoring in psychology or a related field. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Minimum GPA: 2.8
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 17,2026 11:59 PM ET
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine

The Biomedical Engineering Department and Center for Biomedical Informatics offer several summer research opportunities focusing on Imaging and Mechanics-based Projects on Accidental Cases of Trauma (IMPACT) and other biomedical engineering and informatics topics.  This 10 week summer research opportunity offers experiential training in an outstanding research environment with a highly talented academic team.  Students selected for our program experience hands-on research training, mentorship and teamwork, professional development activities and scientific dissemination.

Underrepresented students from colleges with limited research opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are encouraged to apply.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements:  U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals. U.S. permanent residents, and international students attending a U.S. institution under a J-1 or F-1 visa
Deadline to Apply: January 30, 2026
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The objective of the REU site program, Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing, is to introduce undergraduate students to the forefront of sustainable manufacturing research, and provide students with the skills to pursue post-undergraduate studies to become contributing researchers and practitioners of sustainability in the manufacturing industry of the future. The site resides in midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Southeastern Michigan Manufacturing Community.

This REU site program has a number of important features: (1) national priority area in advanced manufacturing and sustainability, (2) sustainable manufacturing research projects that challenge participants to consider economic, environmental, and social implications, and (3) activities to develop a vibrant sustainable manufacturing research community. This site is designed to provide a challenging and dynamic learning environment for students to conduct research in critical technical areas of sustainable manufacturing identified by the Department of Energy. Participants will develop collegial relationships as a group by participating in various scholarly and recreational activities. Participants will attend weekly group meetings that introduce participants to the multi-disciplinary nature of sustainable manufacturing, and elaborates on how undergraduate research projects fit into the sustainable manufacturing body of knowledge

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD

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Williams College SMALL REU 

The SMALL Undergraduate Research Project is a nine-week residential summer program in which undergraduates investigate open research problems in mathematics. One of the largest programs of its kind in the country, SMALL is supported in part by a National Science Foundation grant for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and by the Science Center of Williams College.

Students work in small groups directed by individual faculty members. Many participants have published papers and presented talks at research conferences based on work done in SMALL. Some have gone on to complete PhD’s in Mathematics. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors
Minimum GPA: No minimum GPA
Citizenship Requirements: No Restrictions
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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REU-Site: Membrane biochemistry and bioinspired systems, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WPI’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is hosting undergraduate students from around the country at a new NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates site. As an NSF-funded project, only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for support. You will participate in projects ranging from membrane biochemistry to bio-inspired materials synthesis all geared toward solving important problems in biology.

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors 
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD

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Data Science at WPI 

“The Data Science Program at WPI, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, offers a 10-week, all-expenses paid Research Experience in Data Science for undergraduate students. The WPI Data Science program has successfully operated the site since 2016. This site offers students from geographically diverse institutions around the country access to vibrant scientific research projects and undergraduate mentorship.

The students, working with WPI faculty, graduate students, and peer students, learn state-of-the-art data science techniques and technologies including machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data technologies.  They apply these new skills to research focused on solving societal challenges of high impact in our communities.”

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & non graduating Seniors
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: Dates for summer 2026 TBD
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YALE
Yale University REU Site: Research Training in the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site enables undergraduates interested in pursuing a career in the sciences to conduct interdisciplinary research at Yale for a 10-week period during the summer. Our program focuses on research at the intersection of biology, physics, and engineering and serves as a glimpse of what graduate school at a large research institutions is like. 

Levels: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors 
Minimum GPA: Not Specified
Citizenship Requirements: US Citizens & Permanent Residents
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2026
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