REU Sites
REU Sites: Biological Sciences
APPLICATIONS: Students must contact the individual site or program to apply. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants.
ELIGIBILITY: Individual sites may have additional eligibility requirements (e.g., number of undergraduate years completed). Undergraduate student participants supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. High school graduates who have not yet enrolled, and students who have already received their bachelor's degrees, are not eligible.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Click on the Title of the Site in the "Site Information" column to go to the homepage (if available) for that Site. Sites are ordered alphabetically by host institution. All Sites provide stipends, housing and meals, in addition to travel to and from the Site. This listing will change as new REU Site awards are made. Sites are added or deleted as decisions are made on awards, and the list is updated periodically. Clicking on a highlighted site title should direct you to the web page for more information on that program.
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Site Information | Site Location | Contact Information | Additional Information |
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North Carolina State University REU Site: Modeling the Dynamics of Biological Systems Biotechnology Program |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Primary: Stefanie Chen (919) 513-0331 slchen2@ncsu.edu Secondary: Melissa C. Srougi (919) 515-5142 mcsrougi@ncsu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, microscopy, imaging, cell biology, molecular biology, quantitative biology, developmental biology, neuroscience, biophysics, biomedical engineering, plant biology, chemistry Comments: This REU supports deaf/hard-of-hearing students. REU Site: Modeling the Dynamics of Biological SystemsAbstract of Award |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Plant Biology, Plant Microbe Interactions, Microbiology, Microbial Community Analysis REU Site: Integrative Microbial and Plant SystemsAbstract of Award | ||
North Carolina State University REU Site: Tropical ecology and evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico Department of Applied Ecology |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, ecology, tropical ecology, evolution Comments: Program email: reu@ramirezlab.net REU Site: Tropical ecology and evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto RicoAbstract of Award | |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Primary: Wendy Smith (617) 373-2600 w.smith@neu.edu Secondary: Rebeca Rosengaus (617) 373-7032 r.rosengaus@neu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biology, interdisciplinary, development, regeneration, damage response, immunity REU Site: Teamwork in Biology Inquiry: From Molecules to OrganismsAbstract of Award | |
Flagstaff, Arizona |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Environmental science, ecology, evolution, genetics REU Site: Environmental Science and Ecology on the Colorado PlateauAbstract of Award | ||
Northwestern University REU Site: Synthetic Biology at Northwestern: From Molecules to Society (SynBREU2.0) Center for Synthetic Biology |
Evanston, Illinois |
Primary: Danielle Tullman-Ercek (847) 491-7043 ercek@northwestern.edu Secondary: Gabriel Rocklin (312) 503-4226 grocklin@gmail.com |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, synthetic biology, bioengineering, microbiology, biochemistry, metabolic engineering, applied mathematics Comments: Contact synbreu@northwestern.edu for information REU Site: Synthetic Biology at Northwestern: From Molecules to Society (SynBREU2.0)Abstract of Award Cofunded: Engineering |
Ohio State University REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biology at The Ohio State University |
Columbus, Ohio |
Primary: Jane Jackman (614) 247-8097 jackman.14@osu.edu Secondary: Susan Cole (614) 292-3276 Cole.354@osu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology Comments: For program information, please email mgreu@osu.edu REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biology at The Ohio State UniversityAbstract of Award |
Parkland College REU Site: Collaborative Research: MICRO-CCS: Microbial Interactions Create Research Opportunities for Community College Students Natural Sciences |
Champaign, Illinois |
Research Topics/Keywords: Microbiology; Food Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Animal Sciences; Molecular Biology; Cellular Biology Comments: The primary institution of this project is University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign REU Site: Collaborative Research: MICRO-CCS: Microbial Interactions Create Research Opportunities for Community College StudentsAbstract of Award | |
Pepperdine University REU Site: Biological Adaptations to Stress -- Molecular, Cellular, Ecological Natural Science Division |
Malibu, California |
Primary: Jay Brewster (310) 506-4321 Jay.Brewster@pepperdine.edu Secondary: Courtney Davis (310) 506-4582 courtney.davis2@pepperdine.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: ecology, cell biology, molecular biology, botany, genetics, cellular stress REU Site: Biological Adaptations to Stress -- Molecular, Cellular, EcologicalAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |
Princeton University REU Site: Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Internship Program Princeton Neuroscience Institute |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, psychology, molecular biology, cognitive science Comments: Program Director: Ed Clayton (ec12@princeton.edu) REU Site: Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Internship ProgramAbstract of Award | |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Research Topics/Keywords: Molecular Biology, international, Czech Republic, biophysics Comments: Contact: Derrick Rose, dc5321@princeton.edu REU Site: Molecular BiophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Chemistry, International Science and Engineering | ||
Princeton University, New Jersey |
Primary: Bridgett vonHoldt (609) 258-7021 vonholdt@Princeton.EDU Secondary: Jannette Carey (609) 258-1631 jcarey@princeton.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, mathematics, incarceration REU Site: Computational Biology Research, Gateway to STEMAbstract of Award | |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biochemistry, biotechnology, protein function, molecular biology, genetics, epigenetics, plant science Comments: coordinator: Jennifer Wilson (wils1135@purdue.edu) REU Site: Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of ProteinsAbstract of Award | ||
Purdue University REU Site: Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD) Center for Plant Biology |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
Primary: Chao Cai (765) 494-8684 caic@purdue.edu Secondary: Natalia Dudareva (765) 494-1325 dudareva@purdue.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, plant biology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, plant physiology, bioinformatics, plant metabolism, chemical ecology, evolution, developmental biology REU Site: Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD)Abstract of Award |
Houston, Texas |
Primary: Natasha Kirienko (713) 348-2581 kirienko@rice.edu Secondary: Joff Silberg (713) 348-3849 joff@rice.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosiences, genetics, structural biology, cellular biology, synthetic biology Comments: Administrative coordinator: Pedro Muniz (pm20@rice.edu) REU Site: Multi-Scale Biomolecular Networks (BioNetworks)Abstract of Award | |
Crested Butte, Colorado |
Primary: Ian Billick (970) 349-7231 ibillick@rmbl.org Secondary: Rosemary Smith (970) 349-7231 rsmith@rmbl.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, ecology, evolutionary biology, field research, rocky mountains, landscape ecology REU Site: Live in the Mountains: Field Research in Gothic, COAbstract of Award | |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics Comments: Program Coordinator: Tamara Ledeboer, Tamara.Ledeboer@sanfordhealth.org, 605-312-6590 REU Site: Cellular and Molecular Biology at Sanford ResearchAbstract of Award | ||
San Francisco State University REU Site: Research in Environmental Studies and Evolutionary Developmental Biology Biology |
San Francisco, California |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, environmental sciences Comments: For any question, email nsfreu@sfsu.edu REU Site: Research in Environmental Studies and Evolutionary Developmental BiologyAbstract of Award | |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Primary: Chris Kempes (505) 946-2794 ckempes@gmail.com Secondary: Melanie Mitchell (505) 984-8800 mm@santafe.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, ecology, evolution, computer science, intelligence, origins of life, astrobiology, biophysics, mathematical biology physics, mathematics Comments: Primary Contact: Carla Shedivy; education@santafe.edu REU Site: Quantitative Rules of Life: General Theories across Biological SystemsAbstract of Award | |
Sea Research Foundation REU Site: Mystic Aquarium: Collaborative Research: Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine Ecosystems Department of Marine Sciences |
Mystic, Connecticut |
Primary: Tracy Romano (860) 514-3688 tromano@mysticaquarium.org Secondary: Michael Finiguerra (860) 389-2900 michael.finiguerra@gmail.com |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, oceansciences, marine science, marine biology, marine ecosystems, food web, marine ecology, physiology, immunology, whales, marine mammals, fish, aquarium, environmental stressors Comments: Contact: Danielle Lavoie dlavoie@mysticaquarium.org; 860-818-2507 REU Site: Mystic Aquarium: Collaborative Research: Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine EcosystemsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Ocean Sciences |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Primary: Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield (617) 521-2731 jennifer.canfield@simmons.edu Secondary: Mariam Ismail (617) 521-2775 mariam.ismail@simmons.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Synthetic Biology, Biology, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic BiologyAbstract of Award | |
Smithsonian Institution Title: REU Site: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Environmental Research Center |
Edgewater, Maryland |
Primary: Alison Cawood (443) 482-2271 cawooda@si.edu Secondary: John Parker (443) 482-2221 parkerj@si.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecosystems, ecology, marine, terrestrial, population, community, landscape, climate change, environmental science Comments: Mr. Daniel Gustafson, 443-482-2217, gustafsond@si.edu Title: REU Site: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterAbstract of Award |
South Dakota State University REU Site: Interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the plant sciences - From genomes to phenomes Biology and Microbiology |
Brookings, South Dakota |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, agronomy, botany, ecology, life sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, plant breeding, plant sciences, REU Site: Interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the plant sciences - From genomes to phenomesAbstract of Award | |
State University of New York at Albany / Research Foundation of SUNY REU site: Summer Research at the University at Albany's RNA Institute The RNA Institute |
Albany, New York |
Primary: J. Andrew Berglund (518) 437-4448 aberglund@albany.edu Secondary: Shanise Kent (518) 442-3899 skent@albany.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, RNA, biology, chemistry, nanobiosciences, diagnostic, nanostructures REU site: Summer Research at the University at Albany's RNA InstituteAbstract of Award |
Tarleton State University REU Site: Restoring working cattle ranches for sustainable land and water resources Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Geosciences, Sociology, and Wildlife, Sus |
Stephenville, Texas |
Primary: Victoria Chraibi (254) 968-9326 chraibi@tarleton.edu Secondary: Barbara Bellows (254) 968-9000 bellows@tarleton.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, community ecology, environmental biology, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, environmental policy, hydrogeology, landscape management, limnology, plant ecology REU Site: Restoring working cattle ranches for sustainable land and water resourcesAbstract of Award |
Texas A&M University REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
College Station, Texas |
Primary: Mary Bryk (979) 862-2294 bryk@tamu.edu Secondary: Gary Kunkel (979) 845-6257 g-kunkel@tamu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biochemistry, biophysics, developmental biology, gene expression, genomics, enzymology, membrane structure, microbiology, molecular biology, phage biology, proteomics Comments: coordinators are the PI and co-PI REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in BiochemistryAbstract of Award Cofunded: Chemistry |
Texas A&M University REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics & Genomics (SURGe) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics |
College Station, Texas |
Research Topics/Keywords: Bioinformatics and Genomics, Conservation and Population Genetics, Medical Genetics, Microbial Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Genetics, Plant Genetics Comments: "SURGe Program Manager: Isabel Caballero, Ph.D. SURGe Program Coordinator: Tamara Ospina-Vega" REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics & Genomics (SURGe)Abstract of Award | |
Bar Harbor, Maine |
Primary: Charles Wray (207) 288-6237 charles.wray@jax.org Secondary: Laura Muller (207) 288-6000 laura.muller@jax.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, computational biology REU Site: Funtional Genomics Research for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award | |
The Morton Arboretum REU site at the Morton Arboretum: Integrated tree science in the Anthropocene Center for Tree Science |
Lisle, Illinois |
Primary: Charles Cannon (630) 725-2071 ccannon@mortonarb.org Secondary: Christine Rollinson (630) 719-2422 crollinson@mortonarb.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, botany, trees, ecology, evolution, genetics, arboriculture, soils, roots, biodiversity REU site at the Morton Arboretum: Integrated tree science in the AnthropoceneAbstract of Award |
The Scripps Research Institute REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI) Office of Graduate Studies |
La Jolla, California |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, chemistry, structural biology, biochemistry, biology REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)Abstract of Award |