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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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REU Sites
Site Information Site Location Contact Information Additional Information
Champaign, Illinois
Primary: Chelsea Lloyd
(217) 351-2469
clloyd@parkland.edu
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
Glencoe, Illinois
Primary: Rebecca Barak
(847) 835-8397
rbarak@chicagobotanic.org
Secondary: Jeremie Fant
(847) 835-5969
jfant@chicagobotanic.org
Research Topics/Keywords:  biosciences; biodiversity; bioinformatics; botany; climate change; conservation; ecology; evolution; fungi; genetics; genomics; life sciences; paleobotany; plant biology; soil
Comments: coordinator: Hilary Noble - hnoble@chicagobotanic.org
REU Site: Plant Biology and Conservation Research Experiences for Undergraduates – From Genes to EcosystemsAbstract of Award
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
Lewis and Clark Community College
REU Site: Wetland science in the modern world
Alton, Illinois
Primary: Anthony Dell
(618) 468-2837
adell@lc.edu
Secondary: Jason Knouft
(314) 977-7654
jason.knouft@slu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Wetlands, freshwater, ecology, fish, invertebrates, plants
Comments: Sarah Fischer is NGRREC's Director of Environmental Education and will be helping coordinate the REU site program. Sarah can be contacted at saafisher@lc.edu or 618-468-2783
REU Site: Wetland science in the modern worldAbstract of Award
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
REU Site: DNA-Based Discoveries in Hawaii's Biodiversity
Microbiology, Biology
Honolulu, Hawaii
Primary: Stephanie Kraft-Terry
(808) 956-0735
kraft2@hawaii.edu
Secondary: Peter Marko
(808) 956-6146
pmarko@hawaii.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, DNA, biodiversity, barcoding, metabarcoding, endemism, environmental DNA, speciation, genomics, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, coral reefs, climate change, invasive species
REU Site: DNA-Based Discoveries in Hawaii's BiodiversityAbstract of Award
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
REU Site: Environmental Biology for Pacific Islanders
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
Primary: Matthew Medeiros
(808) 956-8187
mcmedeir@hawaii.edu
Secondary: Kiana Frank
(808) 539-7312
klfrank@hawaii.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Sustainability Science, Microbiome Science, Molecular Ecology, Marine Biology, Natural Resource Management, Community Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Coral Reef Ecology, Fisheries Sciences
REU Site: Environmental Biology for Pacific IslandersAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Ocean Sciences
Hilo, Hawaii
Primary: Rebecca Ostertag
(808) 932-7573
ostertag@hawaii.edu
Secondary: Noelani Puniwai
(808) 284-2844
npuniwai@hawaii.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, biocultural, conservation, resource management, biology, ecology
Comments: Program Director: Sharon Ziegler-Chong, ziegler@hawaii.edu
REU Site: Kaʻao: Telling the Stories of Hawaiian EcosystemsAbstract of Award
Athens, Georgia
Primary: Art Edison
(706) 542-8156
aedison@uga.edu
Secondary: Helen Walter
(404) 880-6830
hwalter@cau.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: genomics, metabolomics, computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, proteomics
Comments: contact arnold@uga.edu for questions
REU site: Genomics and Computational BiologyAbstract of Award
Georgia Southern University
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Coastal Plain Science
Institute for Coastal Plain Science
Statesboro, Georgia
Primary: Jose C. Colon-Gaud
(912) 478-0053
jccolongaud@georgiasouthern.edu
Secondary: Daniel F. Gleason
(912) 478-5957
dgleason@georgiasouthern.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biology, Bioscience, Coastal Plain Science, Geology and Geography, Ecology, Evolution, Physiology, Genetics, Systematics, Microbiology, Parasitology, Environmental Science
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Coastal Plain ScienceAbstract of Award
University of Central Florida
REU Site: Conservation, Restoration and Communication
Biology
Orlando, Florida
Primary: Linda Walters
(407) 823-2148
linda.walters@ucf.edu
Secondary: Kate Mansfield
(407) 823-4432
kate.mansfield@ucf.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, biodiversity, conservation, restoration, communication, ecology, evolution, vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, endangered species, invasive species, animal behavior, animal tracking
Comments: UCF REU Contact: Dr. Linda Walters, linda.walters@ucf.edu
REU Site: Conservation, Restoration and CommunicationAbstract of Award
University of Florida
REU Site: SURFing the Interface between Chemistry and Biology
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
Jupiter, Florida
Primary: Katrin Karbstein
(561) 228-3210
katrin.karbstein@ufl.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Immunology
Comments: Rosie Albarran-Zeckler, albarranzecklerr@ufl.edu
REU Site: SURFing the Interface between Chemistry and BiologyAbstract of Award
Tallahassee, Florida
Primary: Ramesh Katam
(850) 561-2750
ramesh.katam@famu.edu
Secondary: Virginia Gottschalk
(850) 561-2750
virginia.gottschalk@famu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences: Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Comments: Ramesh Katam at ramesh.katam@famu.edu
REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experience in Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Data ScienceAbstract of Award
Miami, Florida
Primary: Todd Crowl
(305) 348-1666
tcrowl@fiu.edu
Secondary: Rita Teutonico
(305) 348-2719
rteutoni@fiu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecosystem, ecology, water quality, environment, Everglades, coral reef, aquatic chemistry, coastal, biogoechemistry, CREST, LTER
Comments: CoastalREU@fiu.edu
REU Site: Understanding Coastal Ecosystems – From the Everglades to the Coral ReefsAbstract of Award
Dover, Delaware
Primary: Hakeem Lawal
(302) 857-6507
hlawal@desu.edu
Secondary: Erin Perchiniak
(856) 745-5498
eperchiniak@desu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, neurobiology, molecular biology, bioengineering, microbiology, climate biology, computational biology
Comments: Coordinator: Laurieann Phalen
REU Site: Inclusive and collaborative approach to cellular and molecular biology for undergraduate researchers at Delaware State UniversityAbstract of Award
New Haven, Connecticut
Primary: Brandon Ogbunu
(203) 434-1489
brandon.ogbunu@yale.edu
Secondary: Jacqueline Tanaka
(203) 432-5664
jacqueline.tanaka@yale.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Computational analysis, Biosciences, Infectious Diseases, Public health, Ecology, Evolution
REU Site: Computational Insights into Infectious Disease Evolution, Ecology and EpidemiologyAbstract of Award
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
Groton, Connecticut
Primary: 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: 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
University of Connecticut
REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONN
Physiology and Neurobiology
Storrs, Connecticut
Primary: Xinnian Chen
(860) 486-6169
xinnian.chen@uconn.edu
Secondary: Anastasios Tzingounis
(860) 486-7916
anastasios.tzingounis@uconn.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, physiology, developmental neurobiology, respiratory physiology, synaptic plasticity, neural circuits, molecular and cell biology, bioinformatics, computational biology
REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONNAbstract 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
Colorado State University
REU Site: Program in Molecular Biosciences
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Fort Collins, Colorado
Primary: Aaron Sholders
(970) 491-7916
Aaron.Sholders@ColoState.EDU
Secondary: Paul J Laybourn
(970) 491-5100
Paul.Laybourn@ColoState.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology, biophysics, structural biology, neurobiology, nutrition, physiology, developmental biology, genetics, marine biology, bioinformatics
Comments: Program Coordinator: Christine Kirk, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Email: Christine.Kirk@colostate.edu
REU Site: Program in Molecular BiosciencesAbstract of Award
Aurora, Colorado
Primary: Aaron Johnson
(303) 724-3224
aaron.m.johnson@cuanschutz.edu
Secondary: Neel Mukherjee
(303) 724-1623
NEELANJAN.MUKHERJEE@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU
Research Topics/Keywords: RNA Biology, Genomics; Genetics; Molecular Biology, Biochemistry; Biosciences
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in RNA and Genome BiologyAbstract of Award
Denver, Colorado
Primary: Megan Filbin
mfilbin1@msudenver.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: RNA Biology, Genomics; Genetics; Molecular Biology, Biochemistry; Biosciences
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in RNA and Genome BiologyAbstract of Award
University of California Irvine
REU SITE: Summer Institute in Neuroscience
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Irvine, California
Primary: Luis Colon-Perez
(949) 824-3919
lcolonpe@uci.edu
Secondary: Manuella Yassa
(949) 824-5193
manuella.yassa@uci.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, learning and memory, neuroscience, computational biology, neuroimaging, behavioral neuroscience, genetics, epigenetics
REU SITE: Summer Institute in NeuroscienceAbstract of Award
University of California, Los Angeles
REU Site: Computational Biosciences Research Experience for Undergraduates
Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology
Los Angeles, California
Primary: Hilary Coller
(310) 825-3483
hcoller@ucla.edu
Secondary: Alexander Hoffmann
(310) 794-9925
ahoffmann@ucla.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, quantitative biology, computational biology, next generation sequencing, computer programming, statistics
Comments: Coordinator: Beverlee Turner, baturner@g.ucla.edu
REU Site: Computational Biosciences Research Experience for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award
University of California, Davis
REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change
Evolution and Ecology
Davis, California
Primary: Richard Grosberg
(530) 219-2468
rkgrosberg@ucdavis.edu
Secondary: Anne Todgham
(530) 752-1897
todgham@ucdavis.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change
Comments: Program coordinator: Carole Hom / clhom@ucdavis.edu
REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental ChangeAbstract of Award
University of California Berkeley
REU Site: How Robustness and Resilience in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors Shape Biological Processes.
Host department: Integrative Biology / 13 participating departments
Berkeley, California
Primary: Gian Garriga
(510) 642-5859
garriga@berkeley.edu
Secondary: Tyrone Hayes
(510) 643-1054
tyrone@berkeley.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biotic stress; abiotic stress; ecology; molecular biology; cell biology; microbiology; plant biology
REU Site: How Robustness and Resilience in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors Shape Biological Processes.Abstract of Award
Merced, California
Primary: Ajay Gopinathan
(209) 228-4048
agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
Secondary: Carrie Kouadio
(209) 228-4230
ckouadio@ucmerced.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biophysical sciences, biotechnology, molecular and cellular biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, biomaterials, bioengineering, biosciences
Comments: Contact: Carrie Kouadio (ckouadio@ucmerced.edu )
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Biological Engineering and Science Training (I-BEST)Abstract of Award
University of California San Francisco
REU Site: NSF REU in Molecular Biosciences
All Departments
San Francisco, California
Primary: Carol Gross
(415) 476-4161
cgross@cgl.ucsf.edu
Secondary: Elizabeth Silva
(415) 502-2927
elizabeth.silva@ucsf.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: molecular biosciences, immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Genomics
Comments: Contact for student applications: Zachary Smith, zachary.smith@ucsf.edu
REU Site: NSF REU in Molecular BiosciencesAbstract of Award
Riverside, California
Primary: Carolyn Rasmussen
(951) 827-4415
carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu
Secondary: Thomas Eulgem
(951) 827-7740
thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu
San Francisco, California
Primary: Sarah Cohen
(415) 338-3750
sarahcoh@sfsu.edu
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
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