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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
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
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
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
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Primary: Lance Lee
(605) 312-6410
Lance.Lee@sanfordhealth.org
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
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
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
West Lafayette, Illinois
Primary: Nicholas Noinaj
(765) 496-0061
nnoinaj@purdue.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; structural biology; X-ray crystallography; cryo-EM; biophysics; membrane proteins; viruses; drug discovery; infectious diseases
Comments: Becky Harding, rharding@purdue.edu, 765-494-4493; Nicholas Noinaj, nnoinaj@purdue.edu, 765-496-006
REU Site: A Summer Research Experience in Structural and Computational Biology and BiophysicsAbstract of Award
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
West Lafayette, Indiana
Primary: James Forney
(765) 494-1632
forney@purdue.edu
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
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
Princeton University
REU Site: Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Biology
Princeton, New Jersey
Primary: Jannette Carey
(609) 258-1631
jcarey@princeton.edu
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
REU Site: Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Internship Program
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton, New Jersey
Primary: Jonathan Cohen
(609) 258-2696
jdc@princeton.edu
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
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
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
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
Flagstaff, Arizona
Primary: Liza Holeski
(928) 523-0701
liza.holeski@nau.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Environmental science, ecology, evolution, genetics
REU Site: Environmental Science and Ecology on the Colorado PlateauAbstract 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
Primary: Alonso Ramirez
(787) 515-5100
alonso.ramirez@ncsu.edu
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
Raleigh, North Carolina
Primary: Imara Perera
(919) 515-6985
iperera@ncsu.edu
Secondary: Amy Grunden
amgrunde@ncsu.edu
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: 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
North Carolina A&T State University
REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic Biology
Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Computational Science & Engineering
Greensboro, North Carolina
Primary: Robert Newman
(336) 285-2189
rhnewman@ncat.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Synthetic Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology
Comments: co-PI: Greg Goins, 336-285-2191, gdgoins@ncat.edu Dukka Kc, 336-285-3210, dbkc@ncat.edu Ming Dong, 336-285-2234, mdong@ncat.edu
REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic BiologyAbstract of Award
New York City, New York
Primary: Sevinc Ercan
(212) 992-9518
se71@nyu.edu
Secondary: Barbara Akum
(212) 998-8234
ba61@nyu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: "biosciences, genomics, systems biology, bioinformatics developmental biology, evolution, plant science, gene regulation, chromatin"
Comments: email surp.biology@nyu.edu for any questions
REU Site in Quantitative Biological ResearchAbstract of Award
New York, New York
Primary: Chiye Aoki
(212) 998-3929
ca3@nyu.edu
Secondary: Margarita Kaplow
(212) 998-3943
surp@cns.nyu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, neural science, computational, brain, behavior, mental health, neurobiology, psychology, neurology, psychiatry, psychophysics
REU Site: Center for Neural Science Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)Abstract of Award
Newark, New Jersey
Primary: Omowunmi Sadik
(973) 596-2833
sadik@njit.edu
Secondary: Kevin Belfield
(973) 596-3676
belfield@njit.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosensors, BioSMART, Materials, biorecognition and protein engineering, sensor designs, environmental applications and biosciences
Comments: Ms. Genti Price, 973-596-3371; genti.m.price@njit.edu
REU Site: BioSensor Materials for Advanced Research and Technology (BioSMART) at the Environment/Biotechnology NexusAbstract of Award
Bar Harbor, Maine
Primary: Jane Disney
(207) 288-9880
jdisney@mdibl.org
Secondary: Dustin Updike
(207) 288-9880
dupdike@mdibl.org
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; regenerative biology; aging biology; bioinformatics; developmental biology; animal models; zebrafish, C.elegans, axolotl
Comments: Primary contact - Jane Disney, jdisney@mdibl.org, (207) 288-9880 ext. 125
REU Site: Exploring 21st Century Careers in the Biological Sciences: A Comparative Regenerative Biology ApproachAbstract of Award
Bozeman, Montana
Primary: Frank Stewart
(406) 994-2235
frank.stewart@montana.edu
Secondary: Zoe Pratte
(406) 994-7046
zoe.pratte@montana.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; microbiology; biogeochemistry; environmental science; ecology; evolution; astrobiology; molecular biology; American Indian and Alaska Native; tribal
Comments: Zoe Pratte, zoe.pratte@montana.edu
REU Site:REU Site: Microbiology of Low Oxygen Ecosystems (MLOxE) at Montana StateAbstract of Award
Bozeman, Montana
Primary: Atwater Dan
(406) 994-7534
daniel.atwater@montana.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, prairie, food production systems, socioeconomic systems, socioecological systems, rangeland, prairie, Montana, American West, cattle, animal production, ecology, plant ecology
REU Site: Socio-ecological systems (SES) in the American West: Rangelands and resilience at Montana StateAbstract of Award
St. Louis, Missouri
Primary: Wendy Applequist
(314) 577-0267
wendy.applequist@mobot.org
Secondary: Monica Carlsen-Krause
(314) 577-0853
monica.carlsen@mobot.org
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, botany, conservation, crop evolution, ecology, genetics, plant science, pollination, restoration, systematics, taxonomy, ethnobotany
Comments: Contact Mónica Carlsen, additional email address: reu@mobot.org
REU Site: Botany and Conservation Biology Research at the Missouri Botanical GardenAbstract of Award
Mississippi State University
REU Site: Ecology and Management for Resilient and Adapted Forests
Department of Forestry
Starkville, Missouri
Primary: Ashley Schulz
(662) 325-5809
ash.schulz@msstate.edu
Secondary: Adam Polinko
(662) 325-3510
adam.polinko@msstate.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Climate Change Mitigation, Ecosystems, Forestry, Resilience
REU Site: Ecology and Management for Resilient and Adapted ForestsAbstract of Award
East Lansing, Michigan
Primary: Cornelius Barry
(517) 884-6959
barrycs@msu.edu
Secondary: Daniel Chitwood
(517) 353-0462
chitwoo9@msu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, plant biology, genomics, computational biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, synthetic biology
REU Site: Plant Genomics at Michigan State UniversityAbstract of Award
Hickory Corners, Michigan
Primary: Sarah Evans
(256) 337-2482
evanssa6@msu.edu
Secondary: Fred Janzen
janzenf1@msu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecology, evolution, global change, biology, field, climate
REU Site: Understanding biological responses to global change in a field station communityAbstract of Award
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