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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
University of Hawaii
REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in DNA-based discoveries in Hawaii's Biodiversity
Microbiology, Biology
Honolulu, Hawaii
Primary: Stuart Donachie
(808) 956-5336
donachie@hawaii.edu
Secondary: Stephanie Kraft-Terry
(808) 956-0735
kraft2@hawaii.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics
REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in DNA-based discoveries in Hawaii's BiodiversityAbstract of Award
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
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
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
Urbana, Illinois
Primary: Sarah Hind
(217) 300-5981
srhind@illinois.edu
Secondary: Nathan Schroeder
(217) 244-6128
nes@illinois.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Microbiology; Food Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Animal Sciences; Molecular Biology; Cellular Biology
REU Site: Collaborative Research: MICRO-CCS: Microbial Interactions Create Research Opportunities for Community College StudentsAbstract of Award
Iowa City, Iowa
Primary: Andrew Forbes
(319) 335-3006
andrew-forbes@uiowa.edu
Secondary: Maurine Neiman
(319) 384-1814
maurine-neiman@uiowa.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, evolution, ecology, anthropology, disease, behavior, paleontology, bacteria, entomology, viruses, geography
REU Site: Engaging Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Evolutionary ScienceAbstract of Award
University of Iowa
REU Site: Microbiology at the host-pathogen interface
Microbiology & Immunulogy
Iowa City, Iowa
Primary: David Weiss
(319) 335-7785
david-weiss@uiowa.edu
Secondary: Regina McGrane
(319) 467-4290
regina-mcgrane@uiowa.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, microbiology, virology, immunology, parasitology, molecular biology, genetics, pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance
Comments: Contact via email: undergrad-micro-info@uiowa.edu
REU Site: Microbiology at the host-pathogen interfaceAbstract of Award
University of Maine
REU Site: Accelerating New Environmental Workskills (ANEW)
School of Food and Agriculture
Orono, Maine
Primary: Anne Lichtenwalner
(207) 581-2789
anne.lichtenwalner@maine.edu
Secondary: Kristina Cammen
(207) 581-2820
kristina.cammen@maine.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; environmental health; animal health; disease ecology; resource management and economics; environmental policy
REU Site: Accelerating New Environmental Workskills (ANEW)Abstract of Award
Princess Anne, Maryland
Primary: Paulinus Chigbu
(410) 621-3034
pchigbu@umes.edu
Secondary: Margaret Sexton
(410) 621-1049
masexton@umes.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences; marine science; estuaries; fish; shellfish; invertebrates
Comments: Margaret A. Sexton (masexton@umes.edu)
REU Site: University of Maryland Eastern Shore Research Experience for Undergraduates in Marine and Estuarine ScienceAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Ocean Sciences
University of Massachusetts-Boston
REU Site: Research Experiences in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology
Biology Department
Boston, Massachusetts
Primary: Rachel Skvirsky
(617) 287-6617
rachel.skvirsky@umb.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, marine biology
Comments: Program Coordinator: Leslie McClain. Leslie.mcclain@umb.edu
REU Site: Research Experiences in Integrative and Evolutionary BiologyAbstract of Award
University of Michigan
REU Site: Summer Intensive Research Experiences in Neuroscience (SIREN)
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Primary: R. Keith Duncan
(734) 763-2129
rkduncan@umich.edu
Secondary: Shelly Flagel
(734) 936-2033
sflagel@umich.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, neuroscience, brain
Comments: Coordinator-Valerie Smith (vssj@umich.edu)
REU Site: Summer Intensive Research Experiences in Neuroscience (SIREN)Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)
University of Missouri
REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Neuroscience
College of Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering
Columbia, Missouri
Primary: Satish Nair
(573) 882-2964
nairs@missouri.edu
Secondary: David Schulz
(573) 882-4067
schulzd@missouri.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, computational, interdisciplinary, engineering
REU Site: Summer Research Projects in NeuroscienceAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
REU Site: Training in Redox Biology
Biochemistry
Lincoln, Nebraska
Primary: Donald Becker
(402) 472-9652
dbecker3@unl.edu
Secondary: Julie Stone
(402) 472-4902
jstone2@unl.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Redox biology, biochemistry, oxidative stress, redox signaling and regulation, enzymes, protein structure, molecular biology
Comments: Hannah Kahler/Administrative Assistant/hkahler2@unl.edu
REU Site: Training in Redox BiologyAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
REU Site: Bioenergy Systems
School of Biological Sciences
Lincoln, Nebraska
Primary: Heriberto Cerutti
(402) 472-0247
jcerutti1@unl.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, plant science
REU Site: Bioenergy SystemsAbstract of Award
University of Nevada Las Vegas
REU Site: Mechanisms of Evolution
School of Life Sciences
Las Vegas, Nevada
Primary: Kurt Regner
(702) 895-1071
kurt.regner@unlv.edu
Secondary: Eduardo Robleto
(702) 895-2496
eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Evolution, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Comments: Kurt Regner/Eduardo Robleto
REU Site: Mechanisms of EvolutionAbstract of Award
San Acacia, New Mexico
Primary: Scott Collins
(505) 325-6303
scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, aridland ecology, biodiversity, plants, birds, arthropods, lizards, climate variability, fire, primary production, soils, population dynamics
Comments: Program Coordinator Stephanie Baker srbaker@unm.edu
REU Site: Population, community and ecosystem dynamics in the northern Chihuahuan DesertAbstract of Award
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Biological Mechanisms
Microbiology and Immunology Department
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Primary: Miriam Braunstein
(919) 966-5051
miriam_braunstein@med.unc.edu
Secondary: Mark Peifer
(919) 962-2271
peifer@unc.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, developmental biology, biochemistry
Comments: Debra Ragland, Program Coordinator, debra_ragland@med.unc.edu, 919-962-4982
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Biological MechanismsAbstract of Award
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Primary: Van Doze
(701) 777-6222
van.doze@med.und.edu
Secondary: Rebecca Simmons
(701) 777-3439
rebecca.simmons@und.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences; Computational, Developmental & Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Epigenetics; Genomics; Neuroscience; Parasitology
Comments: Point of contact: Van Doze, van.doze@med.und.edu, 701-777-6222
REU Site: Genes & The Environment: Research Experiences for Undergraduates from Rural & Tribal CollegesAbstract of Award
University of Notre Dame
REU Site: Integrative Cell and Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences
Notre Dame, Indiana
Primary: Xuemin Lu
(574) 631-0883
xlu1@nd.edu
Secondary: Michelle Whaley
(574) 631-9343
Michelle.A.Whaley.3@nd.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: genetics, cell biology, physiology, neuroscience, evolution, ecology, biochemistry, biosciences
REU Site: Integrative Cell and Molecular BiologyAbstract of Award
University of Pittsburgh
REU Site: Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology (TECBio)
Computational and Systems Biology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Primary: Joseph Ayoob
(412) 648-8646
jayoob@pitt.edu
Secondary: Chakra Chennubhotla
(412) 648-7794
chakracs@pitt.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: computational biology, systems biology, quantitative biology, bioinformatics
Comments: Program Coordinator: Adam Kohlhaas, tecbio@pitt.edu, 412-648-8102
REU Site: Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology (TECBio)Abstract of Award
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
REU Site: Interdisciplinary and Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (IQ-Bio-REU)
Department of Biology / Department of Computer Sciences
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Primary: Juan Ramirez-Lugo
(787) 764-0000
juan.ramirez3@upr.edu
Secondary: Patricia Ordonez
(787) 764-0000
patricia.ordonez@upr.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, computational biology, ecology, genomics, molecular biology, quantitative biology
Comments: Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo: 787-764-0000 x. 88068 Patricia Ordonez: 787-764-0000 x. 88352
REU Site: Interdisciplinary and Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (IQ-Bio-REU)Abstract of Award
University of Southern Mississippi
REU Site: Gulf Coastal Plain Ecology
School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Primary: Mac Alford
(601) 266-6531
mac.alford@usm.edu
Secondary: Kaitlin Baudier
(601) 266-4660
kaitlin.baudier@usm.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecology, organismal biology, evolutionary biology, paleontology, biological vectors, climate change, earth science, biological infrastructure, systematics, limnology, conservation
Knoxville, Tennessee
Primary: Steven Wilhelm
(865) 974-0665
glecleir@utk.edu
Secondary: Gary LeCleir
(865) 974-4014
glecleir@utk.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, microbiology, molecular ecology, microbial communities, microbial biochemistry
Comments: The program is co-ordinated by Dr LeCleir
REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functionsAbstract of Award
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Primary: Hong Qin
(423) 425-4329
hong-qin@utc.edu
Secondary: Yingfeng Wang
(423) 425-1320
Yingfeng-Wang@utc.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Computational biology, data science, machine learning, deep learning, genomics, bioinformatics, pandemics, epidemiology, ecology, cell biology, biochemistry, environment, quantum computing
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Computational Biology (iCompBio2)Abstract of Award
University of Tennessee Knoxville
REU Site: Research Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Molecular Signaling - How Cells and Organisms Make Decisions
Biochemistry & Cell and Molecular Biology
Knoxville, Tennessee
Primary: Elena Shpak
(865) 974-8383
eshpak@utk.edu
Secondary: Gladys Alexandre
(865) 974-0866
galexan2@utk.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, deaf, hard of hearing, biology
REU Site: Research Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Molecular Signaling - How Cells and Organisms Make DecisionsAbstract of Award
University of Texas at El Paso
REU Site: Summer Program in Chihuahuan Desert Biodiversity
Biological Sciences
El Paso, Texas
Primary: Brett Seymoure
(915) 747-6894
bmseymoure@utep.edu
Secondary: Michael L. Moody
(915) 747-5087
mlmoody@utep.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, desert, ecology, animal behavior, herpetology, entomology, botany, soil, carbon cycling, biodiversity, global change
REU Site: Summer Program in Chihuahuan Desert BiodiversityAbstract of Award
University of Texas at El Paso
REU Site: Summer Program in Chihuahuan Desert Biodiversity
Biological Sciences
El Paso, Texas
Primary: Michael Moody
(915) 747-5087
mlmoody@utep.edu
Secondary: Jerry Johnson
(915) 747-6984
jjohnson@utep.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecology, evolution, conservation, climate, organismal
REU Site: Summer Program in Chihuahuan Desert BiodiversityAbstract of Award
University of Toledo
REU Site: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Proposing Sustainable Solutions at the Lake Erie Land-Lake Interface
Environmental Sciences, Geography and Planning, and Civil Engineering
Toledo, Ohio
Primary: Jeanine Refsnider
(419) 530-2664
jeanine.refsnider@utoledo.edu
Secondary: Kevin Czajkowski
(419) 530-4274
kevin.czajkowski@utoledo.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, climate change, eco-immunology, fish, green engineering, harmful algal blooms, invasive species, land use, nutrient transport, public health, remote sensing
REU Site: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Proposing Sustainable Solutions at the Lake Erie Land-Lake InterfaceAbstract of Award
Boyce, Virginia
Primary: Kyle Haynes
(540) 837-1758
haynes@virginia.edu
Secondary: Mary McKenna
(202) 806-6103
mmckenna@howard.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, ecology, evolution, pollination, insects, plants, terrestrial, aquatic , populations, communities, ecosystems, entomology, botany
Comments: For more information, contact Dr. Haynes at haynes@virginia.edu.
REU Site: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Virginia's Blandy Experimental FarmAbstract of Award
Charlottesville, Virginia
Primary: Eric Nagy
(434) 243-4989
enagy@virginia.edu
Secondary: Edmund Brodie
(434) 243-1068
bbrodie@virginia.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, amphibian, aquatic, behavior, botany, cell, collections, community, conservation, diversity, ecology, ecosystem, entomology, evolution, field, genetics, insect, mammal, microbiology
REU Site: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Field Research at Mountain Lake Biological StationAbstract of Award
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