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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Alabama State University REU Site: Research & Training in Multidisciplinary field of Regenerative Sciences for Undergraduates Biological Sciences |
Montgomery, Alabama |
Primary: Komal Vig (334) 604-8189 komalvig@alasu.edu Secondary: Shree Singh (334) 604-9160 ssingh@alasu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biology, Biosciences, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics REU Site: Research & Training in Multidisciplinary field of Regenerative Sciences for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award |
American Museum of Natural History REU SITE: Systematics, Evolution and Conservation for the 21st Century |
New York, New York |
Primary: Jessica Ware (212) 769-5638 jware@amnh.org Secondary: Cheryl Hayashi (212) 769-5073 chayashi@amnh.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, phylogeny, systematics, evolution, conservation, paleontology, neontology, museum, invertebrate, vertebrate, genomics, morphology Comments: Additional contact: Maria Rios mrios@amnh.org REU SITE: Systematics, Evolution and Conservation for the 21st CenturyAbstract of Award |
Binghamton University REU Site: Microbial Biofilm Development, Resistance, & Community Structure Department of Biological Sciences |
Binghamton, New York |
Primary: Caitlin Light (607) 777-5526 clight@binghamton.edu Secondary: Karin Sauer (607) 777-3157 ksauer@binghamton.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Biofilms, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Molecular Biology REU Site: Microbial Biofilm Development, Resistance, & Community StructureAbstract of Award |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, molecular biology, gene expression, transcriptional control Comments: program email: surf@bu.edu REU Site: Control of Gene Expression for Biological EffectAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
Bowie State University REU: Training Globally Engaged Undergraduates in Food Security Research at Egerton University in Kenya: A focus on Emerging/Unforgotten Tropical Food Crops, the key to Feeding the Future. Department of Natural Sciences |
Bowie, Maryland |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences; Agriculture/Plant Biology/ Biological Sciences/ Food security
Subfields: genetic, physiological, and ecological mechanisms, biochemistry, cell biology, REU: Training Globally Engaged Undergraduates in Food Security Research at Egerton University in Kenya: A focus on Emerging/Unforgotten Tropical Food Crops, the key to Feeding the Future.Abstract of Award | |
Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University REU Site: Plant Genome Research School of Integrative Plant Sciences |
Ithaca, New York |
Primary: Georg Jander (607) 254-1365 gj32@cornell.edu Secondary: Margaret Frank (607) 255-1734 mhf47@cornell.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, plants, genetics, genomics, biochemistry, ecology, molecular biology, genetic engineering, agriculture, pathogens, insects Comments: Program Coordinator: Delanie Sickler, Internships@BTIscience.org REU Site: Plant Genome ResearchAbstract of Award |
Brown University REU Site: Biology of animal movement and performance Ecology, Evolution, Organismal Biology |
Providence, Rhode Island |
Primary: Matthew Fuxjager (401) 863-2215 matthew_fuxjager@brown.edu Secondary: Bingham-Hickman (401) 863-7993 taiese_bingham-hickman@brown.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: animals, humans, ecology, evolution, behavior, physiology, neurobiology, biosciences Comments: Samantha Andersen; email: samantha_ansdersen@brown.edu; phone: 401-863-7994 REU Site: Biology of animal movement and performanceAbstract of Award |
California Academy of Sciences REU Site: The Summer Systematics Institute: training the next generation of scientists for the field, the lab, and sharing their science with the world Institute for Biodiversity Sciences and Sustainability |
San Francisco, California |
Primary: Lauren Esposito (415) 379-5328 lesposito@calacademy.org Secondary: Rebecca Johnson (415) 379-5252 rjohnson@calacademy.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, systematics, museum, natural history, phylogenetics, entomology, anthropolgy, arachnology, ichthyology, herpetology, botany, ornithology, virology Comments: Coordinator: Christina Cordova, ssi-bi@calacademy.org REU Site: The Summer Systematics Institute: training the next generation of scientists for the field, the lab, and sharing their science with the worldAbstract of Award |
California State University San Marcos REU Site: The Plasticity of Cells, Organisms, and Communities Biological Sciences |
San Marcos, California |
Primary: Betsy Read (760) 750-4129 bread@csusm.edu Secondary: Carlos Luna Lopez (760) 750-8245 clunalopez@csusm.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, molecular biology, genomics, cell biology, physiology, cellular plasticity, organismal plasticity, community plasticity, adaptation REU Site: The Plasticity of Cells, Organisms, and CommunitiesAbstract of Award |
Chicago Botanic Garden REU Site: Plant Biology and Conservation Research Experiences for Undergraduates – From Genes to Ecosystems Plant Science and Conservation |
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 |
City College of New York (CCNY) REU Site: Interdisciplinary Training for Research and Outreach in Climate Science (IT-ROCS) Biology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Science Education |
New York, New York |
Primary: Ana Carnaval (212) 650-5099 acarnaval@ccny.cuny.edu Secondary: Yael Wyner (212) 650-5869 ywyner@ccny.cuny.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, climate science, environmental sciences, earth and atmospheric sciences, STEM outreach, biosciences Comments: Contact for student applicants: Christine Banks Calderon; 212 650 8011; ccalderon@ccny.cuny.edu REU Site: Interdisciplinary Training for Research and Outreach in Climate Science (IT-ROCS)Abstract of Award |
City College of New York REU Site: Research and Training in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biodesign (B3) for Undergraduates Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering |
New York, New York |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, biochemistry, biophysics, biodesign REU Site: Research and Training in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biodesign (B3) for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award Cofunded: Chemistry | |
Clarkson University The ASET-REU program at Clarckson University Department of Biology, Department of Engineering |
Potsdam, New York |
Research Topics/Keywords: Aquatic Science, Aquatic resource engineering, Watershed ecology, Nitrate Reduction in Wastewater,Great Lake water quality, St. Lawrence River The ASET-REU program at Clarckson UniversityAbstract of Award Cofunded: Biological Sciences | |
Clemson University REU Site: Nature's machinery through the prism of physics, biology, chemistry and engineering Physics and Astronomy |
Clemson, South Carolina |
Primary: Hugo Sanabria (864) 656-1749 hsanabr@clemson.edu Secondary: Delphine Dean (864) 656-2611 finou@clemson.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biophysics, bioengineering, physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, mathematical biology Comments: For additional information, please reach out to the program administrator, Celesté Hackett at chacket@clemson.edu or 864-656-3418 REU Site: Nature's machinery through the prism of physics, biology, chemistry and engineeringAbstract of Award |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory REU Site: CSHL NSF-REU Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Program Watson School of Biological Sciences |
Cold Spring Harbor, New York |
Primary: Christopher Hammell (516) 367-5207 chammell@cshl.edu Secondary: Monn Monn Myat (516) 367-6890 myat@cshl.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences: computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, neuroscience Comments: Program coordinater: Kimberly Creteur, kcreteur@cshl.edu, urpadmin@cshl.edu REU Site: CSHL NSF-REU Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate ProgramAbstract 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 |
Cornell University REU Site: Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cell Signaling Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Ithaca, New York |
Primary: Kelly (Jun) Liu (607) 255-8942 JL53@cornell.edu Secondary: Chris Fromme (607) 255-1016 JCF14@cornell.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, molecular, biology, genetics, cell biology, cell signaling, genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry Comments: Please contact mbgreu@cornell.edu if you have any questions REU Site: Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cell SignalingAbstract of Award |
Brooklyn, New York |
Primary: Tony Wilson (718) 951-5000 twilson@brooklyn.cuny.edu Secondary: Brett Branco (718) 951-5000 bbranco@brooklyn.cuny.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, climate adaptation, environmental science, resilience, sustainability, urban ecology Comments: Program contact: buee@brooklyn.cuny.edu REU Site: Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment Program (BUEE)Abstract 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 | |
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Plant Science at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center |
St. Louis, Missouri |
Primary: Tessa Burch-Smith (314) 587-1083 tburch-smith@danforthcenter.org Secondary: Sona Pandey (314) 587-1471 spandey@danforthcenter.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biochemistry, bioinformatics, data science, genomics, plant biology, plant science, plants, climate change, environment, imaging, microscopy, plant-microbe interactions Comments: Program Coordinator: Judy Mitchell REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Plant Science at the Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterAbstract of Award |
Florida A&M University REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experience in Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Data Science Department of Biological Sciences |
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 |
Florida International University REU Site: Understanding Coastal Ecosystems – From the Everglades to the Coral Reefs |
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 |
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 |
Petersham, Massachusetts |
Primary: Audrey Barker-Plotkin (978) 756-6168 aabarker@fas.harvard.edu Secondary: Benton Taylor (617) 384-6411 bentontaylor@fas.harvard.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; ecology; forest; climate change Comments: Program coordinator is Benjamin Goulet-Scott, +1-(978) 756-6148; bgoulet@g.harvard.edu REU Site: Summer Research Program in Ecology at the Harvard ForestAbstract of Award | |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Primary: Elena Kramer (617) 496-3460 ekramer@oeb.harvard.edu Secondary: Sheila Thomas (617) 495-5315 sthomas@fas.harvard.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, evolution, ecology, genetics, physiology, genomics, botany, zoology REU Site: Evolution, Ecology, EnvironmentAbstract of Award | |
Toppenish, Washington |
Primary: Bob Kao (509) 865-8681 kao_r@heritage.edu Secondary: Kazu Sonoda (509) 865-8584 Sonoda_K@heritage.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; molecular cell biology; plant development and function; animal development and function REU Site: A Transformative Approach for Engaging First-Generation Underrepresented Minorities in a Research ExperienceAbstract of Award | |
Indiana University REU Site: Animal Behavior in Context Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior |
Bloomington, Indiana |
Primary: Laura Hurley (812) 856-1991 lhurley@indiana.edu Secondary: Cara Wellman (812) 855-4922 wellmanc@indiana.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, behavior, neuroscience, ecology. endocrinology, genomics Comments: Coordinator: Linda Summers/812.855.9663 REU Site: Animal Behavior in ContextAbstract of Award Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, Ethics and Values Studies |
Seattle, Washington |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, systems biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, multi-omics, data science REU Site: Research Opportunities in Systems BiologyAbstract of Award | ||
Harrisonburg, Virginia |
Primary: Corey Cleland (434) 284-0543 clelancl@jmu.edu Secondary: Bisi Velayudhan (540) 568-4565 velayubt@jmu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; biology; data science; data analytics; lab; field; computational; community college; junior college; sophomore "REU Site: Biological Data Science for Community College Students:Abstract of Award | |
Johns Hopkins University REU Site: Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Biological Problems Department of Biology |
Baltimore, Maryland |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, biophysics, cellular biology, developmental biology, molecular biology Comments: Program Administrator-Alecia Flynn REU Site: Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Biological ProblemsAbstract of Award |