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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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 | |
Millbrook, New York |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, ecology, environmental, conservation, plant, soils Comments: Please send inquiries to: caryreu@caryinstitute.org REU Site: Translational Ecology for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award | ||
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 | ||
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
Florida Atlantic University REU Site: proposed Summer Integrated Neuroscience Experience (SINE) in Jupiter Department of Biological Sciences |
Jupiter, Florida |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, neurobiology, behavior, physiologic, genetics, plasticity REU Site: proposed Summer Integrated Neuroscience Experience (SINE) in JupiterAbstract 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 |
Eastern Kentucky University REU Site: Disturbance Ecology in Central Appalachia Department of Biological Sciences |
Richmond, Kentucky |
Primary: David Brown (859) 622-2283 david.brown@eku.edu Secondary: Kelly Watson (859) 622-1419 kelly.watson@eku.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecology, climate change, Appalachia, restoration, conservation REU Site: Disturbance Ecology in Central AppalachiaAbstract of Award |
Duquesne University REU Site: Interdisciplinary biological sciences research and community engaged learning experiences for undergraduates Department of Biological Sciences |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, interdisciplinary research, molecular biology, neuroscience, microbiomes, biochemistry, evolutionary biology. Comments: Sarah Woodley, Program Coordinator (412-396-6320, woodleys@duq.edu) REU Site: Interdisciplinary biological sciences research and community engaged learning experiences for undergraduatesAbstract 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 |
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 | |
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 |
Cornell University REU Site: Microbial Friends & Foes Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease |
Ithaca, New York |
Primary: Teresa Pawlowska (607) 254-8726 tep8@cornell.edu Secondary: Tory Hendry (607) 255-1950 th572@cornell.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; host-microbe interactions; ecology; evolution; genomics; molecular biology Comments: Esther Angert (era23@cornell.edu); Lisa M. Marsh (lmm266@cornell.edu) REU Site: Microbial Friends & FoesAbstract 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 |
College of Charleston REU Site: Resilience and Response of Marine Organisms to Environmental Change Biology, Grice Marine Laboratory |
Charleston, South Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, marine biology,ocean sciences, environmental change, ecology, evolution, organismal biology, microbial ecology, physiology, toxicology, pollution, biochemistry Comments: Program contact: Katie Hiott, reu@cofc.edu, 843-953-9200 REU Site: Resilience and Response of Marine Organisms to Environmental ChangeAbstract of Award Cofunded: Ocean Sciences | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
Central Michigan University REU Site: Great Lakes ecosystem research to build foundations for successful STEM futures Biology |
Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
Primary: Deric Learman (989) 774-4409 deric.learman@cmich.edu Secondary: Kevin Pangle (989) 774-2577 pangl1k@cmich.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, aquatic biology, freshwater biology, ecology, molecular biology, microbiology, fisheries, and environmental sciences Comments: Jessia Lapp (program coordinator) (989)774-4401, jessica.lapp@cmich.edu REU Site: Great Lakes ecosystem research to build foundations for successful STEM futuresAbstract 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |