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Site Information	Site Location	Contact Information	Additional Information
West Virginia University REU Site: Undergraduate Astrophysics in Appalachia at West Virginia University Department of Physics and Astronomy	Morgantown, West Virginia	Primary: Loren Anderson loren.anderson@mail.wvu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics
Vanderbilt University REU Site: Vanderbilt University Research Experience for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy	Nashville, Tennessee	Primary: David Ernst alyce.dobbins@vanderbilt.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, computational astrophysics, data science Cofunded: Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept of Astronomy/Dept of Physics	Madison, Wisconsin	Primary: Dr. Audra Hernandez (608) 262-3071 reu@astro.wisc.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, space physics, space science, instrumentation, atmospheric physics University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstract of Award
University of Utah REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah Department of Physics	Salt lake city, Utah	Primary: Dr. Jordan Gerton (801) 585-0068 jgerton@physics.utah.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Physics and Astronomy REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of UtahAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of Utah REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah Department of Physics & Astronomy	Salt Lake City, Utah	Primary: Jordan Gerton (801) 585-0068 jgerton@physics.utah.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: physics, astronomy
University of Texas at Austin REU Site: Frontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st Century Department of Astronomy	Austin, Texas	Primary: Dr. Shardha Jogee (512) 471-3302 sj@astro.as.utexas.edu Secondary: James Medina (512) 471-3409 utastro_reu@utlists.utexas.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, star formation, planetary systems, stellar astrophysics, black holes, galaxy evolution, dark matter, dark energy, cosmology, instrumentation Comments: This program is funded by the NSF REU program and the Department of Defense ASSURE program. Student participants benefit from a collaboration between the UT Austin Astronomy Department, McDonald Obs REU Site: Frontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st CenturyAbstract of Award Cofunded: Education and Human Resources
University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy	Honolulu, HI, Hawaii	Primary: Dr. Robert Jedicke (808) 956-8080 reu@ifa.hawaii.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
University of Florida REU Program in Computational and Data Intensive Astrophysics Astronomy	Gainesville, Florida	Primary: Dr. Desika Narayanan (352) 694-1865 reu@astro.ufl.edu Secondary: Dr. Paul Torrey (352) 294-1846	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, Data Science, Computational Astrophysics REU Program in Computational and Data Intensive AstrophysicsAbstract of Award
University of Colorado Boulder REU Site: Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics	Boulder, Colorado	Primary: Daniel Baker (303) 885-8689 snow@lasp.colorado.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: solar physics, space physics Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder REU Site: Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance Lab for Atmospheric and Space Physics	Boulder, Colorado	Primary: Wendy Carande (303) 735-6862 Wendy.Carande@lasp.colorado.edu Secondary: Dr. Daniel N Baker (303) 492-4509 Daniel.Baker@lasp.colorado.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: solar physics, space physics, climate science, magnetosphere, heliosphere, upper atmosphere, Sun-Earth system, space weather Comments: Participating institutions include NCAR High Altitude Observatory, NOAA Space Environment Center (both in Boulder, CO), and Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (Boston, MA) REU Site: Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar AllianceAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Department of Defense (DoD)
University of California, Santa Cruz The Lamat Summer Research Program on High Performance Computing in Astrophysics Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics	Santa Cruz, California	Primary: Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (831) 459-3400 enrico@ucolick.org	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Physics, Computational Science The Lamat Summer Research Program on High Performance Computing in AstrophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of California, Berkeley REU Site: Berkeley SETI Research Center	Berkeley, California	Primary: Stephen Croft scroft@astro.berkeley.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science
Texas A&M University REU Site: Summer Research Program for Community College Students in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-Commerce Physics	Commerce, Texas	Primary: Dr. Huengmam Park (903) 468-8654 huengman.park@tamuc.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Physics Education, Organic Semiconductor Physics and Surface X-Ray Physics REU Site: Summer Research Program for Community College Students in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SAO Summer Intern Program	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Primary: Matthew Ashby (617) 496-7742 intern@cfa.harvard.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, instrumentation SAO Summer Intern ProgramAbstract of Award
SETI Institute REU Site: Life in the Universe: Astronomy and Planetary Science at the SETI Institute	Mountain View, California	Primary: Matthew Tiscareno (650) 810-0231 reu_director@seti.org	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrobiology, planetary science, exoplanets REU Site: Life in the Universe: Astronomy and Planetary Science at the SETI InstituteAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Multimessenger Astrophysics School of Mathematical Sciences	Rochester, New York	Primary: Joshua Faber (585) 475-5115 jafsma@rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Electromagnetic Astrophysics, Scientific Computing REU Site: Multimessenger AstrophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Imaging in the Physical Sciences Center for Imaging Science	Rochester, New York	Primary: Roger Dube (585) 475-5836 rdube@cis.rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Imaging, Astronomy, Hyper-Spectral Imaging, Remote Sensing, Optical Systems, Medical Imaging and Historical document presentation REU Site: Imaging in the Physical SciencesAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Multimessenger Astrophysics	Rochester, New York	Primary: Joshua Faber jafsma@rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Electromagnetic Astrophysics, Scientific Computing
Northwestern University Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary Context Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Physics & Astronomy	Evanston, Illinois	Primary: Dr. Aaron Geller, Program Director ciera-reu@northwestern.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Instrumentation, experimentation, high-performance computing, telescopes, galaxies, black holes, gravitational waves, exoplanets, dark matter and energy, statistics, applied math, engineering. Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary ContextAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Physics
North Carolina State University REU Site: Computational and Data Science in Astrophysics	North Carolina	Primary: John M Blondin john_blondin@ncsu.edu Secondary: Katherine J Mack kmack@ncsu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, computational astrophysics, undergraduate students, high-energy astrophysics. REU Site: Computational and Data Science in AstrophysicsAbstract of Award
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association The Maria Mitchell Observatory	Nantucket, Massachusetts	Primary: Dr. Regina Jorgenson (508) 228-9273 rjorgenson@mariamitchell.org	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics Comments: Research Experiences for Teachers Site The Maria Mitchell ObservatoryAbstract of Award
MIT Haystack Observatory MIT Haystack Observatory MIT Haystack Observatory	Westford, Massachusetts	Primary: Nancy Kotary (617) 715-5400 reuhaystack@haystack.mit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, geospace, geodesy, polar science, ionosphere, space weather, CubeSats, aurora, black holes, meteors, radio science, engineering, computer science, physics, astrophysics Comments: Radio science and engineering MIT Haystack ObservatoryAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Louisiana State University REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University Department of Physics and Astronomy	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Primary: Dr. Robert Hynes (225) 578-7459 rhynes@su.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics (Condensed Matter, Quantum/AMO, Nuclear, High Energy Particle, LIGO, Cosmology, Computational and Medical) REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State UniversityAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium REU Site: The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium	Massachusetts	Primary: Dr. Seth Redfield (860) 685-3669 sredfield@wesleyan.edu Secondary: Dr. Meredith Hughes amhughes@wesleyan.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy Comments: Members of the Consortium are: Colgate, Haverford, Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams.
Georgia State University REU in Astronomy & Physics: From the Largest to the Smallest Scales in the Universe Physics & Astronomy	Atlanta, Georgia	Primary: Dr. Daniel M. Crenshaw (404) 413-6036 crenshaw@astro.gsu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: galaxies, active galactic nuclei, stellar astrophysics, interferometry, exoplanets, solar physics, nuclear physics, cosmic rays, biophysics REU in Astronomy & Physics: From the Largest to the Smallest Scales in the UniverseAbstract of Award
Cornell University REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research at Cornell University Department of Astronomy	Ithaca, New York	Primary: Patricia Fernandez de Castro pf46@cornell.edu Secondary: Alexander Hayes hayes@astro.cornell.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research at Cornell UniversityAbstract of Award
Brigham Young University REU Site: Physics Research at Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Primary: Jean-Francois van Huele reu@byu.edu Secondary: Brooklyn Chournos reu@byu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics Cofunded: Physics

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