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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 Wisconsin Madison
REU Site: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress (CMBS): Exploring the Complexities of Adaptation and Resilience
Wisconsin Insitute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE)
Madison, Wisconsin
Primary: Amber Robertson Smith
(608) 262-0850
amber.smith@wisc.edu
Secondary: David Wassarman
(608) 262-6648
dawassarman@wisc.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, molecular, cellular, organismal, ecological, stress, genetics, biochemistry, bacteriology, pathology
REU Site: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress (CMBS): Exploring the Complexities of Adaptation and ResilienceAbstract 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
University of Washington
REU Site: Big Data and Science Communication
Genome Sciences
Seattle, Washington
Primary: Christine Queitsch
(206) 685-8935
queitsch@u.washington.edu
Secondary: Atom Lesiak
(970) 218-0193
alesiak@uw.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, genetics, genomics, proteomics, evolution, computational biology, developmental biology, technology development, microbiome, genome editing, DNA replication, data science
Comments: The point of contact for student applications is Brian Giebel. 206-616-7297; bgiebel@uw.edu.
REU Site: Big Data and Science CommunicationAbstract of Award
Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington
Primary: Adam Summers
(310) 864-1491
Fishguy@uw.edu
Secondary: Stacy Farina
stacy.farina@howard.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Marine Biology, ecology, evolution, fish, invertebrates, island
REU Site: Integrative Biology and Ecology of Marine OrganismsAbstract of Award
Seattle, Washington
Primary: Jen Eklund
(206) 732-2123
jen.eklund@isbscience.org
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, systems biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, multi-omics, data science
REU Site: Research Opportunities in Systems BiologyAbstract of Award
Seattle, Washington
Primary: Eric Chudler
(206) 616-6899
chudler@u.washington.edu
Secondary: Rajesh Rao
(206) 685-9141
rao@cs.washington.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, neurotechnology, neuroethics, neurophysiology
REU Site: Sensorimotor Neural EngineeringAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Engineering, Department of Defense (DoD)
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
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
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
Utah State University
REU Site: STEM for Plant Health
Biological Engineering
Logan, Utah
Primary: David Britt
(435) 797-2158
david.britt@usu.edu
Secondary: Anne Anderson
(720) 438-8831
annejanderson33@gmail.com
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, agriculture, bioengineering, plant physiology, microbiome, probiotic, soil health, natural products, biotechnology, nanotechnology
REU Site: STEM for Plant HealthAbstract 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
Tarleton State University
REU Site: Restoring working cattle ranches for sustainable land and water resources
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Geosciences, Sociology, and Wildlife, Sus
Stephenville, Texas
Primary: Victoria Chraibi
(254) 968-9326
chraibi@tarleton.edu
Secondary: Barbara Bellows
(254) 968-9000
bellows@tarleton.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, community ecology, environmental biology, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, environmental policy, hydrogeology, landscape management, limnology, plant ecology
REU Site: Restoring working cattle ranches for sustainable land and water resourcesAbstract 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
The University of Texas at Austin
REU SITE: Summer Undergraduate Program for Experiential Research (SUPER) in Molecular Biosciences.
The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alan Lloyd, Texas
Primary: Alan Lloyd
(512) 471-3530
amlloyd@utexas.edu
Secondary: Antonio Gonzalez
(512) 471-6424
antonio.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, molecular, biology, cell, development, gene, DNA, RNA
Comments: Coordinator: Justine Mecchio Justine.Meccio@austin.utexas.edu. (512)471-0934
REU SITE: Summer Undergraduate Program for Experiential Research (SUPER) in Molecular Biosciences.Abstract of Award
Texas A&M University
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics & Genomics (SURGe)
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics
College Station, Texas
Primary: William Murphy
(979) 458-0906
wmurphy@cvm.tamu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Bioinformatics and Genomics, Conservation and Population Genetics, Medical Genetics, Microbial Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Genetics, Plant Genetics
Comments: "SURGe Program Manager: Isabel Caballero, Ph.D. SURGe Program Coordinator: Tamara Ospina-Vega"
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics & Genomics (SURGe)Abstract of Award
Texas A&M University
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
College Station, Texas
Primary: Mary Bryk
(979) 862-2294
bryk@tamu.edu
Secondary: Gary Kunkel
(979) 845-6257
g-kunkel@tamu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biochemistry, biophysics, developmental biology, gene expression, genomics, enzymology, membrane structure, microbiology, molecular biology, phage biology, proteomics
Comments: coordinators are the PI and co-PI
REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in BiochemistryAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Chemistry
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
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
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
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
REU Site: Research experiences for Deaf Students in Systems Biology and Molecular Signaling- How Cells and Organisms make Decisions
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Knoxville, Tennessee
Primary: Dan Roberts
(865) 974-4070
drobert2@utk.edu
Secondary: David Smith
(865) 329-7530
dsmit147@utk.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Genomics,Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology, Computational Modeling
REU Site: Research experiences for Deaf Students in Systems Biology and Molecular Signaling- How Cells and Organisms make DecisionsAbstract 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
Brookings, South Dakota
Primary: Gonzalez-Hernandez, Jose
(605) 688-6907
jose.gonzalez@sdstate.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, agronomy, botany, ecology, life sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, plant breeding, plant sciences,
REU Site: Interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the plant sciences - From genomes to phenomesAbstract of Award
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
College of Charleston
REU Site: Resilience and Response of Marine Organisms to Environmental Change
Biology, Grice Marine Laboratory
Charleston, South Carolina
Primary: Robert Podolsky
(843) 953-9186
reu@cofc.edu
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
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
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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Primary: Sarah Woodley
(412) 396-6320
woodleys@duq.edu
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
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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Primary: David Zuzga
(215) 898-3964
dzuzga@wistar.org
Secondary: Kristy Shuda McGuire
(215) 898-3805
kshudamcguire@wistar.org
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Cell Biology, Gene Expression, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Microenvironment, Molecular Biology, Vaccine
Comments: Cailey Bice (Education Program Coordinator) cbice@wistar.org; 215-898-3749
REU Site: Understanding the Rules of Life: The Molecular Basis of Cellular Phenotypes (MBCP) ProgramAbstract of Award
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