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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Purdue University REU Site: Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD) Center for Plant Biology |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
Primary: Chao Cai (765) 494-8684 caic@purdue.edu Secondary: Natalia Dudareva (765) 494-1325 dudareva@purdue.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, plant biology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, plant physiology, bioinformatics, plant metabolism, chemical ecology, evolution, developmental biology REU Site: Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD)Abstract of Award |
West Lafayette, Illinois |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; structural biology; X-ray crystallography; cryo-EM; biophysics; membrane proteins; viruses; drug discovery; infectious diseases Comments: Becky Harding, rharding@purdue.edu, 765-494-4493; Nicholas Noinaj, nnoinaj@purdue.edu, 765-496-006 REU Site: A Summer Research Experience in Structural and Computational Biology and BiophysicsAbstract 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 | |
Crested Butte, Colorado |
Primary: Ian Billick (970) 349-7231 ibillick@rmbl.org Secondary: Rosemary Smith (970) 349-7231 rsmith@rmbl.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, ecology, evolutionary biology, field research, rocky mountains, landscape ecology REU Site: Live in the Mountains: Field Research in Gothic, COAbstract of Award | |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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 | ||
San Francisco State University REU Site: Research in Environmental Studies and Evolutionary Developmental Biology Biology |
San Francisco, California |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, environmental sciences Comments: For any question, email nsfreu@sfsu.edu REU Site: Research in Environmental Studies and Evolutionary Developmental BiologyAbstract of Award | |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Primary: Chris Kempes (505) 946-2794 ckempes@gmail.com Secondary: Melanie Mitchell (505) 984-8800 mm@santafe.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, ecology, evolution, computer science, intelligence, origins of life, astrobiology, biophysics, mathematical biology physics, mathematics Comments: Primary Contact: Carla Shedivy; education@santafe.edu REU Site: Quantitative Rules of Life: General Theories across Biological SystemsAbstract of Award | |
Sea Research Foundation REU Site: Mystic Aquarium: Collaborative Research: Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine Ecosystems Department of Marine Sciences |
Mystic, Connecticut |
Primary: Tracy Romano (860) 514-3688 tromano@mysticaquarium.org Secondary: Michael Finiguerra (860) 389-2900 michael.finiguerra@gmail.com |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, oceansciences, marine science, marine biology, marine ecosystems, food web, marine ecology, physiology, immunology, whales, marine mammals, fish, aquarium, environmental stressors Comments: Contact: Danielle Lavoie dlavoie@mysticaquarium.org; 860-818-2507 REU Site: Mystic Aquarium: Collaborative Research: Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine EcosystemsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Ocean Sciences |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Primary: Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield (617) 521-2731 jennifer.canfield@simmons.edu Secondary: Mariam Ismail (617) 521-2775 mariam.ismail@simmons.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Synthetic Biology, Biology, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic BiologyAbstract of Award | |
Smithsonian Institution Title: REU Site: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Environmental Research Center |
Edgewater, Maryland |
Primary: Alison Cawood (443) 482-2271 cawooda@si.edu Secondary: John Parker (443) 482-2221 parkerj@si.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecosystems, ecology, marine, terrestrial, population, community, landscape, climate change, environmental science Comments: Mr. Daniel Gustafson, 443-482-2217, gustafsond@si.edu Title: REU Site: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterAbstract of Award |
State University of New York at Albany / Research Foundation of SUNY REU site: Summer Research at the University at Albany's RNA Institute The RNA Institute |
Albany, New York |
Primary: J. Andrew Berglund (518) 437-4448 aberglund@albany.edu Secondary: Shanise Kent (518) 442-3899 skent@albany.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, RNA, biology, chemistry, nanobiosciences, diagnostic, nanostructures REU site: Summer Research at the University at Albany's RNA InstituteAbstract 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 |
Texas A&M University REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics & Genomics (SURGe) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics |
College Station, Texas |
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 | |
Bar Harbor, Maine |
Primary: Charles Wray (207) 288-6237 charles.wray@jax.org Secondary: Laura Muller (207) 288-6000 laura.muller@jax.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, computational biology REU Site: Funtional Genomics Research for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award | |
The Morton Arboretum REU site at the Morton Arboretum: Integrated tree science in the Anthropocene Center for Tree Science |
Lisle, Illinois |
Primary: Charles Cannon (630) 725-2071 ccannon@mortonarb.org Secondary: Christine Rollinson (630) 719-2422 crollinson@mortonarb.org |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, botany, trees, ecology, evolution, genetics, arboriculture, soils, roots, biodiversity REU site at the Morton Arboretum: Integrated tree science in the AnthropoceneAbstract of Award |
The Scripps Research Institute REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI) Office of Graduate Studies |
La Jolla, California |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, chemistry, structural biology, biochemistry, biology REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)Abstract of Award | |
Lawrence, Kansas |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, cell biology, microbiology, genetics, developmental biology, virology, computational biology, biochemistry Comments: John Connolly REU Site: The Stressed Life of CellsAbstract 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 | |
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa REU Site: Re-IMAGiNE Life, Exploring Function through Adaptation Department of Biological Sciences |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
Primary: Julie Olson (205) 348-1807 jolson@ua.edu Secondary: Michael McKain (205) 348-1826 mrmckain@ua.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences; functional adaptation; changing environments; genomic variation REU Site: Re-IMAGiNE Life, Exploring Function through AdaptationAbstract of Award |
Tucson, Arizona |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, microbiology, immunology, virtual, remote Comments: Coordinator: Holly Lopez NSURP@arizona.edu REU Site: The National Summer Undergraduate Research ProjectAbstract of Award | ||
University of Arkansas REU SITE: Assessment and sustainable management of ecosystem at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems Biological Sciences |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
Primary: Kusum Naithani (479) 575-3653 kusum@uark.edu Secondary: Erica Westerman (479) 575-5348 ewesterm@uark.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, ecology, ecosystem services, biogeochemistry, sustainability, resiliency, green chemistry, biological and agricultural engineering, agricultural economics REU SITE: Assessment and sustainable management of ecosystem at the nexus of food, energy, and water systemsAbstract of Award |
University of California, Davis REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change Evolution and Ecology |
Davis, California |
Primary: Richard Grosberg (530) 219-2468 rkgrosberg@ucdavis.edu Secondary: Anne Todgham (530) 752-1897 todgham@ucdavis.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change Comments: Program coordinator: Carole Hom / clhom@ucdavis.edu REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental ChangeAbstract of Award |
University of California, Los Angeles REU Site: Computational Biosciences Research Experience for Undergraduates Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology |
Los Angeles, California |
Primary: Hilary Coller (310) 825-3483 hcoller@ucla.edu Secondary: Alexander Hoffmann (310) 794-9925 ahoffmann@ucla.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, quantitative biology, computational biology, next generation sequencing, computer programming, statistics Comments: Coordinator: Beverlee Turner, baturner@g.ucla.edu REU Site: Computational Biosciences Research Experience for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award |
University of California, Merced REU Site: Interdisciplinary Biological Engineering and Science Training (I-BEST) |
Merced, California |
Primary: Ajay Gopinathan (209) 228-4048 agopinathan@ucmerced.edu Secondary: Carrie Kouadio (209) 228-4230 ckouadio@ucmerced.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biophysical sciences, biotechnology, molecular and cellular biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, biomaterials, bioengineering, biosciences Comments: Contact: Carrie Kouadio (ckouadio@ucmerced.edu ) REU Site: Interdisciplinary Biological Engineering and Science Training (I-BEST)Abstract of Award |
University of California Berkeley REU Site: How Robustness and Resilience in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors Shape Biological Processes. Host department: Integrative Biology / 13 participating departments |
Berkeley, California |
Primary: Gian Garriga (510) 642-5859 garriga@berkeley.edu Secondary: Tyrone Hayes (510) 643-1054 tyrone@berkeley.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biotic stress; abiotic stress; ecology; molecular biology; cell biology; microbiology; plant biology REU Site: How Robustness and Resilience in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors Shape Biological Processes.Abstract of Award |
University of California Irvine REU SITE: Summer Institute in Neuroscience Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |
Irvine, California |
Primary: Luis Colon-Perez (949) 824-3919 lcolonpe@uci.edu Secondary: Manuella Yassa (949) 824-5193 manuella.yassa@uci.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, learning and memory, neuroscience, computational biology, neuroimaging, behavioral neuroscience, genetics, epigenetics REU SITE: Summer Institute in NeuroscienceAbstract of Award |
University of California Riverside REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Next Generation Cell Biology of Plants and Plant Pathogens Center for Plant Cell Biology |
Riverside, California |
Primary: Carolyn Rasmussen (951) 827-4415 carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu Secondary: Thomas Eulgem (951) 827-7740 thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: plant, plant pathogen, metabolomics, biosciences REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Next Generation Cell Biology of Plants and Plant PathogensAbstract of Award |
San Francisco, California |
Primary: Carol Gross (415) 476-4161 cgross@cgl.ucsf.edu Secondary: Elizabeth Silva (415) 502-2927 elizabeth.silva@ucsf.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: molecular biosciences, immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Genomics Comments: Contact for student applications: Zachary Smith, zachary.smith@ucsf.edu REU Site: NSF REU in Molecular BiosciencesAbstract of Award | |
Orlando, Florida |
Primary: Linda Walters (407) 823-2148 linda.walters@ucf.edu Secondary: Kate Mansfield (407) 823-4432 kate.mansfield@ucf.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, biodiversity, conservation, restoration, communication, ecology, evolution, vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, endangered species, invasive species, animal behavior, animal tracking Comments: UCF REU Contact: Dr. Linda Walters, linda.walters@ucf.edu REU Site: Conservation, Restoration and CommunicationAbstract of Award | |
University of Central Oklahoma REU Site: Pollinators, Climate Change, and the Aegean Archipelago Biology |
Edmond, Oklahoma |
Primary: Charlotte Simmons (405) 974-2538 cksimmons@uco.edu Secondary: Charles Abramson (405) 744-7492 charles.abramson@okstate.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Behavioral Studies; Biodiversity; Physiological Ecology, and Biological Invasions; Ecosystem Change Comments: Inquiries: reu@uco.edu REU Site: Pollinators, Climate Change, and the Aegean ArchipelagoAbstract of Award Cofunded: International Science and Engineering |