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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Lincoln, Nebraska |
Primary: Donald Becker (402) 472-9652 dbecker3@unl.edu Secondary: Julie Stone (402) 472-4902 jstone2@unl.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Redox biology, biochemistry, oxidative stress, redox signaling and regulation, enzymes, protein structure, molecular biology Comments: Hannah Kahler/Administrative Assistant/hkahler2@unl.edu REU Site: Training in Redox BiologyAbstract of Award Cofunded: Chemistry | |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Primary: Kurt Regner (702) 895-1071 kurt.regner@unlv.edu Secondary: Eduardo Robleto (702) 895-2496 eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Evolution, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics Comments: Kurt Regner/Eduardo Robleto REU Site: Mechanisms of EvolutionAbstract of Award | |
New Jersey Institute of Technology - NJIT REU Site: BioSensor Materials for Advanced Research and Technology (BioSMART) at the Environment/Biotechnology Nexus Chemistry and Environmental Science |
Newark, New Jersey |
Primary: Omowunmi Sadik (973) 596-2833 sadik@njit.edu Secondary: Kevin Belfield (973) 596-3676 belfield@njit.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosensors, BioSMART, Materials, biorecognition and protein engineering, sensor designs, environmental applications and biosciences Comments: Ms. Genti Price, 973-596-3371; genti.m.price@njit.edu REU Site: BioSensor Materials for Advanced Research and Technology (BioSMART) at the Environment/Biotechnology NexusAbstract of Award |
Princeton University, New Jersey |
Primary: Bridgett vonHoldt (609) 258-7021 vonholdt@Princeton.EDU Secondary: Jannette Carey (609) 258-1631 jcarey@princeton.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, mathematics, incarceration REU Site: Computational Biology Research, Gateway to STEMAbstract of Award | |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Research Topics/Keywords: Molecular Biology, international, Czech Republic, biophysics Comments: Contact: Derrick Rose, dc5321@princeton.edu REU Site: Molecular BiophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Chemistry, International Science and Engineering | ||
Princeton University REU Site: Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Internship Program Princeton Neuroscience Institute |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, psychology, molecular biology, cognitive science Comments: Program Director: Ed Clayton (ec12@princeton.edu) REU Site: Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Internship ProgramAbstract of Award | |
University of New Mexico REU Site: Population, community and ecosystem dynamics in the northern Chihuahuan Desert Sevilleta Field Station |
San Acacia, New Mexico |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, aridland ecology, biodiversity, plants, birds, arthropods, lizards, climate variability, fire, primary production, soils, population dynamics Comments: Program Coordinator Stephanie Baker srbaker@unm.edu REU Site: Population, community and ecosystem dynamics in the northern Chihuahuan DesertAbstract of Award | |
New York City, New York |
Research Topics/Keywords: "biosciences, genomics, systems biology, bioinformatics
developmental biology, evolution, plant science, gene regulation, chromatin" Comments: email surp.biology@nyu.edu for any questions REU Site in Quantitative Biological ResearchAbstract of Award | ||
Borough of Manhattan Community College , The City University of New York REU Site: Advancing Undergraduate Research Among Minorities in Plant Biology Enrolled in an Urban Community College Science Department |
New York, New York |
Primary: Adolfina Koroch (212) 220-8000 akoroch@bmcc.cuny.edu Secondary: Alexander Gosslau (212) 220-8000 agosslau@bmcc.cuny.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: natural extracts, biological activity, antioxidants, gene regulation, oxidative stress, bioscience REU Site: Advancing Undergraduate Research Among Minorities in Plant Biology Enrolled in an Urban Community CollegeAbstract 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 | |
New York University REU Site: Center for Neural Science Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Center for Neural Science |
New York, New York |
Primary: Chiye Aoki (212) 998-3929 ca3@nyu.edu Secondary: Margarita Kaplow (212) 998-3943 surp@cns.nyu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, neural science, computational, brain, behavior, mental health, neurobiology, psychology, neurology, psychiatry, psychophysics REU Site: Center for Neural Science Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)Abstract 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 |
Binghamton University REU Site: Early Collaborative Research Experience in Microbial Biofilm Development, Resistance, & Community Structure Department of Biological Sciences |
Binghamton, New York |
Primary: Caitlin Light (607) 777-5523 clight@binghamton.edu Secondary: Karin Sauer (607) 777-3157 ksauer@binghamton.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Biofilms, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Molecular Biology REU Site: Early Collaborative Research Experience in Microbial Biofilm Development, Resistance, & Community StructureAbstract 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 |
Mercy College and Albert Einstein College of Medicine REU Site: Mercy College - Albert Einstein Department of Neuroscience Natural Sciences |
Dobbs Ferry, New York |
Primary: Juan Bruses (914) 674-7379 jbruses@mercy.edu Secondary: Jose Pena (718) 430-4088 jose.pena@einstein.yu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, neuroscience, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, neurophysiology, bioinformatics, neural development, neural plasticity, animal behavior and neuroimaging REU Site: Mercy College - Albert Einstein Department of NeuroscienceAbstract 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 |
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 |
Wadsworth Center REU Site: Networked Projects in Cell and Molecular Biology at the Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health |
Albany, New York |
Primary: Randall Morse (518) 486-3116 randall.morse@health.ny.gov Secondary: Matthew Kohn (518) 474-6196 matthew.kohn@health.ny.gov |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, collaborative research, molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, structural biology, computational biology, bioinformatics Comments: please contact us at (518)-474-6196, reu@health.ny.gov REU Site: Networked Projects in Cell and Molecular Biology at the Wadsworth CenterAbstract of Award |
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, plant, genomics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, maize, tomato, Arabidopsis Comments: More information can be obtained by contacting the program coordinator, Delanie Sickler, at pgrp-outreach@cornell.edu or 607-252-6566. REU Site: Plant Genome ResearchAbstract 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 | |
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 |
American Museum of Natural History REU SITE: Systematics, Evolution and Conservation for the 21st Century |
New York, New York |
Primary: Cheryl Hayashi (212) 769-5073 chayashi@amnh.org Secondary: John Flynn (212) 769-5806 dean-rggs@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 |
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 | ||
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 | |
North Carolina A&T State University REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic Biology Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Computational Science & Engineering |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Synthetic Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology Comments: co-PI: Greg Goins, 336-285-2191, gdgoins@ncat.edu Dukka Kc, 336-285-3210, dbkc@ncat.edu Ming Dong, 336-285-2234, mdong@ncat.edu REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic BiologyAbstract of Award | |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Plant Biology, Plant Microbe Interactions, Microbiology, Microbial Community Analysis REU Site: Integrative Microbial and Plant SystemsAbstract of Award | ||
North Carolina State University REU Site: Modeling the Dynamics of Biological Systems Biotechnology Program |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Primary: Stefanie Chen (919) 513-0331 slchen2@ncsu.edu Secondary: Melissa C. Srougi (919) 515-5142 mcsrougi@ncsu.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, microscopy, imaging, cell biology, molecular biology, quantitative biology, developmental biology, neuroscience, biophysics, biomedical engineering, plant biology, chemistry Comments: This REU supports deaf/hard-of-hearing students. REU Site: Modeling the Dynamics of Biological SystemsAbstract of Award |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Biological Mechanisms Microbiology and Immunology Department |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Primary: Miriam Braunstein (919) 966-5051 miriam_braunstein@med.unc.edu Secondary: Mark Peifer (919) 962-2271 peifer@unc.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biology, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, developmental biology, biochemistry Comments: Debra Ragland, Program Coordinator, debra_ragland@med.unc.edu, 919-962-4982 REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Biological MechanismsAbstract of Award |
North Carolina State University REU Site: Tropical ecology and evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico Department of Applied Ecology |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, ecology, tropical ecology, evolution Comments: Program email: reu@ramirezlab.net REU Site: Tropical ecology and evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto RicoAbstract of Award | |
University of North Dakota REU Site: Genes & The Environment: Research Experiences for Undergraduates from Rural & Tribal Colleges Biology, Biomedical Sciences |
Grand Forks, North Dakota |
Primary: Van Doze (701) 777-6222 van.doze@med.und.edu Secondary: Rebecca Simmons (701) 777-3439 rebecca.simmons@und.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences; Computational, Developmental & Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Epigenetics; Genomics; Neuroscience; Parasitology Comments: Point of contact: Van Doze, van.doze@med.und.edu, 701-777-6222 REU Site: Genes & The Environment: Research Experiences for Undergraduates from Rural & Tribal CollegesAbstract of Award |