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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 Arizona
REU Site: Microbial Symbioses and Diversity Research Experience at the University of Arizona
School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Tucson, Arizona
Primary: Gayatri Vedantam
(520) 620-6839
gayatri@arizona.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, microbiology, microbial symbiosis, bacteria, viruses, environmental microbiology, food microbiology, plant-microbe association, animal microbiome, genetics, biochemistry, microbiome
Comments: Contact: Ms. Allison Sullivan; allisonsullivan@arizona.edu
REU Site: Microbial Symbioses and Diversity Research Experience at the University of ArizonaAbstract of Award
Tucson, Arizona
Primary: Michael Johnson
(520) 626-3779
mdljohnson@arizona.edu
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
Tucson, Arizona
Primary: Michael Johnson
(520) 626-3779
NSURPorg@gmail.com
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Virtual, Microbiology, Remote, Immunology
REU Site: The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP)Abstract 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
Medford, Massachusetts
Primary: Philip Starks
(617) 627-4849
philip.starks@tufts.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biosciences, Mathematical Ecology, Genetics, Microbiology, Physiology, Evolution, Development, Botony, Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Marine Invertebrate Biology, Conservation, Physiology, Behavior...
REU Site: Integrative approaches to studying recognition systems in cells, organisms, and populationsAbstract 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
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
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
The University of Kansas
REU Site: The Stressed Life of Cells
Molecular Biosciences
Lawrence, Kansas
Primary: Lisa Timmons
(785) 864-7363
mb-reu@ku.edu
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
The Scripps Research Institute
REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)
Office of Graduate Studies
La Jolla, California
Primary: Dawn Eastmond
(858) 784-2872
eastmond@scripps.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, chemistry, structural biology, biochemistry, biology
REU Site: Scripps’ Structure and Function Summer Institute (SFSI)Abstract of Award
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Simmons University
REU Site: A multisite REU in Synthetic Biology
Chemistry and Biology
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
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
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
San Francisco, California
Primary: Sarah Cohen
(415) 338-3750
sarahcoh@sfsu.edu
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
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
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
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
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, Indiana
Primary: James Forney
(765) 494-1632
forney@purdue.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biochemistry, biotechnology, protein function, molecular biology, genetics, epigenetics, plant science
Comments: coordinator: Jennifer Wilson (wils1135@purdue.edu)
REU Site: Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of ProteinsAbstract 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 University
REU Site: Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Biology
Princeton, New Jersey
Primary: Jannette Carey
(609) 258-1631
jcarey@princeton.edu
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
Primary: Jonathan Cohen
(609) 258-2696
jdc@princeton.edu
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
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