REU Sites
REU Sites: Department of Defense (DoD)
Through its Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE) Program, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) supports undergraduate research in DoD-relevant disciplines. For this purpose, since FY2003, DoD has contributed several million dollars per year (through an interagency agreement with NSF) to support particular REU Sites that focus on research relevant to DoD's interests. The Sites below, though managed by NSF, are supported by funds from DoD's ASSURE program. Most of these REU-ASSURE Sites are jointly funded by NSF and DoD; a few are entirely funded by DoD. (Each of these Sites is also listed in the "Search for an REU Site" directory of the NSF research unit/discipline that manages the REU-ASSURE Site award.)
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Site Information | Site Location | Contact Information | Additional Information |
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Boston, Massachusetts |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, biosciences, molecular biology, gene expression, transcriptional control Comments: program email: surf@bu.edu REU Site: Control of Gene Expression for Biological EffectAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in UAV Technologies Aerospace Engineering |
Pomona, California |
Research Topics/Keywords: UAV Autonomy, Sense & Avoid, GPS-Denied Navigation, Multi UAV Coordination and Control, Flight Testing, System Identification, Intelligent Control, Flight Control Optimization, Modeling & Simulation REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in UAV TechnologiesAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD), Engineering | |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Optics, Glass Physics and Chemistry, Acoustics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Space Optics Comments: RET Component REU Site: Spectroscopy at Coe CollegeAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
Greenville, South Carolina |
Research Topics/Keywords: chemistry A Research Incubator REU Site in Chemistry at Furman UniversityAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
Hampton University REU Site: Atmospheric Measurements and Data Analysis at Hampton University Dept. of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |
Hampton, Virginia |
Research Topics/Keywords: atmospheric science, remote sensing, air quality, data analysis REU Site: Atmospheric Measurements and Data Analysis at Hampton UniversityAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Primary: Dr. Katharine Reeves (617) 496-7563 kreeves@cfa.harvard.edu Secondary: Sandy Daly (617) 496-7089 sdaly@cfa.harvard.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: Solar astronomy, Space weather, Heliosphere, Astrophysics, Instrumentation REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, Department of Defense (DoD) |
Iowa State University REU Site: Launching Aerospace's Underrepresented Students into the Next Chapter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (LAUNCH-UAS) Aerospace Engineering |
Ames, Iowa |
Research Topics/Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Systems(UAS),System Health Mgmt. of UAS,Dynamic Geofencing,UAS Swarm Behavior,UAS Apps.(Sensors,Inductive Charging System,Spray System),UAS Impact(ethics, safety societal, environ.) REU Site: Launching Aerospace's Underrepresented Students into the Next Chapter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (LAUNCH-UAS)Abstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
Bozeman, Montana |
Research Topics/Keywords: Quantum Physics, Materials Physics and Optics REU Site: Quantum and Materials PhysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
New Jersey Institute of Technology REU Site: Solar, Terrestrial, and Space Weather Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology Physics |
New Jersey |
Research Topics/Keywords: space weather, heliophysics, big data REU Site: Solar, Terrestrial, and Space Weather Sciences at New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
Pepperdine University REU Site: Biological Adaptations to Stress -- Molecular, Cellular, Ecological Natural Science Division |
Malibu, California |
Primary: Jay Brewster (310) 506-4321 Jay.Brewster@pepperdine.edu Secondary: Courtney Davis (310) 506-4582 courtney.davis2@pepperdine.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: ecology, cell biology, molecular biology, botany, genetics, cellular stress REU Site: Biological Adaptations to Stress -- Molecular, Cellular, EcologicalAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |
New Brunswick, New Jersey |
Primary: Dr. Josh Kohut (848) 932-3496 kohut@marine.rutgers.edu Secondary: Olaf Jensen ojensen@marine.rutgers.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: marine and estuarine science, oceanography, ecology, fish biology, geophysics, remote sensing, microbiology, geochemistry Comments: The application website is available in December and the deadline for applications is usually mid-February. Research Internships in Ocean SciencesAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
Boulder, Colorado |
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics REU Site: Physics/JILAAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | ||
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: Willow Reed (303) 492-6827 Willow.Reed@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 Illinois at Urbana REU Site: Applying the Tools of Physicians to Explore the Macroscopic, Microscopic and Quantum Worlds Department of Physics |
Urbana, Illinois |
Research Topics/Keywords: Biological Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Astrophysics, High-Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics and Computational Physics REU Site: Applying the Tools of Physicians to Explore the Macroscopic, Microscopic and Quantum WorldsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
University of Michigan REU Site: Summer Intensive Research Experiences in Neuroscience (SIREN) Neuroscience Graduate Program |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Primary: R. Keith Duncan (734) 763-2129 rkduncan@umich.edu Secondary: Shelly Flagel (734) 936-2033 sflagel@umich.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biology, neuroscience, brain Comments: Coordinator-Valerie Smith (vssj@umich.edu) REU Site: Summer Intensive Research Experiences in Neuroscience (SIREN)Abstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |
University of Missouri REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Neuroscience College of Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering |
Columbia, Missouri |
Primary: Satish Nair (573) 882-2964 nairs@missouri.edu Secondary: David Schulz (573) 882-4067 schulzd@missouri.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, neuroscience, computational, interdisciplinary, engineering REU Site: Summer Research Projects in NeuroscienceAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Unmanned Systems Foundations and Applications School of Computing |
Nebraska |
Primary: Justin Bradley (402) 472-5072 justin.bradley@unl.edu Secondary: Dung Hoang Tran (402) 472-5029 dtran30@unl.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: robotics, safe autonomy, multi-agent systems, uncrewed aircraft systems, human-robot interaction, control, communication, environmental sensing REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Unmanned Systems Foundations and ApplicationsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln REU Site: Lasers and Optics Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Lasers and Optcs REU Site: Lasers and OpticsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) | |
University of South Florida REU Site: Cryptography and Coding Theory at the University of South Florida |
Florida |
Research Topics/Keywords: Cryptography, coding theory, cybersecurity, error correcting codes, post quantum cryptography, quantum computing, computational algebra REU Site: Cryptography and Coding Theory at the University of South FloridaAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD), Mathematical Sciences | |
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) | |
Yale University REU Site: Research training in biomedical sciences and engineering Physical and Engineering Biology |
New Haven, Connecticut |
Primary: Corey O'Hern (203) 432-4258 corey.ohern@yale.edu Secondary: Dorottya Noble (203) 432-2751 dorottya.noble@yale.edu |
Research Topics/Keywords: biosciences, biomedical, bioengineering, interdisciplinary, convergent, quantitative, systems biology, data science, biomechanics Comments: Best contact is the Co-PI REU Site: Research training in biomedical sciences and engineeringAbstract of Award Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD) |