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Site Information	Site Location	Contact Information	Additional Information
Arecibo Observatory REU Site: Research in Radio/Radar Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences at Arecibo Observatory	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Primary: Dr. Andrés Diaz (787) 878-2612 reu-program@naic.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, instrumentation, atmospheric physics REU Site: Research in Radio/Radar Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences at Arecibo ObservatoryAbstract of Award Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Brigham Young University REU Site: Physics Research at Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Primary: Jean-Francois van Huele reu@byu.edu Secondary: Brooklyn Chournos reu@byu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics Cofunded: Physics
Cornell University REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research at Cornell University Department of Astronomy	Ithaca, New York	Primary: Patricia Fernandez de Castro pf46@cornell.edu Secondary: Alexander Hayes hayes@astro.cornell.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research at Cornell UniversityAbstract of Award
Georgia State University REU in Astronomy & Physics: From the Largest to the Smallest Scales in the Universe Physics & Astronomy	Atlanta, Georgia	Primary: Dr. Daniel M. Crenshaw (404) 413-6036 crenshaw@astro.gsu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: galaxies, active galactic nuclei, stellar astrophysics, interferometry, exoplanets, solar physics, nuclear physics, cosmic rays, biophysics REU in Astronomy & Physics: From the Largest to the Smallest Scales in the UniverseAbstract of Award
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Primary: Dr. Henry Trae Winter (617) 495-7400 hwinter@cfa.harvard.edu Secondary: Dr. Kathy Reeves (617) 496-7563 kreeves@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)
Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium REU Site: The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium	Massachusetts	Primary: Dr. Seth Redfield (860) 685-3669 sredfield@wesleyan.edu Secondary: Dr. Meredith Hughes amhughes@wesleyan.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy Comments: Members of the Consortium are: Colgate, Haverford, Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams.
Louisiana State University REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University Department of Physics and Astronomy	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Primary: Dr. Robert Hynes (225) 578-7459 rhynes@su.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics (Condensed Matter, Quantum/AMO, Nuclear, High Energy Particle, LIGO, Cosmology, Computational and Medical) REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State UniversityAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
MIT Haystack Observatory MIT Haystack Observatory MIT Haystack Observatory	Westford, Massachusetts	Primary: Nancy Kotary (617) 715-5400 reuhaystack@haystack.mit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, geospace, geodesy, polar science, ionosphere, space weather, CubeSats, aurora, black holes, meteors, radio science, engineering, computer science, physics, astrophysics Comments: Radio science and engineering MIT Haystack ObservatoryAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association The Maria Mitchell Observatory	Nantucket, Massachusetts	Primary: Dr. Regina Jorgenson (508) 228-9273 rjorgenson@mariamitchell.org	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics Comments: Research Experiences for Teachers Site The Maria Mitchell ObservatoryAbstract of Award
National Radio Astronomy Observatory National Radio Astronomy Observatory Office of Science and Academic Affairs	Charlottesville, Virginia	Primary: Dr. Jim Braatz (434) 296-0251 sstudents@nrao.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, solar physics, planetary science, instrumentation, computer science, engineering Comments: REU Sites are operated in Green Bank, WV, Charlottesville, VA, and Socorro, NM. NRAO also supports Research Experiences for Teachers. National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryAbstract of Award
North Carolina State University REU Site: Computational and Data Science in Astrophysics	North Carolina	Primary: John M Blondin john_blondin@ncsu.edu Secondary: Katherine J Mack kmack@ncsu.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, computational astrophysics, undergraduate students, high-energy astrophysics. REU Site: Computational and Data Science in AstrophysicsAbstract of Award
Northern Arizona University NSF Research Experience For Undergraduates at Northern Arizona University Department of Physics & Astronomy	Flagstaff, Arizona	Primary: Dr. David Trilling (928) 523-5505 reu@nau.edu Secondary: Ms. Kathleen Stigmon (928) 523-8067 reu@nau.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, astrogeology, planetary science, instrumentation Comments: Collaborating institutions: Northern Arizona University, the Lowell Observatory, the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, and the U.S.G.S. astrogeology branch in Flagstaff. NSF Research Experience For Undergraduates at Northern Arizona UniversityAbstract of Award
Northwestern University Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary Context Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Physics & Astronomy	Evanston, Illinois	Primary: Dr. Aaron Geller, Program Director ciera-reu@northwestern.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Instrumentation, experimentation, high-performance computing, telescopes, galaxies, black holes, gravitational waves, exoplanets, dark matter and energy, statistics, applied math, engineering. Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary ContextAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Physics
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Multimessenger Astrophysics	Rochester, New York	Primary: Joshua Faber jafsma@rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Electromagnetic Astrophysics, Scientific Computing
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Imaging in the Physical Sciences Center for Imaging Science	Rochester, New York	Primary: Roger Dube (585) 475-5836 rdube@cis.rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Imaging, Astronomy, Hyper-Spectral Imaging, Remote Sensing, Optical Systems, Medical Imaging and Historical document presentation REU Site: Imaging in the Physical SciencesAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Multimessenger Astrophysics School of Mathematical Sciences	Rochester, New York	Primary: Joshua Faber (585) 475-5115 jafsma@rit.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Electromagnetic Astrophysics, Scientific Computing REU Site: Multimessenger AstrophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey REU Site: Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers - the On-Ramp at Exit 9 Department of Physics and Astronomy	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Primary: Dr. Andrew Baker (732) 445-5500 reu@physics.rutgers.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Astronomy and Materials Research REU Site: Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers - the On-Ramp at Exit 9Abstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Physics
SETI Institute REU Site: Life in the Universe: Astronomy and Planetary Science at the SETI Institute	Mountain View, California	Primary: Matthew Tiscareno (650) 810-0231 reu_director@seti.org	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrobiology, planetary science, exoplanets REU Site: Life in the Universe: Astronomy and Planetary Science at the SETI InstituteAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SAO Summer Intern Program	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Primary: Matthew Ashby (617) 496-7742 intern@cfa.harvard.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, instrumentation SAO Summer Intern ProgramAbstract of Award
Texas A&M University REU Site: Summer Research Program for Community College Students in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-Commerce Physics	Commerce, Texas	Primary: Dr. Huengmam Park (903) 468-8654 huengman.park@tamuc.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Physics Education, Organic Semiconductor Physics and Surface X-Ray Physics REU Site: Summer Research Program for Community College Students in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of California, Berkeley REU Site: Berkeley SETI Research Center	Berkeley, California	Primary: Stephen Croft scroft@astro.berkeley.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science
University of California, Santa Cruz The Lamat Summer Research Program on High Performance Computing in Astrophysics Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics	Santa Cruz, California	Primary: Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (831) 459-3400 enrico@ucolick.org	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Physics, Computational Science The Lamat Summer Research Program on High Performance Computing in AstrophysicsAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
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: Wendy Carande (303) 735-6862 Wendy.Carande@lasp.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 Colorado Boulder REU Site: Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics	Boulder, Colorado	Primary: Daniel Baker (303) 885-8689 snow@lasp.colorado.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: solar physics, space physics Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
University of Florida REU Program in Computational and Data Intensive Astrophysics Astronomy	Gainesville, Florida	Primary: Dr. Desika Narayanan (352) 694-1865 reu@astro.ufl.edu Secondary: Dr. Paul Torrey (352) 294-1846	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, Data Science, Computational Astrophysics REU Program in Computational and Data Intensive AstrophysicsAbstract of Award
University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy	Honolulu, HI, Hawaii	Primary: Dr. Robert Jedicke (808) 956-8080 reu@ifa.hawaii.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
University of Texas at Austin REU Site: Frontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st Century Department of Astronomy	Austin, Texas	Primary: Dr. Shardha Jogee (512) 471-3302 sj@astro.as.utexas.edu Secondary: James Medina (512) 471-3409 utastro_reu@utlists.utexas.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, star formation, planetary systems, stellar astrophysics, black holes, galaxy evolution, dark matter, dark energy, cosmology, instrumentation Comments: This program is funded by the NSF REU program and the Department of Defense ASSURE program. Student participants benefit from a collaboration between the UT Austin Astronomy Department, McDonald Obs REU Site: Frontier Research and Training in Astronomy for the 21st CenturyAbstract of Award Cofunded: Education and Human Resources
University of Utah REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah Department of Physics & Astronomy	Salt Lake City, Utah	Primary: Jordan Gerton (801) 585-0068 jgerton@physics.utah.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: physics, astronomy
University of Utah REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah Department of Physics	Salt lake city, Utah	Primary: Dr. Jordan Gerton (801) 585-0068 jgerton@physics.utah.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: Physics and Astronomy REU Site: An Inclusive REU Program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of UtahAbstract of Award Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept of Astronomy/Dept of Physics	Madison, Wisconsin	Primary: Dr. Audra Hernandez (608) 262-3071 reu@astro.wisc.edu	Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, space physics, space science, instrumentation, atmospheric physics University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstract of Award

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