Institution Site Name Site URL Department City State Zipcode Country Contact Name Contact Phone Contact Email Contact Name (alt) Contact Phone (alt) Contact Email (alt) Research Topics/Keywords Comments Award Co-funded 1 Co-funded 2 Co-funded 3 American Museum of Natural History REU Program in Earth Sciences and Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History http://research.amnh.org/grants/underprog.html Division of Physical Sciences New York New York 10024 Dr. Charles Liu (212) 496-3579 cliu@amnh.org James D. Webster (212) 769-5401 jdw@amnh.org earth science, planetary science, astrophysics http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1460860 Earth Sciences Central Washington University REU Site: Hazards and Risks of Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest http://www.cwu.edu/reu/climate_change Department of Geological Sciences Ellensburg Washington 98926 Dr. Anne Egger (509) 963-2870 annegger@geology.cwu.edu climate science, ecology, geography, geology, sociology http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1559862 Chapman University REU-Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Earth and Environmental Sciences (SURFEES) http://www.chapman.edu/surfees Earth and Environmental Sciences Orange California 92866-9809 Dr. Christopher S. Kim (714) 628-7363 cskim@chapman.edu Earth and environmental sciences http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1359500 Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Research Experience for Undergradutes: Analyzing Global Databases http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/education/summer-internship Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Palisaides New York 10964 Dallas Abbott (845) 365-8664 dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu Geology, Petrology, Physical Oceanography,Marine Biology, Geochemistry, and Geophysics The application website will open in January with applications due at the end of February. http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1359194 Ocean Sciences Earth Sciences Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Undergraduate Summer Research in Seismology http://www.iris.edu/internship/ Michael Hubenthal 607-777-4612 hubenth@iris.edu Seismology http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0851431 Department of Defense (DoD) Macalester College Keck Geology Consortium http://keckgeology.org/ Geology Department Saint Paul Minnesota 51051899 Dr. Karl Wirth wirth@macalester.edu paleontology, structural geology, stratigraphy, petrology, geochemistry, tectonics, hydrology, geophysics http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1659322 North Carolina State University REU Site: Basic and Environmental Soil Science Training (BESST) http://reu.soil.ncsu.edu Soil Science Raleigh North Carolina 27695-7619 Dr. Josh Heitman (919) 513-1593 jlheitman@ncsu.edu Geosciences and Soil Science http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1358938 Northern Illinois University REU Site: Water resources and quality in the Riviera Maya, Mexico http://www.niu.edu/ese/reu Dept. of Geology & Environ. Geosciences DeKalb Illinois 60115 Mexico Dr. Melissa Lenczewski (815) 753-7937 lenczewski@niu.edu Geosciences, Environmental Sciences This REU site is in collaboration with Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY) http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1560045 Oklahoma State University REU Site: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Stream Restoration Projects Based http://water.okstate.edu/students/nsf-reu Biosystems and Ag Engineering STILLWATER Oklahoma 74078-1026 Dr. Shannon Brewer (405) 744-9841 shannon.brewer@okstate.edu Hydrological Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1358908 Pennsylvania State Univ University Park REU Site: Investigating the structure and origin of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa, using complementary geochemical and geophysical studies http://www.personal.psu.edu/mdf12/Site/Bushveld%20REU.html Geosciences University Park Pennsylvania 16802-1503 Dr. Maureen Feineman (814) 863-7400 mdf12@psu.edu Geophysics & Geochemistry http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1461180 International Science and Engineering Rutgers University Newark REU Site: Dynamic Urban Environmental Systems and Sustainability in Newark, NJ http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/reu-site Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences Newark New Jersey 07102-1811 Dr. Alexander Gates (973) 353-5034 agates@rutgers.edu Environmental Sciences: Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Geophysics, Soils, Environmental Geochemistry/BioGeochemistry http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1459228 Smithsonian Institution REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences http://www.naturalhistory.si.edu/NHRE/apply.htm National Museum of Natural History(NMNH) Washington, DC District Of Columbia 20560 Virginia Power (202) 633-1055 powerv@si.edu geoscience, planets, asteroids, mineralogy, petrology, volcanology, paleobiology, oceanography, environmental, evolution,biodiversity, taxonomy,genomics,anthropology,archaeology,ethnology,linguistics http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1560088 Biological Sciences Earth Sciences University of Arizona REU Site: The Environmental and Earth Systems Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program at Biosphere http://www.b2science.org/outreach/reu Biosphere 2 Tucson Arizona 85721 USA Dr. Katerina Dontsova (601) 868-0279 dontsova@email.arizona.edu Earth system science, environmental science, ecology, hydrology, geosciences, soil science, http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1263251 Department of Defense (DoD) University of Colorado Boulder REU Site: Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) in Critical Zone Science http://cires.colorado.edu/outreach/RECCS Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Boulder Colorado 80309-0449 Dr. Lesley Smith (303) 735-1750 Lesley.Smith@colorado.edu Dr. Anne Gold (303) 735-5514 anne.u.gold@colorado.edu Critical Zone Science http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1461281 University of Hawaii at Mānoa campus REU Site: Earth Science on Volcanic Islands http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/EarthScience-reu School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Honolulu Hawaii 96822 Lily Shao (808) 956-4774 earthscience-reu@soest.hawaii.edu Geology, geophysics, and (bio)geochemistry of volcanic islands http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1560196 Ocean Sciences University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Research Experience for Undergraduates Site on Sustainable Land and Water Resources http://www.nced.umn.edu/research-experience-undergraduates St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Minneapolis Minnesota 55414 Dr. Diana Dalbotten (612) 624-4608 dalbo001@umn.edu Dr. Antony Berthelote (406) 250-5382 antony_berthelote@skc.edu Civil Engineering, Geology, Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Sedimentation, Coastal Restoration, River Restoration, Ecology http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1063095 University of Missouri-Kansas City REU Site: Collaborative Research: Field-Based Research on the Gulf of California Rift Margin, Baja California Sur (Mexico) http://cas.umkc.edu/geosciences/bajabasins Department of Geosciences Kansas City Missouri 64110-2499 Dr. Tina M. Niemi (816) 235-5342 niemit@umkc.edu Dr. Cathy Busby (805) 893-4068 cathy.busby@ucsb.edu Tectonics, Sedimentology, Volcanology, Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Quaternary Geology This REU site is in collaboration with the University of California - Santa Barbara http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=null International Science and Engineering University of Northern Iowa Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imaging (IDREHSI) http://www.geotree.uni.edu/en/reu/ GeoInformatics Training, Research, Education, and Extension Center Cedar Falls Iowa 50614 USA Dr. Bingqing Liang (319) 273-3609 bingqing.liang@uni.edu Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Physics,Chemistry, Computer Science, Geographic Information Science (GISc). http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1560594 Department of Defense (DoD) University of Southern California REU Site: Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (SCEC/UseIT) http://www.scec.org/useit Southern California Earthquake Center Undergraduate Laboratory Los Angeles California Mark Benthien (213) 740-0323 benthien@usc.edu tjordan@usc.edu (213) 821-1237 tjordan@usc.edu Grand challenge problems in earthquake system science, High Performance Computing, Visualization and Data Analysis Tools http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1659880 Earth Sciences Computer and Information Science and Engineering University of Texas at Austin REU Site: Climate Impacts in Semi-Arid Regions http://www.esi.utexas.edu/education/summer-research-experience-for-undergraduates-reu/ Environmental Science Institute and Center for Research in Water Resources Austin Texas 78712 Patrick Stafford (512) 471-4974 reu@esi.utexas.edu Environmental Sciences including geology, biology, ecology, geography, hydrology and engineering http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1560451 University of Texas at El Paso REU Site: UTEP-ROCCS (University of Texas at El Paso - Research Opportunities for Community College Students) http://science.utep.edu/utep-roccs/ Department of Geological Sciences El Paso Texas 79968 Dr. Diane Doser (915) 747-5851 utep-roccs@utep.edu Geology (Structural Geology, Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Environmental), Geophysics and Geoscience Education http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1559716