Summer Research (REU) Internships

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are excellent opportunities for highly qualified students (3.25+ GPA and previous internship experience) who want to explore a career in research. Typically, each site selects 10-15 students from across the country; and provides housing, social activities, and a $4,000+ stipend. If accepted for an REU, speak with your advisor before you leave College Park about whether/not you will need to prepare a research paper beyond what is expected of you at the internship, e.g., a monograph.

• Application deadlines fall between February 1 - March 15 (varies by institution) and require a personal statement, resume, and 1-2 faculty recommendations.
• Start planning in late Fall to take best advantage of these opportunities. Most participants are rising seniors; however, rising juniors and new graduates may be eligible in some cases.

The schools listed below are a sampling of what's available; see the full NSF/REU Program list HERE.

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - University of Colorado Mountain Research Station
• Ecosystem Studies - Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY **
• Environmental Biology - Univ of Montana
• Harvard Forest Ecology - Petersham, MA **
• Invasive Species and Small Populations - University of Idaho **
• Northern Ecosystem Research - Univ of New Hampshire & Abisko Scientific Research Station (Sweden)
• Tropical Biology (Costa Rica) - Duke University **
• University of Cape Coast (Ghana) - Virginia Tech **

• Ecological and Environmental Research in an Urbanizing Landscape - Alabama A&M
• Natural Resources – Conservation and Socioeconomic Issues - Univ of Nevada - Reno
• Negotiations and Impacts: Water Policy Across China's Loess Plateau - University of Pittsburgh
• Science of Global Change and Sustainability - Environmental Science Institute, Univ of Texas, Austin **

• Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services - Univ of Arkansas **
• Ecosystem Restoration - The University at Buffalo (NY)
• Mapping Beetles, Trees, Neighborhoods and Policies - Clark University, MA
• Watershed Characterization - SUNY - New Paltz

• Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences - St. George's, Bermuda ** <--- this is a Fall semester program
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences - West Boothbay Harbor, ME
• Changing Coastal Environments - Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) **
• Dauphin Island Sea Lab (Marine Science) - Dauphin Island, Alabama
• Ecology of Marine Organisms - University of Washington (Friday Harbor)
• Estuarine and Coastal Barrier Ecology and Processes - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) - Mississippi Delta / Gulf of Mexico **
• Marine and Estuarine Science - Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, MD **
• Marine Science - University of Delaware
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) - Edgewater, MD **
• Virginia Institute for Marine Science - The College of William & Mary **

• See full NSF/REU Program list HERE.

** ENSP students have participated in these programs