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K-8 Students

• Boston Leadership Institute Program in Biology/Advanced Biology
Boston Leadership Institute (Lead)
Biology and Advanced Biology students go on behind-the-scenes tours at places such as the New England Aquarium, take short courses on topics such as e ... read more


High School Students

• Boston Leadership Institute Program in Biology/Advanced Biology
Boston Leadership Institute (Lead)
Biology and Advanced Biology students go on behind-the-scenes tours at places such as the New England Aquarium, take short courses on topics such as e ... read more

• MASS Amherst SUMMER COLLEGE: a Pre-College Program for rising High School Juniors and Seniors
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
SUMMER COLLEGE STEM Ed Provides opportunities for highly motivated students to join existing funded programs of Research in Biology, Biochemistry, P ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more

• Plant Genome Research REU
Cornell University
Since 2003, undergraduate students from across the country have been coming to the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University to participate in o ... read more


Undergraduate Students

• Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology
University of California, Berkeley (Lead)
The Amgen Scholars Program is a national program to increase research opportunities for students committed to pursuing careers in the sciences. This p ... read more

• Biological Responses to the Environment from Genes to the Ecosystem
West Virginia University (Lead)
Students will work in a research lab on the West Virginia University campus for 10 weeks (May 20 - July 26) under the guidance of a WVU professor. ... read more

• Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP)
Washington University School of Medicine (Lead)
The Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP) is a 10-week summer research program for exceptional students interested in pursuing biomed ... read more

• Blandy Experimental Farm REU
University of Virginia (Lead)
<p>Since 1992 Blandy has provided Undergraduate Research Fellowships to students interested in ecology and environmental science. We have been a ... read more

• CSHL’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) in modern Biology in Cancer, Neuroscience, Plant biology, Molecular biology, and Genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) provides one of the few places where young people are instructed in the techniques of modern biology ... read more

• Environmental Impacts on Biological Systems: from Molecules to Ecosystems REU
Hope College (Lead)
Research opportunities in the areas of neuroscience, microbiology, cell, biology, molecular genetics, biochemistry, ecology, physiology, and bioinform ... read more

• Fungal Genomics REU
North Carolina State University (Lead), Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas A&M University

• In the Canopy with Wheelchairs & Tardigrades
Baker University (Lead)
NSF:REU: Summer Research Project that will conduct vertical tansects into the tall trees of the Transition Forest on the edge of the tall grass prairi ... read more

• Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program
University of Wisconsin, Madison (Lead)
The Institute for Biology Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites undergraduate students interested in exploring research in the biol ... read more

• Integrated Development of Bioenergy Systems REU
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead)
The School of Biological Sciences' Microbiology Initiative and Center for Plant Sciences Innovation administers the REU Site: Integrated Development o ... read more

• Integrative Biosciences REU
Tuskegee University (Lead)
<p>Tuskegee University, in association with the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program, is plea ... read more

• Interdisciplinary REU in the Structure and Function of Proteins
University of Michigan (Lead)
The University of Michigan Interdisciplinary REU Program in the Structure and Function of Proteins is designed to provide undergraduate students with ... read more

• International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) : Imminent Change in a European Marine Reserve
University of Oregon (Lead)
' Four outstanding American students per year (2 undergraduate and 2 graduate students) will conduct marine ecological research with foreign colleague ... read more

• Kellogg Biological Station has 12 positions this summer for undergraduates to participate in Ecological Research
Michigan State University (Lead)
<p>All of these are PAID opportunities: $4,250--$4500 stipend plus FREE room and board for the summer. <p>REU (Research Experiences fo ... read more

• LSU HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Life Sciences
Louisiana State University (Lead)
The Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Louisiana State University, with funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduat ... read more

• LUMCON's Summer 2013 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Changing Coastal Environments
Louisiana Universities and Marine Consortium (Lead)
The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) invites undergraduates to apply for our NSF-sponsored, 2013 REU program in Interdisciplinary Res ... read more

• Microbiology in the Post Genome Era REU
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Lead)
This is a a 10-week research-training program on a wide variety of microbiological phenomena. The program focuses on the application of genome-based ... read more

• Natural History Research Experience (NHRE)
Smithsonian Institution (Lead), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, hosts a world-class research staff and unparalleled scientific research collections. ... read more

• Nebraska Summer Research Program
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead)
The Nebraska Summer Research Program is a consortium of NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and other summer research opportuniti ... read more

• NSF-REU: Interdisciplinary Research in Water Resources
University of Florida
The University of Florida invites applications for an interdisciplinary research program in water resources from undergraduate students in their sopho ... read more

• Plant Genome Research Program Summer Internships
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Lead), Cornell University, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University offers paid, 10-week summer internships for students in ... read more

• Plant Genome Research REU
Cornell University
Since 2003, undergraduate students from across the country have been coming to the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University to participate in o ... read more

• Plant Genomics Internships
University of Missouri, Columbia
The University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is a nationally recognized center for plant genetics research and has been awarded more than 10 grants from t ... read more

• Plant Pathology REU - Kelman Scholars
North Carolina State University

• Redox Biology Center REU: Training in Redox Biology
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead)
The Redox Biology Center Summer REU Training Program at the University of Nebraska was established in 2006 by the National Science Foundation to carr ... read more

• Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chihuahuan Desert Biodiversity (REU-CDB)
University of Texas, El Paso (Lead)
<p>10 summer weeks at UTEP and Indio Mountains Research Station -High quality research experience in ecology and evolutionary biology in the fie ... read more

• Research Experience for Undergrads in Tropical Biology in Costa Rica
Duke University
Students from diverse ethnic and academic backgrounds will complete an independent research project in the field with an experienced tropical ecologis ... read more

• REU at the Danford Plant Science Center
Don Danforth Plant Science Center (Lead)
Laboratory Research Internships at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in molecular biology, biochemistry, and related fields. ... read more

• REU Site: Interdisciplinary Approach to Challenges posed by Invasive Species and Small Populations of Native Species
University of Idaho (Lead)
The Center for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations (CRISSP) at the University of Idaho will host 11 undergraduates for a 9-week period ... read more

• REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Plant Systematics, Conservation Biology, and Ethnobotany
Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the creation of a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program that will provide res ... read more

• REU Summer Academy in Sustainable Bioenergy
Kansas State University
Program Overview <p>Research activities in this program under the guidance of faculty mentors, will advance students' state of knowledge in sus ... read more

• REU Summer Internships at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden, with colleagues from partner institutions, hosts a 10-week summer research experience. This program offers undergraduate p ... read more

• REU-China: Ecological and Environmental Research in an Urbanized Landscape
Alabama A&M University (Lead)
The REU site at Alabama A&M University (AAMU) is an international program which will provide a nine-week research experience to undergraduates beg ... read more

• Sevilleta LTER Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
University of New Mexico (Lead)
The Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) is seeking applicants for our 2013 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program. Applicati ... read more

• Summer Research in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Lead)
This program is an integral component of a larger 10-week summer Undergraduate Research Program (URP) at CSHL, in which 25 U.S. and foreign students p ... read more

• Summer REU at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Lead)
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now taking applications for its eight-week long summer research program ... read more

• Summer REU in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Marquette University (Lead)
Students in the program will choose from projects focused on cellular and molecular questions in a variety of experimental organisms including bacter ... read more

• Summer Systematics Institute (SSI) REU
California Academy of Sciences (Lead), University of California, Santa Cruz
<p>The California Academy of Sciences is among the foremost research museums in the world. The Academy houses collections that reflect interests ... read more

• The Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Program - REU in Field Biology
Fordham University (Lead), New York Botanical Garden
All CSUR students accepted into the program will participate in a 10-week, intensive research program in which they will learn the fundamentals of exp ... read more


Post-Baccalaureate

• Hot Metal Bridge Program
University of Pittsburgh (Lead)
The University of Pittsburgh's Hot Metal Bridge Program (HMBP) is a two-semester training program to help bridge the gap between completion of an unde ... read more

• Postgraduate Programs in Molecular biology and Genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL has a strong commitment to educating and nurturing scientists. We do this through a variety of initiatives, including: <p>CSHL Fellows P ... read more


Graduate Students

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• Chemical Genomics IGERT
University of California, Riverside
Post-genomic science requires interdisciplinary approaches that advance the understanding of all biological systems, from molecular interactions, to p ... read more

• Collaborative Research and Education in Agricultural Technologies and Engineering (CREATE) IGERT
University of California, Davis (Lead), Tuskegee University
CREATE brings together a diverse group of faculty and graduate students from plant sciences, molecular biology and engineering, working together in in ... read more

• Comparative Genomics IGERT
University of Arizona
The IGERT Program in Genomics at the University of Arizona is an interdepartmental training program intended to foster links among departments and pro ... read more

• Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
UB’s Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) initiative is a collection of existing academic programs and research proj ... read more

• From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and Training in Cross-scale Biogeochemistry
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Cornell University, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
This IGERT award will build on advances in biogeochemistry at microbial, whole-ecosystem, and global scales, and broaden graduate student training fro ... read more

• Frontiers Master's Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan (Lead)
<p>Frontiers is a fully-funded Master's program aiming to increase diversity in the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. <p>The ... read more

• Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels IGERT
Colorado State University, Colorado State University, Pueblo
The NSF IGERT Program in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Bioenergy (MAS BioEnergy) is designed to prepare PhD graduates who are trained as ... read more

• International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) : Imminent Change in a European Marine Reserve
University of Oregon (Lead)
' Four outstanding American students per year (2 undergraduate and 2 graduate students) will conduct marine ecological research with foreign colleague ... read more

• I-STAR Bioenergy IGERT
Kansas State University (Lead)
Biofuels and biobased products can substantially improve environmental quality, rural economies, and national security. Realizing this opportunity wi ... read more

• Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
This training grant will bring together scholars of ecology, civil engineering, and the earth sciences to study the interplay between landscape change ... read more

• NSF IGERT Program in Polar Environmental Change
Dartmouth College (Lead), University of Greenland
Dartmouth is seeking Fall 2012 applicants for our NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Polar Environmental C ... read more

• Plant Systems Biology IGERT
University of California, San Diego (Lead), Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
With the completion of the genome sequences of Arabidopsis and rice and with additional large scale data bases in progress, the essential need has eme ... read more

• Postgraduate Programs in Molecular biology and Genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL has a strong commitment to educating and nurturing scientists. We do this through a variety of initiatives, including: <p>CSHL Fellows P ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• David Burpee Endowed Chair in Plant Genetics
Bucknell University (Lead)
The Biology Department at Bucknell University invites applications for the David Burpee Endowed Chair in Plant Genetics to begin August 2012. Bucknell ... read more

• Nebraska Redox Biology Center Post Doc Opportunities
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lead), University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Redox Biology Center (RBC) is organized as a broad-based interdisciplinary and multi-institutional entity involving researchers from the Universit ... read more

• Post Doctoral Opportunities in Cancer research, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
There are six Post Doctoral opportunities in Cancer research, Genetics and Genomics, and Molecular Biology available - check out the details of each b ... read more

• Post Dotoral program in Maize Disease Genetics
North Carolina State University (Lead)
<p>We are interested in the genetic basis of quantitative disease resistance in maize. Quantitative disease resistance, also known as partial ... read more

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Information and Positions at NYU
New York University
Useful resources as well as listings for open postdoctoral positions at NYU, Sackler, Medical Institute. ... read more

• Postdoctoral Position in Experimental Landscape Ecology
Michigan State University
This Postdoctoral Research Associate will help lead a landscape experiment examining the roles of source patch quality and matrix permeability for l ... read more

• Postgraduate Programs in Molecular biology and Genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL has a strong commitment to educating and nurturing scientists. We do this through a variety of initiatives, including: <p>CSHL Fellows P ... read more

• Provost's Postdoctoral Research Scientist/Scholar Program
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University invites applications for the Provost’s Postdoctoral Research Scientist/Scholar Program. ... read more


Faculty & Administrators

• David Burpee Endowed Chair in Plant Genetics
Bucknell University (Lead)
The Biology Department at Bucknell University invites applications for the David Burpee Endowed Chair in Plant Genetics to begin August 2012. Bucknell ... read more



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