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High School Students


University of Michigan

(Ann Arbor, MI)
• Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials (C-PHOM) High School Research Program
The C-PHOM High School Research Program is a program that allows students to participate in research within the Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nan ... read more


K-12 Educators


Columbia University

(New York, NY)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

Norfolk State University

(Norfolk, VA)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

Tuskegee University

(Tuskegee, AL)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program
• CIAN Optics Research Experience for Teachers in Native American Schools
The Optics Research Experience for Teachers In Native American Schools (O-RETINAS) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program is designed for educ ... read more


University of California, San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

Undergraduate Students


Alabama A&M University

(Normal, AL)
• REU Summer Program in Physics
The REU site at historical Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL., home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal, will offer und ... read more


Boston University

(Boston, MA)
• Undergraduate Research Program in Nanomanufacturing and Photonics
Purpose:

To provide undergraduates (freshman to seniors) and novice (community college students) majoring in or with an interest in Mechanical, Bio ... read more

an IBP member program

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

Columbia University

(New York, NY)
• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

Florida A&M University

(Tallahassee, FL)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)
• Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Summer Research Program
E3S REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers rising juniors or seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the opportunity to ... read more

• REU: Sensors and Sensing: From Molecules to Applications
The main objective of the REU program is to expose undergraduate students to interdisciplinary research in the field of sensing, monitoring and detect ... read more

• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program

Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
This Ten-week summer internship program matches undergraduate students with scientists at the Magnet Lab?s three sites, offering them unique opportuni ... read more


Fort Lewis College

(Durango, CO)
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program

Harvard Medical School

(Boston, MA)
• Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics
A dozen labs offer multidisciplinary projects anchored in biomedical optics and broadly focused on the development and applications of light-based tec ... read more


Lehigh University

(Bethlehem, PA)
• REU Program in Physics
Undergraduate physics, astronomy, and engineering majors currently in their sophomore or junior year are invited to apply to the Lehigh University Sum ... read more


Los Alamos National Laboratory

(Los Alamos, NM)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
This Ten-week summer internship program matches undergraduate students with scientists at the Magnet Lab?s three sites, offering them unique opportuni ... read more


Louisiana State University

(Baton Rouge, LA)
• Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM)
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project is a nine or ten-week program where students work collaboratively on topics related to adva ... read more

• Interdisciplinary REU in Computational Sciences
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project is a ten week program where students work collaboratively on a wide variety of computationa ... read more


Louisiana Tech University

(Ruston, LA)
• Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM)
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project is a nine or ten-week program where students work collaboratively on topics related to adva ... read more


Massachusetts General Hospital

(Boston, MA)
• Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics
A dozen labs offer multidisciplinary projects anchored in biomedical optics and broadly focused on the development and applications of light-based tec ... read more


Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

(Cambridge, MA)
• AIM Photonics Future Leaders: Research and Professional Skills Training Program
The AIM Photonics Future Leaders Program is an 8-week summer research internship program designed to provide the technical and professional training r ... read more

• Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Summer Research Program
E3S REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers rising juniors or seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the opportunity to ... read more

• Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics
A dozen labs offer multidisciplinary projects anchored in biomedical optics and broadly focused on the development and applications of light-based tec ... read more

• MIT REU: Materials Science and Engineering
Nine week summer research internship program cosponsored by the MIT MRSEC (Center for Materials Science and Engineering) and the Materials Processing ... read more


National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

(Boulder, CO)
• Summer Undergraduate Program for Engineering Research (SUPER)
The NCAR/EOL Summer Undergraduate Program for Engineering Research (SUPER) gives interns experience in helping to develop new instrumentation and impr ... read more


National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

(Tallahassee, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
This Ten-week summer internship program matches undergraduate students with scientists at the Magnet Lab?s three sites, offering them unique opportuni ... read more


Norfolk State University

(Norfolk, VA)
• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL)
• REU: Hands-on Materials-Related Research at Northwestern University
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program takes place over a 9-week period each summer.

The NU-Materials Research Science and Engineering ... read more



Rice University

(Houston, TX)
• Nakatani RIES: Research & International Experiences for Students in Japan
The Nakatani RIES: Research & International Experiences for Students Fellowship connects undergraduates with the best of science & engineering researc ... read more


Rochester Institute of Technology

(Rochester, NY)
• NSF REU Program Imaging in the Physical Sciences
The NSF REU Program Imaging in the Physical Sciences builds on the strength of the research and educational programs in the interdisciplinary Chester ... read more


Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)
• Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM)
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project is a nine or ten-week program where students work collaboratively on topics related to adva ... read more


Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)
• Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Summer Research Program
E3S REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers rising juniors or seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the opportunity to ... read more


State University of New York (SUNY), Albany

(Albany, NY)
• AIM Photonics Future Leaders: Research and Professional Skills Training Program
The AIM Photonics Future Leaders Program is an 8-week summer research internship program designed to provide the technical and professional training r ... read more


Texas A&M University

(College Station, TX)
• Energy and Combustion REU
This REU Site program is a collaborative effort between Texas A&M University (TAMU) and the University of North Texas (UNT). The theme of the proposed ... read more


Tulane University

(New Orleans, LA)
• Summer Materials Research @ Tulane Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
10 Week Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Materials for Health, Energy, and the Environment at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Le ... read more



Tuskegee University

(Tuskegee, AL)
• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)
• AIM Photonics Future Leaders: Research and Professional Skills Training Program
The AIM Photonics Future Leaders Program is an 8-week summer research internship program designed to provide the technical and professional training r ... read more

• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans Research Experience for Undergraduates
CIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. CIAN offers a 10-week summer hand ... read more

• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Arkansas

(Fayetteville, AR)
• REU in Microelectronics and Photonics (microEP)
This REU program at the University of Arkansas will be hosted by the interdisciplinary Microelectronics-Photonics (microEP) graduate program, a progr ... read more


University of California, Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)
• Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Summer Research Program
E3S REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers rising juniors or seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the opportunity to ... read more

• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
UCB-HBCU REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers sophomores, juniors, and seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the op ... read more

• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program
• TBSI URISE at Berkeley
Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI) is a collaborative research and education center of Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley. The faculty of t ... read more

• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Davis

(Davis, CA)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Irvine

(Irvine, CA)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)
• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)
• AIM Photonics Future Leaders: Research and Professional Skills Training Program
The AIM Photonics Future Leaders Program is an 8-week summer research internship program designed to provide the technical and professional training r ... read more

• Future Leaders in Advanced Materials (FLAM)
The Future Leaders in Advanced Materials (FLAM) program brings science and engineering majors from all over the country to UCSB for a summer research ... read more


University of California, Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL)
• Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP)
The Constellation Undergraduate Summer Program (CUSP) is an REU program that provides undergraduate research opportunities to work in High Energy Dens ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Colorado, Boulder

(Boulder, CO)
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
Spend a summer learning about cutting-edge imaging science at STROBE, one of the newest NSF Science and Technology Centers in the United States. Your ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
This Ten-week summer internship program matches undergraduate students with scientists at the Magnet Lab?s three sites, offering them unique opportuni ... read more


University of Michigan

(Ann Arbor, MI)
• Optics in the City of Light - and international REU program from the University of Michigan in Paris, France
This year the Optics in the City of Light Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) will offer 13 undergraduate junior level students the opportuni ... read more


University of Mississippi

(University, MS)
• Summer Research in Chemistry
The Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program seeks applicants for an NSF-funded summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program ... read more


University of North Carolina, Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC)
• Socially Relevant Computing Research Experience for Undergraduates
Our Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program engages undergraduate students in socially relevant computing research. The program immerses ... read more


University of North Texas, Denton

(Denton, TX)
• Energy and Combustion REU
This REU Site program is a collaborative effort between Texas A&M University (TAMU) and the University of North Texas (UNT). The theme of the proposed ... read more


University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)
• Research Experience in Physics & Astronomy for Undergraduates
The Physics and Astronomy Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program is funded by the National Science Foundation to support twelve highly-q ... read more
an IBP member program
• REU Site: Nano-, Bio-, Quantum Photonics
Understanding and controlling the most elemental unit of light -the photon - is essential to developing light-based technology as well as evolving cri ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA)
• CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Research (IOU) Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
WHCIAN is the Center for Integrated Access Networks, which is a ten-university Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by NSF. REU students participa ... read more
an IBP member program
• Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
CIAN welcomes veteran students (undergraduate and graduate) of the United States Military into our labs during the academic year and summer to partic ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Texas, El Paso

(El Paso, TX)
• Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Summer Research Program
E3S REU is a 9-week summer residential program that offers rising juniors or seniors in Bachelor of Science or Engineering programs the opportunity to ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career


University of California, San Francisco

(San Francisco, CA)
• High-throughput chemical screening for replicative and reproductive growth defects
The United States manufactures and uses high volumes of a vast array of industrial chemicals, over 90% of which are not monitored for their potential ... read more


University of Michigan

(Ann Arbor, MI)
• Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Solid-State Quantum Optics
We are seeking a postdoc fellow to conduct innovative research on quantum optics and nano-photonics. General descriptions of the group's research can ... read more


Faculty & Administrators


Columbia University

(New York, NY)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

Norfolk State University

(Norfolk, VA)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

Tuskegee University

(Tuskegee, AL)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

(Fairbanks, AK)
• Research Assistantships in Oceanography
The successful applicant will work with new in situ optical instrumentation to assess the distribution of particles, plankton, and productivity in the ... read more


University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program
• CIAN Optics Research Experience for Teachers in Native American Schools
The Optics Research Experience for Teachers In Native American Schools (O-RETINAS) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program is designed for educ ... read more


University of California, San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)
• Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
Eligibility

K-12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific resea ... read more

an IBP member program

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