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Undergraduate Students


Boston University

(Boston, MA)
• NSF REU Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing
The NSF REU Site: Integrated Nanomanufacturing at Boston University provides immersive summer research experiences for undergraduates. Participants wi ... read more


City University of New York (CUNY) System

(New York, NY)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more


Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)
• Ultraintense Lasers and Ultraintense Fields Research Experience for Undergraduates
The Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC) conducts research and trains engineers and scientists in the area of lasers and photonic ... read more


Columbia University

(New York, NY)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more


Concord University

(Athens, WV)
• Arctic REU Greenland
Arctic REU Greenland is an NSF REU site summer research program. Research integrates aspects of field and laboratory research in structural geology, e ... read more


Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)
• Cornell NanoScale Facility Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CNF REU) Program
The Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) is a national user facility that supports a broad range of nanoscale science and technology ... read more
an IBP member program

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program

Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is an exciting summer program for college students ... read more


Fort Lewis College

(Durango, CO)
• Paid Research Experience for Native American Undergraduates in Energy Research (RENAU)
The aim of the RENAU program is to increase the representation of Native Americans in the professoriate and sciences by providing research experience ... read more

• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program

Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA)
• Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU) in Engineering and Applied Science
An in-depth research project while exploring multidisciplinary research topics and honing your science communication skills.

Participants are part o ... read more



Lehigh University

(Bethlehem, PA)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more


Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)
• Arctic REU Greenland
Arctic REU Greenland is an NSF REU site summer research program. Research integrates aspects of field and laboratory research in structural geology, e ... read more


Montana State University

(Bozeman, MT)
• Arctic REU Greenland
Arctic REU Greenland is an NSF REU site summer research program. Research integrates aspects of field and laboratory research in structural geology, e ... read more


National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

(Tallahassee, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is an exciting summer program for college students ... read more


Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more


Pennsylvania State University

(State College, PA)
• Sustainable Physics Research at Penn State: From Subatomic to the Cosmos
Sustainable Physics at Penn State: From Subatomic to the Cosmos is an REU program.

Summer research positions are available in physics, chemistry, a ... read more



Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)
• Stanford Radiological Sciences Laboratory Summer Internship/REU Program
The Radiological Sciences Laboratory (RSL) is a research division of the Stanford School of Medicine Radiology Dept., specializing in Biomedical Imagi ... read more


Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)
• Arctic REU Greenland
Arctic REU Greenland is an NSF REU site summer research program. Research integrates aspects of field and laboratory research in structural geology, e ... read more


University of Alabama, Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research
The REU program is a 10-week program that involves a hands-on research experience for undergraduate students, whereby participants work in the labs of ... read more
upcoming deadline

University of California Observatories

(Santa Cruz, CA)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


University of California, Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more

• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program
• Ultraintense Lasers and Ultraintense Fields Research Experience for Undergraduates
The Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC) conducts research and trains engineers and scientists in the area of lasers and photonic ... read more


University of California, Irvine

(Irvine, CA)
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)
• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program

University of California, Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)
• 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)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


University of Colorado, Boulder

(Boulder, CO)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more

• STROBE Research Experience for Undergraduates in Imaging Sciences
STROBE is an NSF Science and Technology Center coordinating six institutions across the US to build the microscopes of tomorrow. Our research includes ... read more
an IBP member program

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)
• UD CHARM Materials Science Summer Research Program (MRSEC REU)
The Center for Hybrid, Active, & Responsive Materials at the University of Delaware welcomes applicants to our NSF MRSEC-sponsored Research Experience ... read more


University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab REU
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is an exciting summer program for college students ... read more


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

(Urbana, IL)
• Illinois MRSEC Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
The Illinois MRSEC is excited to offer an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Our ten week summer research program of ... read more


University of Maryland, College Park

(College Park, MD)
• Physics Undergrad Summer Research - TREND (Teaching and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics)
TREND is a paid Physics summer research experience for undergrads (funded by NSF) focused on nonlinear dynamics. Physics, mathematics, and engineering ... read more
an IBP member program

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)
• Summer REU in Computing; Infrastructure and Interaction Design for CyberPhysical Systems
Our Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program engages undergraduate students in the state of the art in the infrastructure for cyber-physi ... read more


University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more

• Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) Summer Research Program
The LRSM has hosted NSF-REU programs since 1989 during which approximately 600 students have spent 10 weeks working on individual research projects wi ... read more


University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)
• REU in Physics, Optics and Astrophysics
Over the 10 week summer research period, in addition to learning as part of a research group, participants attend a series of informal seminars coveri ... read more

• 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


University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)
• Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand REU
The IMOD Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students (2yr and 4yr institutions) to participate in nine- to te ... read more


Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

(Blacksburg, VA)
• Arctic REU Greenland
Arctic REU Greenland is an NSF REU site summer research program. Research integrates aspects of field and laboratory research in structural geology, e ... read more


W. M. Keck Observatory

(Kamuela, HI)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


Post-Baccalaureate


University of California Observatories

(Santa Cruz, CA)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


University of California, Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


University of California, Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


W. M. Keck Observatory

(Kamuela, HI)
• AstroTech Summer School: Advancing Astronomy Instrument Builders
AstroTech is a 1-week summer school on astronomical instrumentation for undergraduates and graduate students interested in a career in instrumentation ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career


Pennsylvania State University

(State College, PA)
• Postdoctoral Scholars Program
Pennsylvania State University invites applications for postdoctoral scholars in a variety of STEM disciplines.Please visit the website to search for t ... read more

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