National Science Foundation REUs
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are competitive summer research programs in the United States for undergraduates sponsored by the National Science Foundation. They are hosted in various universities and are among the most prestigious summer programs that an undergraduate can participate in. While individual REUs tend to be specialized in a particular field, there are REUs that combine scientific fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Applications are typically due between January and March. Students are generally provided with a stipend, housing, and transportation to and from the site. Many program proposals state that preference is given to women and minority applicants and students from universities with no active research programs. For more information on applying to REUs visit REU Information & Applying.
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Arizona State Mathematical And Theoretical Biology Institute REU
This intensive eight-week REU prepares promising undergraduates interested in working at the interface of mathematics, statistics, and the natural and social sciences for the rigors of graduate studies. Participants receive a stipend.
Website: http://mtbi.asu.edu/SummerProgram.html
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Brigham Young University Summer Mathematics REU
This eight-week summer program provides students with the opportunity to experience mathematical research and prepare to be successful in graduate school. This program is intended for undergraduate students interested in going to graduate school for mathematics. The program has two parts: research on geometric optimization and graduate school preparation. Students receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.byu.edu/reu/index.htm
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California State University, San Bernardino Mathematics REU
Students study knot theory and combinatorics at Cal State San Bernardino during the summer term. The principal goal of the REU in mathematics is to provide promising undergraduate math majors with a meaningful, exciting and challenging experience in mathematical research. During the eight-week residential program students will carry out guided independent and collaborative research. Research problems will come from the fields of Combinatorics and Knot Theory, and will be chosen in consultation with a faculty mentor. The program culminates with participants submitting research papers based on their work, and presenting their results at a formal seminar. Participants receive room and board as well as a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.csusb.edu/reu/reu.html
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Cal Poly Mathematics REU
This REU program gives undergraduates the opportunity to conduct work with faculty and conduct mathematic research during the summer at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. The areas of operator theory and topology at Cal Poly lend themselves particularly well to undergraduate research. The many operator theorists all have somewhat different areas of emphasis in their research, including random matrix theory, symbolic computation, control theory, and analytic function theory. Each area has many suitable problems that can be studied with a limited linear algebra background. A background in complex variables is useful to most of the operator theory projects.
Website: http://www.mathreu.calpoly.edu/
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Central Michigan University REU
Central Michigan University REU is an eight-week summer program for undergraduates seeking to gain research experience in mathematics. Undergraduates will study topics in the areas of Algebra, Combinatorics, and Matrix Theory. Students will work with faculty members who will guide the student research. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.cst.cmich.edu/units/mth/NSFREU/REU2008.htm
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Claremont Colleges REU
The program will involve a total of 10 students working with 5 faculty members at Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges for 8 weeks. In addition to working on an exciting research project in mathematics, students will participate in workshops designed to introduce them to various aspects of a career in the mathematical sciences. A weekly speaker series and numerous social activities will round out the program. Participants will be encouraged to present their findings at a meeting of one of the mathematical professional societies. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/%7Ejhoste/reuwebsite/
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Clarkson University & SUNY Potsdam Mathematics Department REU
Students will spend eight-weeks in the summer participating in mathematics research projects. Topics to be explored include group theory, Algebra, graph theory, and Knot Theory. Participants receive a stipend of $3,200.
Website: http://www.clarkson.edu/mcs/reu.html
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Clemson University REU
Undergraduate students who have a solid background in mathematics and some knowledge of computation are invited to apply for an eight-week research experience in computational number theory and combinatorics to be held at Clemson University. The participants will be offered up to $400 in travel support, a dorm room to be shared with other participants in the REU, up to $800 for meals and a stipend of $2,900 in return for their participation in this program.
Website:http://www.math.clemson.edu/~kevja/REU/ComputationalNumberTheoryAndCombinatorics.html
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College of William & Mary REU
The William and Mary REU program's objective is to provide talented undergraduates with the experience of how research in mathematics is done, something that is quite different from the way in which undergraduate mathematics is usually taught and learned. In addition to the interaction of students with their advisors about their research problems, a number of other activities are planned to expand the undergraduates' appreciation of mathematics, its beauty, and its elegance and interconnections. Periodic lectures will bring the participants in contact with a number of visiting researchers and enable students to witness the excitement of research at close hand. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.wm.edu/~lutzer/anncment.html
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Committee on Institutional Cooperation REU
A program to expose talented undergraduates to professional and educational opportunities in the academy. The goal of the program is to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue academic careers by enhancing their preparation for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors. The major activity of the SROP is an in-depth research experience with students working one-on-one with faculty mentors. SROP students are required to write a paper and an abstract describing their projects and to present the results of their work at a campus symposium. Students will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/SROP/
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Cornell University REU
Students will participate in one of three projects in this eight-week program in the summer. The projects are: Analysis on Fractals, Dynamical Systems and Computer-Assisted Proofs, and Geometric and Topological Combinatorics. Students will conduct research under the supervision of a faculty member. Participants receive a stipend.
Website:http://www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/REU/REU.htm
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DIMACS Math REU
Located at Rutgers University, DIMACS is a joint project of Rutgers, Princeton, AT&T Laboratories, Bell Laboratories, Telcordia Technologies, and the NEC Research Institute. An intensive eight-week long program for seniors and well qualified juniors. Participants receive a stipend.
Website: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/REU/
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East Tennessee State University REU
Undergraduate students will be selected to spend two months during the summer working on a variety of non-trivial research projects that will each be derived from problems originating in the fields of Combinatorics, Molecular Biology, Stochastic Geometry, Network Reliability, Random Graph Theory, the Theory of Algorithms, or Number Theory. Probability Theory and Classical Analysis will often be used as fundamental tools in their solution, though there will be e few "stand alone" problems in discrete mathematics.
Website: http://www.etsu.edu/math/godbole/nsf.htm
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Grand Valley State University REU
Students participate in research projects on chaotic dynamical systems, fractal geometry, topology, distance geometry, and wavelets. Along with collaborating with GVSU faculty on specific research projects, students in the REU program will also learn about all of the research areas being investigated this summer, attend sessions on preparing technical documents, give oral presentations of their work, and participate in social activities.
Website: http://www.gvsu.edu/mathreu/
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Hope College REU for Mathematics Majors
An 8-week program for students who will have the opportunity to work on projects in Algebra and Geometry. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.hope.edu/reu.html
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Iowa State University, Mathematics and Computing REU
Participants will spend eight weeks working on research projects as part of active research groups at ISU. The projects are in a variety of mathematical areas, representing the diverse research interests of the ISU Mathematics Department, such as mathematical biology, discrete mathematics, and dynamical systems.
Website: http://orion.math.iastate.edu/reu/
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James Madison University Department of Mathematics and Statistics REU
MU's College of Science and Mathematics will be hosting undergraduate research students working on projects in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Students will work in groups of two under the supervision of their faculty mentor. This is an eight-week summer program. Participants receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.jmu.edu/reu/
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Kansas State University REU Mathematics Related to Flight
Students will conduct research and learn to fly planes during the summer at Kansas State University. KSU has a thriving flying club that owns several airplanes, which students will learn to fly. The main component of the program will be student research. Students will work together preparing initial solutions to two open-ended mathematical problems related to the aviation industry. There will be seminars on mathematical software packages, mathematical writing style and typesetting. Throughout the program, students participate in a "basic notions of mathematics" seminar to introduce various areas of modern mathematics. At the end of the program, a mini-conference will give students the opportunity to present the results of their research. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/events/KSU-REU
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Lafayette College, Mathematics REU
Lafayette College's REU Program is an intensive, eight-week summer research experience in which undergraduate students investigate unsolved problems in mathematics. Students receive a stipend and free housing for the summer.
Website: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~math/reu/
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Miami University REU
This summer program will provide the students with a research environment and improve their research abilities, improve the students' ability to work in groups and give them a long term support group, and make the students aware of career opportunities in the mathematical sciences. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/
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Mount Holyoke College REU
The purpose of the REU Summer Mathematics Institute at Mount Holyoke is to engage selected undergraduates in useful mathematical research. Students work in groups of about five, each group carrying out a project under the supervision of a faculty member. Once a week the students give presentations on their progress in their various projects. These frequent reports are an important part of the overall program and allow the students to develop their public speaking skills. Ample time is allowed for discussion. There are also talks by guest speakers, usually faculty from our own and nearby institutions.
Website: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/math/reu/
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North Carolina State University
Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics REU
Approximately five teams of two to four students each will work collaboratively with this summer's program faculty. Topics to be explored include a new industrial project, Computer Optimization of Electron Devices, co-sponsored by Calabazas Creek Research, Inc.; Biomathematics (bloodflow models, cartilage, menstrual cycle, infectious diseases, etc.); Material Science (smart materials and optimal chutes), Financial Math, Symbolic Computation, Data Mining, and Computer Vision. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.ncsu.edu/REU/
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Northern Arizona University REU
This REU Program is an opportunity for six top undergraduates from around the country to visit NAU to work one-on-one with an actively researching departmental member. The students are on the NAU campus for 8 weeks and attend both regular lectures by NAU Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty as well as lectures by external visitors. The culmination of the program is the presentation of student projects. The level of research involved is fairly advanced, occasionally leading to joint publications of papers in refereed journals.
Website: http://odin.math.nau.edu/
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Oregon State University REU
The purpose of the program is to give ten motivated and talented students an opportunity to learn the process of doing mathematical research and to learn more about mathematics as a discipline and profession. The students spend a large portion of their time working on research projects. A few students come with their own project, but most work on projects suggested by the staff. Often students work jointly on a project, and students are encouraged to assist with each other's projects.
Website: http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/%7Emath_reu/index.htm
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Penn State University REU
The Mathematics Department of Pennsylvania State University will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site in the summer. Participants will be selected from qualified applicants. Penn State encourage students to apply for both, the Summer REU and the MASS program which runs in the Fall semester of each year. Participation in theREU followed by MASS provides an opportunity for completing a more substantial long-term research project. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.psu.edu/mass/reu/2008/
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology REU “Inverse Problems and Cwatsets”
The program will introduce students to the world of doing mathematical research, both on their own and in collaboration with peers. Participants will use junior level mathematics and computer programs such as Magma, Maple, and Matlab to discover the secrets of inverse problems and cwatsets. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/mathREU
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Texas A&M University REU
With anticipated support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M intends to host an eight-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in the summer. Participants will have the choice of at least three programs: matrix/wavelets anaylsis, the mathematical modeling of ecology and physiology, and algebraic methods in computational biology. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.tamu.edu/REU/index.html
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University of Connecticut REU
The Mathematics Department of the University of Connecticut seeks students for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program this summer. The REU program intends to lead students to fruitful research experiences through research projects specifically designed for the purpose. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.uconn.edu/
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University of Houston REU
The students in this program will receive hands-on mathematical research experience by working on projects assigned at the beginning of the program. They will actively participate in experiments at the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, or participate in experiments and develop numerical models of neurons based on experiments conducted in the Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at UH. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.uh.edu/~canic/reu.html
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University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign REU
Our students join the working environments of faculty mentors, their postdocs, graduate students and collaborators. Students work on individual or small group projects in their mentor's current research area. We provide tutorials in the required math, in LaTeX and other subject-specific computer packages. Students learn to search the literature, to give good lectures, and to communicate their solutions in public seminars and clear pre-prints. We coach their expository skills, referee their paper drafts, help the students submit their work to journals when appropriate, and encourage them to give talks at mathematical meetings that include undergraduate research. Topics will include Evolutionary Game Theory, Geometric Group Theory, Number Theory, Harmonic Analysis, and Visualization in Virtual Environments.
Website: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/REU/
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University of Minnesota Duluth REU
The objective of the program is to provide an opportunity for eight carefully selected undergraduate students to learn firsthand the nature of mathematical research. The participants will conduct independent investigations, under the guidance of experienced researchers, on problems in graph theory and combinatorics. The program will last ten weeks in the summer and participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~jgallian/announce.html
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University of Nebraska Lincoln REU
This REU gives Math Undgraduates the opportunity to perform research in applied mathematics during the summer. Students will perform research projects under the supervision of faculty in one of the following areas: Modeling Ecology, Differential/Difference Equations on Time Scales, and Graph Theory.
Website: http://www.math.unl.edu/pi/outreach/reu
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University of Notre Dame REU
The goal of this REU is to introduce undergraduate mathematics students to the pleasures and challenges of research in mathematics. It also seeks to provide them with a mathematical background that goes beyond what is usually available in the undergraduate curriculum, one which will prove valuable to them in any graduate work in mathematics.
Website: http://www.nd.edu/%7Endreu/
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University of Washington REU in Inverse Problems
Participants will be introduced to research problems related to the problem of finding the resistors in a network from boundary measurements. Students in the program will be investigating and formulating discrete problems involving planar and non-planar networks and their relation to continuous inverse problems. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.washington.edu/~reu/
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University of Wisconsin REU in Number Theory
The University of Wisconsin will be running an intense summer research program for eight undergraduate students in the summer. The program is an ambitious research experience in Number Theory concentrating on the following two themes: Arithmetic Dynamics and Modular Forms. Students will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~ono/reu08.html
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Williams College SMALL Undergraduate Research Project REU
SMALL is a special summer research program in Mathematics funded by the National Science Foundation and the Bronfman Science Center. Anywhere from 15 to 25 students split into groups of three to five, and work on solving open research problems. Each group has a single faculty advisor. In the past, students have published their results in mathematics research journals and given talks at a variety of math conferences around the country. Students receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.williams.edu/Mathematics/small_CES.html
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute REU
This eight-week program offers outstanding undergraduate students the opportunity to work on mathematical and statistical problems in close collaboration with faculty and industrial sponsors. The program is designed to provide a glimpse of the ways that advanced mathematics is used in the real world to solve complex problems. The students will work on problems that begin with a real-life problem generated by our industrial sponsors. They will work closely with a company representative to define the problem and develop solutions of immediate value to the company. They will be guided by a faculty advisor to maintain a clear focus on the mathematical issues at the core of the project. Participants will receive a stipend.
Website: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Math/CIMS/REU/
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