Dates, stipends, and info

Dates

• The dates of the 2025 REU program are May 27 - July 18, 2025.

• Depending on some budgetary factors, the first week may be conducted online via zoom, and the remainder will be in person on campus (although we do not anticipate this in Summer 2025).   This will be determined as soon as is reasonably possible and this page will be updated at that time.

Stipends

• Participants in our program will receive a $5600 stipend, as well as a room on or near campus for the duration of the program. The $5600 stipend is usually paid out in two installments. Usually around $2000 is paid after the first or second week of the program, and the remaining $3600 is dispersed on the final day of the program. 

• Participants will also be given a stipend to cover the costs of food (our budget forbids this to be too much, but most food should be covered by this stipend). 

• While our program is residential, we are aware that family obligations, or other circumstances, can impact your ability to stay on campus for the entirety of the program, although this is a staple of the program and strongly desired. (On weekends, you're free to do what you wish!)  In the past we have been able to accommodate a variety of special situations, and so if you have any special circumstances, please contact us directly. We welcome the opportunity to discuss potential accommodations. 

• After the close of the application period, we review the applications and send out invitations in "rounds". Generally, it takes about a month to thoroughly review the applications (sometimes longer, sometimes shorter). We then send out invations and allow a reasonable amount of time for each person to respond. This process can continue for quite some time if we get a lot of no responses that don't come back right away. We will contact each applicant either way about their application as soon as there is something certain to say. However, should you have any questions or concerns about your application, please feel free to contact Dr. Dunn (cmdunn@csusb.edu) or Dr. Trapp (rtrapp@csusb.edu) at any time. 

Eligibility

Please note the following eligibility requirements for our program:

• Participants must be continuing their undergraduate education following the conclusion of the program.  Thus, for example, if you are graduating in the Spring, you are not eligible for the program the following Summer.

• Only US Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible for the program.  This has been made very clear to us over the years.  Thus, if you are not a US Citizen or Permanent Resident you are ineligible for the program even if you have your own source of funding.

• There are no age or content related eligibility requirements.  Specifically, there is no required mathematical background except perhaps some experience with proofs and an enduring enthusiasm for doing mathematics all day for 8 weeks.  We provide all of the background knowledge needed in the first week of the program.  In addition, you do not have to be over 18 years old to participate, although you need to be otherwise eligible as outlined above.  If you are under 18, please indicate that you are under 18 somewhere on your application!   We only need to know this because if you become a participant some special arrangements will need to be made well in advance, and we emphasize that your age is not used to discriminate against your application--it is merely a legal issue we need a head start with.

• We genuinely care about equally considering all applications from those who is eligible.   In this way, we especially encourage applications from those who are members of an underrepresented group, or otherwise do not have access to research experiences at their home institution.  These are not discriminating factors in our selection of participants--we simply care about making our Summer REU equally accessible to everyone.

Other information

We want to be very clear about what we look for in our participants, so we have constructed this document you might consider looking at.  (we have had some difficulty sharing this document, if for some reason you can't access it, please try again later.)