• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.

• International students holding a visa are not eligible for participation. No exceptions can be made, as per NSF regulations.

• They must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the time of application and successfully have completed at least two semesters.

• Graduate students are not eligible. If you are graduating this May or in the summer, you are not eligible to participate. 

• High school students are not eligible even if they are in dual enrollment or taking any college-level class. 

• Applicants must be willing to commit for the entire 8 weeks on this campus program.

• Underrepresented minority and first-generation college students are highly encouraged to apply.

• No prior research experience is required.

There are no specific course requirements but participants are expected to be proficient in a programming language.

REU participants are required to be engaged in the project for about 40 hours per week for 8 weeks. If you are planning to commit to the REU program, you may not enroll in other summer courses or hold a second part-time job. Accepting an REU position implies that students agree to be available for the entire 8‐week program. A typical workday is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a short break for lunch.  

Students are expected to attend and fully participate in all required extracurricular activities. Additionally, students will present a poster at the Summer Symposium and may be requested to submit a formal paper about their summer research project after the program based on the progress of their projects.

The REU program is a full-time commitment, so we do not allow students to take on additional part-time work. If there are extenuating circumstances, these need to be discussed and approved by both the REU administration and the research mentors.

The REU program is a full-time commitment, so we do not allow students to enroll in summer courses.

No, generally we do not plan formal activities for the weekend.

The REU program does not provide health insurance for the participants.

It may be taxable, and students should report it in their tax filings. The program does not withhold taxes from fellowship stipend payments. For tax-related questions about stipends, students should contact a tax advisor or review IRS Publication 970, “Tax Benefits for Education.” To obtain a copy of Publication 970, go to http://www.irs.gov/publications/p970/index.html or Google: IRS Gov Publication 970. The IRS publication is updated each calendar year.