Summer Research Experiences – Project Submissions

Dear Faculty,

Thank you for hosting a visiting undergraduate student researcher (REU) this summer! REUs will spend ten weeks (June 2-August 8, 2025) immersed in research projects defined by their mentors.

REU research projects must:

• Have well-defined goals. Projects must be well constructed, with clearly-stated research goals and learning goals for the participants. Some examples of successful projects are to build a piece of equipment, test a hypothesis, or use a piece of equipment in a new way. Projects should be owned by the researcher although they may work closely with graduate student or postdoc mentors.
• Be achievable in the summer. Projects must be short with appropriate timelines and milestones for the summer.
• Be appropriate for participant knowledge. Projects should be developed keeping in mind the limited skills and backgrounds of summer research participants. REU participants range from current freshman to juniors in college and community college students. Some participants will have no prior research experience.
• Have the potential for co-authorship of posters and publications. Projects should have the potential for the participant to co-author a publication based on their research contributions and/or the potential to present at a conference or society meeting.

Please complete this project submission form with your project ideas.

A copy of your project will be emailed to you when you submit – for your records and for sharing with your graduate student or postdoc mentor.

Thank you!