Math-related REU Sites
This page is for REUs which are not aimed directly at mathematics students, but still might be of interest. In some sense this can be thought of as the applied mathematics REUs and includes topics such as big data, physics, astronomy, bioinformatics, computational biology, and so on.
Please send any additions or corrections to contact@MathREUPrograms.org.
- Location: Auburn, AL
- Program dates: May 18 - July 22
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: computational biology; bioinformatics
- Location: Boston, MA
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: January 1
- Topics: Integrated Science for Society; focusing on scientific solutions to energy and biological problems
- Location: Provo, UT
- Program dates: June 11 - August 17
- Application deadline: February 12
- Notes: physics
- Notes: participants are expected to abide by BYU honor code
- Location: Pasadena, CA
- Program dates: Some flexibility; 10 weeks
- Application deadline: February 22
- Topics: SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship); takes all disciplines
- Notes: Can take international students; application is more grant style
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Program dates: early June - mid August
- Application deadline: January 3
- Topics: high energy physics
- Notes: Need good programming skills
- Location: Conway, SC
- Program dates: May 21 - July 27
- Application deadline: February 10
- Topics: bioinformatics; big data; data visualization; remote sensing
- Location: Ithaca, NY
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: accelerator physics
- Location: Ukraine (2 weeks); Sioux Center, IA (8 weeks)
- Program dates: May 17 - July 27
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: Applied statistics
- Notes: Requires passport for international travel.
- Location: Sioux Center, IA
- Program dates: June 6 - July 27
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: biostatistics, statistical genetics
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Program dates: June 11 - July 20
- Application deadline: Apply now; applications reviewed on rolling basis
- Topics: Biostatistics
- Notes: Can take graduating seniors
- Location: Batavia, IL
- Program dates: May 29 - August 10
- Application deadline: January 22
- Topics: Accelerator physics
- Location: Washington, DC
- Program dates: June 4 - August 12
- Topics: Environmental science (modeling)
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Program dates: lasts 10 weeks
- Application deadline: December 31 (full consideration)
- Topics: Computational science
- Note: Computing Research Undergraduate Intern Summer Experience (CRUISE)
- Location: Boston, MA
- Program dates: June 11 - July 20
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: Biostatistics and computational biology
- Location: Boston, MA
- Program dates: varies
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: computer science, materials science, bioengineering, scientific computing, robotics
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- More information coming soon
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Program dates: June 3 - August 11
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: astronomy, astrophysics, physics
- Location: Washington, DC
- Program dates: May 22 - July 28
- Application deadline: April 1
- Topics: computational nanophysics; experimental nanophysics; laser spectroscopy
- Location: New York, NY
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: Biomedical big data science
- Location: Bethlehem, PA
- Program dates: May 29 - August 4
- Application deadline: March 7
- Notes: physics
- Location: Baton Rouge, LA
- Program dates: May 21 - July 27
- Application deadline: March 1
- Topics: computational sciences
- Location: Baton Rouge, LA
- Program dates: May 21 - July 28
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: physics
- Location: Corvallis, OR or Newport, OR
- Program dates: June 18 - August 24
- Application deadline: February 19 (start reviewing February 5)
- Topics: marine sciences
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Program dates: June 10 - August 11
- Topics: This is a general summer research program; has had participants in mathematics
- Notes: Can take international students
- Location: Westford, MA
- Topics: Astronomy
- Location: East Lansing, MI
- Program dates: May 21 - July 27
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: Computational chemistry, biology, astrophysics, mathematics, big data science, and computational electromagnetics.
- Location: East Lansing, MI
- Program dates: May 20 - July 28
- Application deadline: February 5
- Topics: Plant genomics; bioinformatics; computational sciences
- Location: Starkville, MS
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: March 1
- Topics: artificial intelligence, algorithms, graphics and visualization, functional genomics, genome analysis, bio-ontologies, and other areas
- Location: Socorro, NM; Geen Bank, WV; or Charlottesville, VA
- Program dates: varies; 10-12 weeks
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: astronomy
- Location: Las Cruces, NM
- Topics: Big data
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Program dates: May 29 - August 2
- Application deadline: January 29
- Topics: Socially Relevant Computing and Analytics
- Location: Fargo, ND
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 2
- Topics: student reasoning; math in STEM; instructional practices
- Notes: Aimed at students in STEM education
- Location: Boston, MA
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 28
- Topics: Machine learning, data mining and analytics; parallel hardware and software systems; biomedical and bioengineering applications; neuroscience
- Location: Evanston, IL
- Program dates: mid-June - mid-August
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: astrophysics research connecting to applied mathematics, physics, earth and planetary science, engineering, and astronomy
- Notes: applicants from all STEM fields are considered, but priority is given to those with some astrophysics/astronomy classwork and computer coding background
- Location: Notre Dame, IN
- Program dates: May 21 - July 28
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: physics
- Location: Notre Dame, IN
- Program dates: May 22 - July 28
- Application deadline: February 5
- Topics: high performance computing; big data
- Location: Corvallis, OR
- Program dates: June 18 - August 24
- Application deadline: February 5
- Topics: (environmental science) Plant-pollinator networks in a changing forest landscape; Sediment movement across river networks following disturbances
- Location: Corvallis, OR
- Program dates: June 18 - August 24
- Application deadline: February 9 at noon
- Topics: Robotics
- Location: Malibu, CA
- Program dates: May 6 - July 21
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: Mathematical biology
- Location: Princeton, NJ
- Program dates: June 11 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: quantitative and computational biology
- Location: West Lafayette, IN
- Program dates: May 28 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 10
- Topics: physics
- Location: Boulder, CO
- Program dates: late May - early August
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: geoscience
- Location: Rochester, NY
- Program dates: May 30 - August 4
- Application deadline: February 10
- Topics: Imaging in the physical sciences
- Location: Multiple sites
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: biology; molecular modeling; computational biology
- Location: Piscataway, NJ
- Program dates: May 29 - August 2
- Application deadline: February 8
- Topics: astronomy; nuclear and high energy physics; condensed matter physics
- Location: Santa Fe, NM
- Program dates: 10 weeks from June to August
- Application deadline: January 4
- Topics: Miscellaneous; mathematical modeling
- Location: One of 17 different DOE labs
- Program dates: varies; 10 weeks
- Application deadline: January 12
- Topics: Various, some are mathematical
- Notes: Run by the Department of Energy (DOE); many opportunities
- Location: Brookings, SD
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 28
- Topics: High performance computing; Simulation and analysis of computational and applied Mathematics and statistics
- Location: College Station, TX
- Program dates: May 30 - August 4
- Application deadline: February 15
- Notes: Astronomy and physics
- Location: Farmington, CT
- Program dates: May 30 - August 3, 2018
- Application deadline: February 11
- Topics: Biology, Computational Sciences, Mathematical biology, Mathematical Modelling
- Notes: Students from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply
- Location: Newark, DE
- Program dates: June 4 - August 9
- Application deadline: February 9
- Topics: Marine sciences
- Location: Athens, GA
- Program dates: May 21 - July 27
- Application deadline: March 1
- Topics: Computational biology (and fungal genomics)
- Location: Athens, GA
- Program dates: June 1 - July 31
- Application deadline: March 1
- Notes: hosted by Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- Location: Honolulu, HI
- Program dates: June 4 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: geology and geophysics; earth science
- Location: Honolulu, HI
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: astronomy
- Location: Houston, TX
- Program dates: May 28 - July 20
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: Applied math and modeling in engineering and biology
- Location: College Park, MD
- Program dates: May 20 - August 12
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: marine research
- Location: College Park, MD
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: Nonlinear dynamics
- Notes: Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Program dates: June 17 - July 27
- Application deadline: Rolling admissions starting January 15
- Topics: Big data; biostatistics
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Program dates: May 30 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 15
- Topics: cheminformatics; computational chemistry
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Program dates: May 28 - August 3
- Application deadline: January 31
- Notes: Program in Climate and Space Science Observation (PICASSO)
- Location: Lincoln, NE
- Program dates: June 3 - August 8
- Application deadline: February 1 (start making offers in February)
- Topics: wide variety of topics, mostly science
- Location: Greensboro, NC
- Program dates: May 14 - July 20
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: Mathematical biology
- Location: Wilmington, NC
- Program dates: May 19 - July 27
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: statistical data mining and machine learning; computer vision and pattern recognition
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Program dates: TBA (10 weeks)
- Topics: Computational biology
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Program dates: June 11 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 7
- Topics: varies; many have an engineering focus
- Location: Salt Lake City, UT
- Program dates: May 25 - August 4
- Application deadline: January 31
- Topics: physics and astronomy
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Program dates: June 18 - August 24
- Application deadline: February 28 (early application recommended)
- Topics: physics
- Notes: Apply online at MathPrograms.org.
- Location: Waterloo, Canada
- Program dates: minimum 10 weeks between May 1 and August 24
- Application deadline: January 8
- Topics: quantum computing
- Location: La Crosse, WI
- Program dates: June 4 -- August 10
- Application deadline: March 1 (priority deadline of February 15)
- Topics: Ecological data science
- Location: Madison, WI
- Program dates: May 29 - August 4
- Application deadline: Feb 1
- Topics: astronomy
- Location: Stout, WI
- Program dates: TBA
- Application deadline: TBA
- Topics: Interdisciplinary including mathematical modeling (LAKES = Linking Applied Knowledge in Environmental Sustainability)
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Program dates: May 28 - August 4
- Application deadline: February 23
- Topic: Physics and astronomy
- Location: Albany, NY
- Program dates: June 4 - August 10
- Application deadline: February 23
- Topics: Cell and molecular biology
- Location: Pullman, WA
- Program dates: May 31 - August 3
- Application deadline: March 1 (review begins February 1)
- Topics: artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, high-performance computing, pervasive computing, networking, distributed systems, health, medicine, psychology, gerontechnology, and energy sustainability
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 1
- Topics: physics
- Location: Worcester, MA
- Program dates: May 30 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 17
- Topics: data analytics, data mining, machine learning, statistical learning, data bases, visualization, big data infrastructures, cloud computing, and mobile computing
- Location: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; University of South Dakota; South Dakota State University
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: March 9
- Topics: security printing and anti-counterfeiting technology
- Location: Delaware, OH
- Program dates: May 21 - July 27
- Application deadline: February 25 (applications will continue being reviewed until all positions are filled)
- Topics: artificial intelligence and modern board games; various other physics and astronomy topics as well
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Program dates: May 29 - August 3
- Application deadline: February 19
- Topics: Big data
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Program dates: June 18 - July 27
- Application deadline: February 16
- Topics: dynamical systems; nonlinear waves; pattern formation
- Notes: Apply online at MathPrograms.org.