NSF REU Spotlights
Engineering
- MATERIALS FOR FUTURE COMPUTING, Carnegie Mellon University
- Deadline: Jan. 30, 2026
- COMPUTATIONAL SENSING & MEDICAL ROBOTICS, Johns Hopkins University
- Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026
- MATERIALS RESEARCH SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CENTER, Brandeis University
- Deadline: Feb. 2, 2026
- ROBOTS IN THE REAL WORLD, Oregon State University
- Deadline: Feb. 10, 2026
- ENGINEERED BIOACTIVE INTERFACES & DEVICES, University of Kentucky
- Deadline: Feb. 13, 2026
- NANOSCALE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, Vanderbilt University
- Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
- OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: REMOTE SENSING, SMART SYSTEMS, AND INNOVATIVE DEVICES, …
- Deadline: Feb. 24, 2026
- RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION & STORAGE, Binghamton University
- Deadline: Mar. 15, 2026
- INTEGRATED NANOMANUFACTURING, Boston University
- Deadline: Mar. 15, 2026
- CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY AND PRIVACY, Boise State University
- Deadline: Mar. 21, 2026
- CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, University of Texas at Austin
- Deadline: Apr. 1, 2026
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, Institute for Systems Biology
- Deadline: Jan. 20, 2026
- EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES & ASTROPHYSICS, American Museum of Natural History
- Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026
- SUMMER INTENSIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN NEUROSCIENCE, University of Michigan
- Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026
- PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY, Louisiana State University
- Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026
- MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES, Colorado State University
- Deadline: Feb. 2, 2026
- BIOSECURITY AND CHEMISTRY, Kansas State University
- Deadline: Feb. 13, 2026
- PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY, University of Kentucky
- Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
- INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF MARINE ORGANISMS, University of Washington
- Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
- PHYSICS, Howard University
- Deadline: Mar. 31, 2026
- INTEGRATIVE CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, University of Notre Dame
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT & PERFORMANCE, Brown University
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
Social Sciences
- NATURAL HISTORY, Smithsonian Institution
- Deadline: Jan. 16, 2026
- DATA SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL GOOD, Southern Methodist University
- Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
- BEHAVIOR SCIENCE, West Virginia University
- Deadline: Feb. 17, 2026
- DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY, University of Michigan-Flint
- Deadline: Mar. 9, 2026
- TREATMENT-RELATED RESEARCH FOR YOUTH WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL & BEHAVIORAL PROBLE…
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- ACCOUNTABILITY, BEHAVIOR & CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS, Vanderbilt Universi…
- Deadline: TBD offered in 2026
Environment & Sustainability
- SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, American Museum of Natural History
- Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS - FROM THE EVERGLADES TO THE CORAL REEFS, Flor…
- Deadline: Feb. 3, 2026
- WATER QUALITY IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, Northern Illinois University
- Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
- RESILIENT & SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IN SMART CITIES, Ohio State Univ…
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- BOTANY & CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN ECOSYSTEMS, Georgia Southern University
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026
- ECOLOGY IN HUMAN DOMINATED LANDSCAPES, Miami University (Ohio)
- Deadline: TBD if offered in 2026