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Undergraduate Research: REU in Marine, Coastal and Estuarine Sciences

Maryland Sea Grant
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Are you looking for a summer research internship studying ocean, coastal or environmental science? Check out the Maryland Sea Grant Summer REU program (http://bit.ly/mdsgreu). We bring upper-level undergraduate students to the Chesapeake Bay to conduct individual research projects with a scientist-mentor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. We select undergrads in many disciplines, including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, ecology and marine and environmental science.

In addition to conducting your own research project, you will learn about the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, science communication, science ethics, careers in science, how to apply for fellowships and to graduate school, and more.

DETAILS:

  • Program Flyer download http://bit.ly/MDSGREU18
  • 12-week program: May 21 to August 13, 2018
  • $6,000 stipend plus housing and travel support to and from host institution
  • Funded by the National Science Foundation and thus limited to US citizens or permanent residents
  • Applications due: February 16, 2018
  • Application and guidance http://ww2.mdsg.umd.edu/reu/apply/index.php

We encourage students from colleges and universities where access to marine science and to research opportunities is limited and who are from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math. We believe bringing together students from many disciplines, backgrounds and parts of the country makes for a more interesting and educational summer experience for everyone.

** Summer 2018 program is pending continuing support from the National Science Foundation **

During this 12-week program (May 20–August 12), each student will work with a science mentor on an individual research project at one of two marine labs located on Chesapeake Bay: the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s* (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Maryland, or Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland. 

Research areas include: 

• benthic environment 

• climate change 

• environmental chemistry 

• environmental contaminants 

• estuarine processes 

• fisheries 

• modeling and analysis 

• molecular biology and genetics 

• physical oceanography