Engineering Internship/Research for Undergraduate Students

Gavianna
Sat, 07 Dec 2013 03:06:12 +0000

Search the NSF site referenced by BrownParent for topics that interest you. If you read the award descriptions/ REU web page links you can see what kind of students the programs are looking for.

All of the NSF funded programs encourage applications from women, URMs, and kids from from schools where the opportunities for undergraduate research may be limited. Some will specify they want rising Juniors /Seniors, but there are some that will accept students after their freshman year.

Most programs look to assemble a mix of students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. My son, an Aerospace major at a large school, did an REU in MechE and one of the participants was a white male who had completed one year of community college.

Example:[Research Experience for Undergraduates](http://reu.mme.wsu.edu/)