Illinois REUs
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging
Description of the program: Train and perform research at the forefront of biomedicine using advanced imaging and microscopy technologies
Site URL: https://reu.bioengineering.illinois.edu/
Levels: Not specified
Minimum GPA: 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
Citizenship Requirements: Must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents enrolled in a U.S. college or university
Application Deadline: February 10, 2020.
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS)
Description of the program: Conduct research pertaining to cellular systems that may help to solve problems in health, security, and environment.
Site URL: https://ebics.net/diversity-outreach/about-reu-program
Levels: Not specified
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Application Deadline: mid-February
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Toxicology (SURE Tox)
Description of the program: Train and perform research in the field of toxicology
Site URL: https://vetmed.illinois.edu/suretox/
Levels: Junior or Senior Undergraduates
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: Not specified
Application Deadline: February 1, 2020
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: The Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS)
Description of the program: Work on research projects to help increase the power density of current mobile electrified systems by 10-100 times the current state of the art
Site URL: https://poets-erc.org/index.php/reu
Levels: Must be a current undergraduate student during the summer of 2020 (i.e. graduation date in Dec. 2020 or later)
Minimum GPA: 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
Citizenship Requirements: U.S. citizenship/national or permanent residency is required
Application Deadline: Not specified - Applications open December
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Carle Illinois College of Medicine REACH Program
Description of the program: Participate in an intensive clinical and research immersion summer experience in the field of medicine
Site URL: https://medicine.illinois.edu/research/reach-program/
Levels: Not specified
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: must be citizens of the United States or hold permanent residency status
Application Deadline: Not specified – Applications open December 1, 2019
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Physics at Illinois
Description of the program: Work on challenging, meaningful projects focused on the diversity of physics subfields
Site URL: https://physics.illinois.edu/research/reu/
Levels: Students must have completed their sophomore year by June 2020; recently graduated seniors are not eligible; Students must be a major in physics or a related field
Minimum GPA: technical GPA of 3.0/4.0
Citizenship Requirements: must be a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident
Application Deadline: Usually beginning of March; Offers will be made on a rolling basis after the application deadline until all positions are filled
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (I-MRSEC)
Description of the program: Solve a challenging, meaningful scientific question by taking part in the interdisciplinary innovative materials research
Site URL: https://mrsec.illinois.edu/reu-program
Levels: Students must have completed their sophomore year by June 2020; recently graduated seniors are not eligible
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Application Deadline: Not specified – Applications open in late 2019
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Summer Research Opportunities @ Illinois (SROP)
Description of the program: Work on a research project in various fields of study and learn more about graduate school
Site URL: https://grad.illinois.edu/diversity/srop
Levels: Juniors or those who will not graduate before December 2020
Minimum GPA: 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Citizenship Requirements: United States citizens, permanent residents, or those with DACA status
Application Deadline: February 10, 2020
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Name of your Program: Phenotypic Plasticity Research Experience for Community College Students (REU)
Description of the program: An opportunity for community college students to join a research immersion program in the area of phenotypic plasticity, the phenomenon of a single genotype producing multiple phenotypes depending on environment.
Site URL: https://precs.igb.illinois.edu/
Levels: Current community college student; Successful completion of General Biology I and General Chemistry I is preferred
Minimum GPA: Not specified
Citizenship Requirements: US citizen or permanent resident
Application Deadline: March 1