Program Website and Application Information
Overview
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) invites highly motivated undergraduates who are interested in pursuing careers in the life sciences to apply to our 10-week "Wetlands in a Modern World" summer internship program. Wetlands are among the most functionally important ecosystems on Earth but are being impacted at unprecedented levels. In this summer program students will employ a modern integrative approach to wetland science that makes use of recent technological and theoretical developments across the geochemical, biological, and physical sciences. Students will conduct research at NGRREC’s state-of-the-art field station in Alton, IL and local field sights situated at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri rivers. Under the mentorship of NGRREC scientists and their collaborators, REU students will gain experience in project design, field and lab-based research methods, data collection and analysis, and present results as a scientific paper, participate in a poster session at NGRREC Neighbor Nights, create a scientific poster, and showcase their project at our annual NGRREC-REU research symposium to increase science communication skills.
Eligibility Requirements
Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories. Participants must have a GPA over 3.0. Only undergraduate students are eligible. Please contact us (ngrrecintern@lc.edu) if you have further questions about eligibility.
Website: http://www.ngrrec.org/REU/