Application forms for the 2008 program are now available!

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

Funded by the National Science Foundation

Invitation for Applications for the Physiology and Neurobiology REU Program 2008

The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates site in Physiology and Neurobiology at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) offers paid summer research opportunities in the areas of renal, cardiac, and muscle physiology as well as developmental neurobiology, synaptic plasticity and neural circuits. Interested students, especially underrepresented minorities, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities from institutions with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply. Our primary goal is to give students from primarily non-Ph.D. granting institutions opportunities to experience a stimulating research environment. Students can expect to acquire skills and knowledge to help them enter graduate research programs.

Participants will spend 10 weeks with UConn faculty and graduate students, participating in graduate level research projects on physiological systems in animals ranging from invertebrates and marine fish to birds and mammals. REU students will be part of a campus multidisciplinary REU community consisting of several programs in the physical sciences and engineering as well as physiology and neurobiology. The research program will be accompanied by seminars and a social program. Each student prepares a scientific paper as well as a poster of their research for presentation at an on campus REU symposium. The program is expected to last for 10 weeks, from Monday June 3 to Friday, August 9, 2008.

All students receive a stipend of $4000, a meal allowance and housing (with other REU participants) in our modern, air-conditioned University Dormitories. Limited funds to assist with travel expenses to and from UConn are available if requested at the time of application. University recreational facilities will be available for participant use.

Selection of participants will be based on academic record, career objectives and letters of recommendation. Eligible students are U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled as majors in Biology or a closely related field, who have completed their sophomore or junior year by June 1, 2008.

UConn is located midway between New York City (2.5 hours) and Boston (2 hours) in scenic eastern Connecticut.