Summer Opportunities

Summer Opportunities

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funds a number of programs offering research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) in the Mathematical Sciences. The main goal of these programs is to introduce students (usually those who will be either juniors or seniors during the next academic year) to research topics in Mathematics; they last anywhere between four and eight weeks during the summer. 

It is still possible to apply for financial support (which typically includes travel and local expenses, as well as a stipend) to participate in these programs during Summer 2016. The selection process is highly competitive, and in most cases consists of an application form, and two or three letters of recommendation from faculty who are familiar with the applicants' abilities.
 
If you have successfully taken or are currently taking advanced (300 level) Mathematics/Statistics classes (and especially if you are seriously thinking about pursuing graduate studies in the future), do browse the lists of current REUs maintained by the NSF and AMS at

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5044

https://www.ams.org/programs/students/undergrad/emp-reu

and consider applying to those that may be of interest to you. Note that there will be a lot of intersection among the three lists. If you decide to apply, please don't hesitate to contact any of your professors in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics with any questions that you might have. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can.

LUROP, Loyola's center for experiential learning, is a great resource for Loyola students that can help you find a research program that is right for you. RamblerLink also lists math and stats jobs and internship summer opportunities.
 
For your convenience, below we give a selection from the ever-changing lists above (updated November 6, 2015), funded by NSF or agencies/institutions:

• Argonne National Laboratory DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, https://www.anl.gov/education/undergraduates/internship-opportunities/science-undergraduate-laboratory-internship

• Argonne National Laboratory Student Research Participation Programs, https://www.anl.gov/education/undergraduates/internship-opportunities/student-research-participation-program

• Arizona State University Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute Summer Program, https://mtbi.asu.edu/SummerProgram

• Boise State University,  https://math.boisestate.edu/reu/

• California State University, Fresno, https://www.fresnostate.edu/csm/math/research/undergraduate/index.html

• Carnegie Mellon University Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute, https://www.math.cmu.edu/CNA/summer_institute.html

• College of William and Mary, https://www.wm.edu/as/mathematics/undergraduate_research/summerreu/index.php

• Cornell University, https://www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/REU/REU.htm

• Department of Homeland Security STEM Summer Internships, https://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/

• Emory University, https://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ono/REUs/

• Fairfield University, https://faculty.fairfield.edu/srafalski/reu/index.html

• George Mason University, https://math.gmu.edu/research-groups-programs-under.php

• Grand Valley State University, https://www.gvsu.edu/mathreu/

• ICERM: Summer@ICERM: https://icerm.brown.edu/home/index.php#tab_undergrad

• Illinois State University, https://math.illinoisstate.edu/reu/

• Indiana University Bloomington, https://www.math.indiana.edu/reu/

• Iowa State University, https://orion.math.iastate.edu/reu/

• Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/rips/

• Kansas State University, https://www.math.ksu.edu/reu/sumar/

• Kent State University, https://www.math.kent.edu/~soprunova/reu/

• Lafayette College, https://math.lafayette.edu/opportunities/reu/

• Louisiana State University, https://www.math.lsu.edu/dept/reu

• Marquette University, https://acm.mscs.mu.edu/wiki-reu/index.php/Main_Page

• Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Summer Program, https://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm9779

• Michigan State University,  https://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/SURIEM/

• Missouri State University,  https://faculty.missouristate.edu/l/lesreid/reu/

• Mount Holyoke College, TBA  https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/math/reu/

• NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program,  https://www.nist.gov/surfboulder/index.cfm

• North Carolina State University,  https://www.math.ncsu.edu/REU/

• Ohio Wesleyan University,  https://reu.owu.edu/

• Oregon State University,  https://www.math.oregonstate.edu/~math_reu/

• Penn State University,  https://www.math.psu.edu/mass/

• Rochester Institute of Technology,  https://people.rit.edu/~dansma/index_files/NSFREU.htm

• Rutgers University, DIMACS,  https://dimacs.rutgers.edu/REU/

• Rutgers University DIMACS/DIMATIA,  https://dimacs.rutgers.edu/REU/

• San Diego State University,  https://www.sci.sdsu.edu/math-reu/index.html

• Santa Fe Institute,  https://www.santafe.edu/education/fellowships-undergraduate-program.php

• South Dakota State University,  https://www.sdstate.edu/mathstat/reu/

• SUNY Potsdam/Clarkson University,  https://people.clarkson.edu/~ttamon/reu.html

• Texas A&M University,  https://www.math.tamu.edu/undergraduate/research/REU/

• UCLA Logic Center Summer School for Undergraduates,  https://www.math.ucla.edu/~ineeman/Summer-school/

• University of California, Santa Barbara,  https://math.ucsb.edu/REU/index.html

• University of Maryland, Baltimore County,  https://hpcreu.umbc.edu/summer2016/details/

• University of Minnesota,  https://www.math.umn.edu/~reiner/REU/REU.html

• University of Minnesota Duluth,  https://www.d.umn.edu/~jgallian/

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, https://www.unl.edu/summerprogram/math

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro,  https://www.uncg.edu/cmp/reu/

• University of Texas at Tyler,  https://www.uttyler.edu/math/reu.php

• University of Utah, https://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/research.html

• University of Washington,  https://www.math.washington.edu/~reu/

• University of Washington RTG Summer School,  https://www.math.washington.edu/ipde/summer/

• Valparaiso University,  https://www.valpo.edu/mcs/verum/

• Willamette University, https://www.willamette.edu/cla/math/reu/

• Williams College,  https://math.williams.edu/small/

• WPI Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics,  https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Math/CIMS/REU/Current/index.html

 

LUROP, Loyola's center for experiential learning, is a great resource for Loyola students that can help you find a research program that is right for you. 

Handshake also lists math and stats jobs and internship summer opportunities. Try using different keywords in your search such as: math, data, programming, statistics, etc.

You can also check out our Scholarships & Opportunities page for some other options.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) funds a number of programs offering research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) in the Mathematical Sciences. These programs introduce students entering their junior or senior year to research topics in Mathematics; they last anywhere between four and eight weeks during the summer.

You can apply for financial assistance to participate in these programs. Typically this will include travel and local expenses, as well as a stipend. The selection process is highly competitive. In addition to an application form, you will most likely need two or three letters of recommendation from faculty who are familiar with your abilities.

If you have taken or are currently taking any advanced 300 level Mathematics/Statistics classes or if you are seriously considering pursuing graduate studies, browse through lists of current REUs maintained by the NSF and AMS.

Note that there will be a lot of intersection among the three lists. If you decide to apply, please don't hesitate to contact any of your professors in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics with any questions that you might have. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can.

For your convenience, below we give a selection from the ever-changing lists above (updated March 13th, 2018), funded by NSF or other agencies/institutions:

** please note that many of these applications have rolling deadlines, i.e. applications will continue to be reviewed until positions are filled ** 

Argonne National Laboratory DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships	Argonne National Laboratory Student Research Participation Programs
Arizona State University Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute Summer Program	Auburn University REU Site: Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
Boise State University REU Site: Complexity Across Disciplines	Brown University ICERM
California State University, Fresno Mathematics Research Program	California State University at ChicoResearch Experience for Undergraduates and Teachers: Mathematical Modeling
Clemson University RTG/REU: Coding theory, Cryptography, and Number theory	Cornell UniversityRTG: Dynamics, Probability, and Partial Differential Equations in Pure and Applied Mathematics
Emory University REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Florida Institute of Technology REU Site: Intersection of Mathematics and Biology: Biomath
Georgetown University REU Site: Environmental science and policy in the nation’s capital	Grand Valley State University Mathematical Research Program
Illinois State University Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics	Indiana University REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
Indiana University REU Program in mathematics with applications to medical sciences, biophysics, and inverse problems	Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics Research in Industrial Projects
James Madison University REU Site: Mathematics Research for Undergraduates	Kansas State UniversitySummer Undergraduate Mathematics Research (SUMaR)
Kent State University Math REU	Lafayette CollegeMathematical Research
Mathematical Association of America National Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute REU Site: MSRI Summer Program
Michigan State University REU Site: Discrete and Applied Mathematics	Missouri State UniversityResearch Experience for Undergraduates in Mathematics
Muhlenberg College REU Site: Research Challenges of Identifying Integer Sequences Using the OEIS	Ohio State University REU Site: A Distributed REU in the Mathematical Biosciences
Ohio Wesleyan University Research Experience for Undergraduates	Oregon State University Research Programs for Mathematics
Oregon State University Research Programs in Statistics	Rochester Institute of TechnologyNSF-REU Program in Mathematics
Rochester Institute of Technology REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research for Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing in Applying Mathematical and Statistical Methods to Problems from the Sciences	Rutgers UniversityDIMACS REU Program
San Diego State University REU Site: Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates	St. Mary's College of Maryland Emerging Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates (rolling admissions begin in April)
Texas A&M University REU Site: Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications	University of Chicago The University of Chicago Mathematics REU
University of Michigan Dearborn REU Site: Mathematical Analysis and Applications	University of Minnesota Mathematics Summer REU in Combinatorics
University of Minnesota Duluth An Undergraduate Research Program in Combinatorics and Number Theory	University of North Carolina Greensboro REU Site: Mathematical Biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina Wilmington REU Site: Interdisciplinary Integration in Statistical Learning and Data Mining	University of Texas at Tyler REU Site: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Abstract Algebra
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse REU Site: Mathematical Ecology	Valparasio University Experience Research by Undergraduate Mathematicians
Williams College SMALL REU Program