REUs

To have a competitive application for graduate programs (especially PhD programs), it is almost necessary to have research experience outside of Belmont. Therefore, I highly recommend you apply to a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, of which there are countless across the country. Not only does this give you a fantastic real-world experience in a lab that is studying cutting-edge topics, it also gives the amazing opportunity to travel somewhere else in the country for a paid experience. Just one note that to be the most competitive for one of the programs, it is best to have a strong GPA and gain research experience at Belmont, likely through SURFS. Therefore, be sure to begin the process of getting research experience as early as possible.

Check out the following websites and the table below for resources.

NSF Searchable Site: >100 REU programs

School	Program	Location
University of Tennessee	Summer Research Scholars	Memphis, TN
BYU	REU, Chemistry	Provo, UT
Vanderbilt	VSSA	Nashville, TN
St. Jude	Pediatric Oncology Education Program	Memphis, TN
University of Pennsylvania	Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)	Philadelphia, PA
Washington University	Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)	St. Louis, MO
University of Colorado	Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)	Aurora, CO
Johns Hopkins University	JHU BioREU	Baltimore, MD
Marshal University	Summer Research Internship for Minority Students (SRIMS)	Huntington, WV
University of Utah	Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)	Salt Lake City, UT
Michigan State University	Plant Genomics @ MSU REU	East Lansing, MI
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship	Cincinnati, OH
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship	Little Rock, AR
San Jose State University or SUNY-Stony Brook	Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer School Program (not an REU, but an excellent opportunity!)	San Jose, CA or Stony Brook, NY
Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Summer Research Scholars Program	Geneva, NY
Mayo Clinic of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)	Rochester, MN
Purdue University	NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program	West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University	Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) (geared toward under-represented populations)	Champaign, IL
Georgia Southern & University of Lorraine	CollaborativE Multidisciplinary Investigations Through Undergraduate Research Experiences (CEMITURE)	Statesboro, GA & Épinal, France