We are happy to announce that applications are now open for the College of Wooster’s 2026 summer NSF-REU program.
Please find our flyer available at our website.
The College of Wooster’s 9-week REU program is housed in the Physics Department and includes a range of projects from quantum optics to granular materials, and from solar energy materials to thermodynamics of swellable organosilica. More information about potential projects is available at our webpage.
The College of Wooster is a liberal arts college, long recognized for its mentored undergraduate research. The research topics we offer in the sciences mix experiment, computation, and theory and are designed to fully incorporate even novice undergraduate students as full collaborators. Our faculty have designed on-going research programs that are both innovative and accessible to undergraduates. We treat our students as co-discoverers and teach them to become independent scientific thinkers and practitioners.
Participants also take part in a variety of workshops for career-building activities, and we have multiple social events throughout the program. All students write a paper to summarize their work and present their work to the broader community at our end-of-the-summer poster session.
Our program will begin Tuesday, May 26 and will conclude Friday, July 24. Students are paid a $6800 stipend. Campus housing will be provided, and funds for students to relocate to Wooster are also available. Wooster is located in a scenic part of Northeast Ohio, about an hour from Cleveland and ninety minutes from Columbus.
Many of our participants have completed only a single year of college. Our program is especially adaptable to students from a wide range of backgrounds because our faculty are dedicated to mentoring undergraduate research programs. Students should have completed one year of introductory physics at the college level. We do not have a GPA cut-off but consider each applicant holistically.
The application is available on ETAP. The application deadline is February 16. Letters of recommendation should be received by February 23. Questions may be directed to Dr. Susan Lehman.