The Research Experience
What makes the Summer Research Program different at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is our unique approach to creating the research experience. We limit our research experiences to active research labs led by faculty who have established themselves as excellent undergraduate student mentors. When you apply to our program, you will know exactly with whom you will be working and on what type of projects. Each program will have several Summer Research Program participants, so you will have colleagues to share your educational experience with.
Our Targeted Programs
The targeted programs for our Summer Research Program include the following disciplines:
- Nebraska Redox Biology Center/Center for Biological Chemistry
- Undergraduate Summer Research Experience in Virology (USREV)
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Functional Nanomaterials and Nanoscience
- Plant Sciences and Bioinformatics Program
- Nebraska REU in Applied Mathematics
- Undergraduate Summer Research Experience in Chemistry
- Undergraduate Summer Research Experience in Computer Science
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Other Research Opportunities at the University of Nebraska
| Biological Sciences National Science Foundation Research Grant | This grant encourages minority students to pursue scientific careers. Promising students will take a graduate-level summer course that will teach aspects and techniques of research and will have opportunities to work in laboratories. |
| Career Opportunities in Research (COR) | The Healing Pathways Project has been granted funds for a new program for undergraduate Native American students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. National Institute of Mental Health funds will be used to help American Indian students gain research experience in American Indian mental health. |
| Economics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | |
| Psychology/Law Research Experiences for Undergraduates | The Psychology/Law REU is a year-long research experience for undergraduate students interested in the intersection between Psychology and Law. |
| Pre-Law Summer Institute | The Institute will prepare students for both law school and the application process; expose them to a broad cross-section of the legal community; inform them about the breadth and power of the law and a legal career; and establish individualized mentoring relationships. |
| University Medical Center | The College of Medicine has research projects which cover a broad range of topics. Areas of study range from basic molecular biology to the study of human disease in clinical settings. Research opportunities exist in a number of basic science and clinical departments in the College of Medicine. |
| UNMC Eppley Cancer & Allied Diseases Research Summer Program | Students in the Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program at the Eppley Cancer Research Institute do hands-on cancer research. Students get to try research, learn techniques and new concepts, and work with professional researchers. |
