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2026 Summer: LTER Plant Community Ecology Internships and REUs

The Cedar Creek LTER (Long Term Ecological Research Network) has several opportunities for students to work as plant community ecology interns. Most positions run from June through August, but some interns are needed as early as March, and some are needed through October. Your educational institution may be able to approve this internship for any… Read more »

REU at the Hubbard Brook LTER

Summer 2025 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Opportunities at Hubbard Brook Long-Term Ecological Research Site.

REU at the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

The Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking applicants for two 10-week positions in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation

REU at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER

The NSF funded KBS REU Site “Understanding biological responses to global change in a field station community” gives students an opportunity to conduct full-time research in collaboration with our outstanding faculty, postdocs and graduate students.

Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology (REU)

The Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology is an 11-week immersive program providing undergraduate students from around the United States with hands-on research experiences based at Harvard Forest.

MSP LTER / SLAWR REU 2025

The Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates (SLAWR REU) — which also recruits our MSP LTER summer REU students — is now accepting applications!

Spring Field Technician | Cedar Creek LTER

The Cedar Creek LTER (Long Term Ecological Research Network) has several opportunities for students and recent graduates to work as spring field techs.

REU at the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER

REU at the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER

Undergraduates, come gain unique experience this summer working with a BLE scientist on an ecological research project. The 10-week program starts on June 3 and ends August 9, and it comes with a $6000 stipend.

REU at the Hubbard Brook LTER

The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, with funding from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, has openings for students in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2024. Applications are due March 15, 2024.

REU at the CCE LTER

We seek well-qualified and highly motivated undergraduates with interests in biology, chemistry, physics and/or computer science to participate in interdisciplinary oceanographic research.

REU in Marine Biology and Statistical Ecology at the SBC and VCA LTER

Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the University of Kansas (KU) are seeking 2-4 undergraduate students, especially from underrepresented groups, to join a Coastal-Heartland Marine Biology Summer Research Exchange Program.

REU opportunities at the NTL LTER

The NTL LTER REU Program provides high-impact educational opportunities by facilitating immersive, hands-on mentored research experiences in freshwater science.

REU at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

Spend your summer doing real science as part of a collaboration among world-class researchers studying the last coastal wilderness on the East Coast.

REU at the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

The Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking applicants for two 10-week positions in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

REU’s at the Sevilleta LTER

The UNM Sevilleta Field Station is seeking applicants for 10 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).


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