STARS National

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) provide an opportunity for you to spend the summer working closely with faculty and other senior researchers to conduct authentic research, receive mentoring, build knowledge and research skills, and learn more about career pathways in STEM. Please see below for selected REU Sites from the STARS community:

• STARS + INVITE AI Institute Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs): STARS National is currently recruiting undergraduate students from STARS to participate in a summer research opportunity. The projects all focus on AI and education. You can learn more about the projects in these slides. Applications due 02/10: https://forms.gle/n9JiuuzxAoibUAzG9 

• Georgia State University: Multidisciplinary Graph Data Analytics due 03/01

• New Jersey Institute of Technology: Optics and photonics: Technologies, Systems, and Devices due 03/15

• North Carolina State University: Research Experiences in Innovative Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Education due 02/15

• Purdue University Northwest: Online Interdisciplinary Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering due 03/01

• UNC Charlotte: Smart and Secure Future Computing due 2/27

None of these pique your interest? Explore all 2026 REU Opportunities (there are over 600!!): https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/reu/search