The NSF REU program is a 10-week program that involves a hands-on research experience for undergraduate students, whereby participants work in the labs of some of UAB’s renown scientists. As with the 2021 Summer program, the Summer 2022 experience will involve remote/on ground research with a UAB faculty mentor. The Summer 2022 program dates begins May 22, 2022 – July 29, 2022. 

May 22, 2022 - May 31, 2022:  Participation will be on a remote basis.

June 1, 2022:  Participant arrival to Birmingham and dorm check in 

The program will pay $6,000 over the entire work period and will involve 400 hours of remote/on ground research with a UAB faculty mentor. The research represents actual projects that will contribute, in some way, to the work already being conducted in the labs.

Housing is provided for participants whose primary resident is not in the Greater Birmingham, AL area.  Roundtrip travel reimbursement will be provided for your trip to and from Birmingham at the beginning and end of program.

NOTE:  Telecommuting may be possible but is not guaranteed and is based on a case by case basis.

Eligibility

• The program is open only to United States Citizens and permanent residents of the United States that are
• Currently enrolled in a U.S. institute of higher education and who will not be graduating prior to the Spring semester of the program year.  (In other words, applicants must be returning to an undergraduate program after participating in the program).
• Must be available for the entire 10 week period

CNMB basic philosophy is to have Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) students work on research projects, which are simple to comprehend and have some short-term achievable milestones, but simultaneously contribute to longer-term scientific goals and technological applications. These projects should not only be challenging but engaging to our REU participants so that they are motivated to learn more about the research area as well to seriously consider graduate studies. Our teaming arrangement with faculty and graduate students, giving poster and oral presentations, writing a research-style paper, and attending training seminars in scientific communications and ethics have helped past REU students see the “big picture” of what it takes to develop into a “research scientist” with the critical skills needed for analyzing, interpreting and presenting scientific data. Lastly, most of the research projects have been a strong interdisciplinary flavor, lying at the interfaces of physics, chemistry, materials science, and biomedical engineering