Expand your résumé at Washington State University! Participate in summer research programs hosted by mentoring WSU faculty and funded by NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), USDA-NIFA, and faculty grants.
There are projects every summer at the main campus in Pullman, Wash. in the Pacific Northwest. For all projects, you will:
- Conduct research to add to knowledge on the project and in the discipline
- Be mentored by award-winning professors and work with top research assistants
- Receive a generous stipend that covers many expenses
- Share your work with other researchers as well as the public at an end-of-program symposium
- Discover the personal and professional value of networking
How Do I Join the Program?
You must apply well in advance and directly to the specific program that interests you. Summer research programs planned for 2026 are listed below.
Summer 2026 Research Programs
The following programs will host students at WSU Pullman and some may have state-wide activities.
Hemp Research Internship
WSU’s Hemp Program, and partners (Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University, University of California – Davis, University of Nevada – Reno)
Contact: David R. Gang
Website: lcme.wsu.edu/
Contact: David R. Gang
Website: lcme.wsu.edu/
Improving Crop Resiliency: Agriculture in a Changing Climate
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contacts: Matt Peck or Andrei Smertenko
Website: ibc.wsu.edu/undergraduate-summer-research
Contacts: Matt Peck or Andrei Smertenko
Website: ibc.wsu.edu/undergraduate-summer-research
Robustness and Resilience of Aquatic Biosystems
School of Biological Sciences and Animal Sciences
Contact: Erica Crespi
Website: sbs.wsu.edu/aquaticslab/robustness-and-resilience-of-aquatic-biosystems
Contact: Erica Crespi
Website: sbs.wsu.edu/aquaticslab/robustness-and-resilience-of-aquatic-biosystems
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Studying materials under extreme conditions at the Institute for Shock Physics
Contact: Brian Jensen
Website: shock.wsu.edu/summer-undergraduate-research-sure
Contact: Brian Jensen
Website: shock.wsu.edu/summer-undergraduate-research-sure
Waves in the Universe and Technology
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Contact: Brian Collins or Anya Guy
Website: physics.wsu.edu/overview-research/reu/
Contact: Brian Collins or Anya Guy
Website: physics.wsu.edu/overview-research/reu/
WSU Vancouver – NSF REU Site
Advancing Data-Driven Deep Coupling of Computational Simulations and Experiments
School of Engineering and Computer Science, WSU Vancouver
Contact: Xinghui Zhao
Website: reu.encs.vancouver.wsu.edu
Contact: Xinghui Zhao
Website: reu.encs.vancouver.wsu.edu