Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
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 2024 are listed below.
Summer 2024 Research Programs
The following programs will host students at WSU Pullman and some may have state-wide activities.
AgAID Institute Summer Undergraduate Research
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and partners (OSU, UCMerced, innov8.ag)
Contact: Jordan Jobe
Website: https://agaid.org/undergraduate-research-internships-uris/
Contact: Jordan Jobe
Website: https://agaid.org/undergraduate-research-internships-uris/
Environmental Engineering: Measurements and Modeling in the Pacific Northwest
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: lar.wsu.edu/undergraduates
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: lar.wsu.edu/undergraduates
Gerontechnology
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Psychology
Contacts: Diane Cook or Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Website: https://ntg.ailab.wsu.edu/
Contacts: Diane Cook or Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Website: https://ntg.ailab.wsu.edu/
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
Contact: David R. Gang
Improving Crop Resiliency: Agriculture in Changing Climate
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contacts: Matt Peck or Andrei Smertenko
Website: https://ibc.wsu.edu/undergraduate-summer-research/
Contacts: Matt Peck or Andrei Smertenko
Website: https://ibc.wsu.edu/undergraduate-summer-research/
NSF Plant Genome
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contact: Laura Bartley
Contact: Laura Bartley
Agricultural Data Science
Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering
Contact: Sindhuja Sankaran
Website: labs.wsu.edu/sankaran-phenomics/undergrad-research-exp/
Contact: Sindhuja Sankaran
Website: labs.wsu.edu/sankaran-phenomics/undergrad-research-exp/
Studying Race and Policing in the Complex Social Interactions Lab
Waves in the Universe and Technology
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/