Summer Research
Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement
Summer 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 2023 are listed below.
Summer 2023 Research Programs
The following programs will host students at WSU Pullman and some may have state-wide activities.
- AgAID Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Internship
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and partners (OSU, UCMerced, innov8.ag)
Contact: Jordan Jobe
Website: agaid.org/student-opportunities - Cybersecurity Summer 2023 Two-week Workshop
School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Contact: Bernard Van Wie - Environmental Engineering: Measurements and Modeling in the Pacific Northwest
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Shelley Pressley
Website: lar.wsu.edu/undergraduates - 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 - Improving Crop Resiliency: Agriculture in Changing Climate
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contacts: Matthew Peck or Andrei Smertenko - Phenomics Big Data Management
Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering
Contact: Sindhuja Sankaran
Website: labs.wsu.edu/sankaran-phenomics/ - Plant Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contact: Andrei Smertenko - Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE)
Contact: Erika Offerdahl
Website: labs.wsu.edu/rise - Stakeholder Informed Modeling of Innovations in the FEW
Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach
Contact: Julie Padowski
Website: cereo.wsu.edu/reu-stakeholder-few-innovations - Sustainable High-value Horticulture and Processing
Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Contact: Doug Collins - Waves in the Universe and Technology
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Contact: Brian Collins
Website: physics.wsu.edu/research/reu