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REU, GRFP, SURF, MHIRT and SROP Awards

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any research areas funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or projects specifically designed for the REU program. There is also a Research Experience for Veteran Undergraduates (REVU) option. 

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. A goal of the program is to broaden participation of the full spectrum of diverse talents in STEM. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support, including an annual stipend of $37,000. 

The Summer Undergraduate Research Program is a signature program of the College of Graduate Studies. Undergraduate students, usually rising juniors and seniors from around the country, come to MUSC for a PAID 10-week, research-intensive experience. This includes the Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF).  

The NIMHD Minority Health Research Training Program (MHRT) funds U.S. institutions to offer research training opportunities in domestic and international settings to undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students and residents, fellows, and postdoctoral students from health disparity backgrounds. This is also known as Minority Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT).


Through the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), undergraduate students can enhance their academic and research skills by working one-on-one with a faculty mentor from top-ranked research institutions.

YearNameMajorLocation
2024Freeman, ThomasPhysicsUniversity of Alabama – Birmingham (REU)
2024Matthews, BrianPhysicsUniversity of Alabama – Huntsville (REU)
2024Baldriche, LulaPhysicsBinghampton University in Renewable Energy Generation and Storage (NSF REU)
2024Atkins, ElijahComputer ScienceVanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer program (NSF REU)
2024Nicastro, ArielPhysicsScience Undergraduate Research Internship (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
2024Neal, SkyleChemistry and MathematicsExperimental and Computational Spectroscopy program at Ohio State (REU)
2024Zwemer, DaraPsychologyGraduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
2024Fouad, MonikaPhysics and AstronomyGraduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
2024 Aldana Lira, CarlosComputer ScienceUniversity of Washington-Seattle (REU)
2023Freeman, ThomasPhysicsUniversity of Arkansas (REU)
2023Allen, OscarPhysicsUniversity of Alabama Birmingham (REU)
2023Weiche, EthanPhysicsUniversity of Arkansas (REU)
2023Quinby, RachaelPhysicsVanderbilt University (REU)
2023Williams, AlexandriaBiologyUniversity of Notre Dame (REU)
2023Givens, KendraComputer ScienceCarnegie Mellon (REU)
2023Fouad, MonikaPhysics and BiochemistryTexas A&M (REU)
2023Alcox, IanPhysicsPittsburg Supercomputing Center at Carnegie Mellon (REU)
2023Nicastro, ArielPhysicsUniversity of Maryland (REU)
2023Evans, JamesBiologyB.I.G. Program at University of California Los Angeles (REU)
2022Clippard, ElizabethBiology and Plant & Soil ScienceNational Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award (GRFP)
2022Graf, CameronPlant & Soil ScienceSouth Dakota State University (REU)
2022Mohammad, AhmadComputer ScienceFlorida International University (REU)
2022Wilson, QuinnPhysicsCornell University (REU)
2022Valdez, JanellePhysicsBoston University (REU)
2021Clippard, ElizabethBiology and Plant & Soil ScienceMissouri Botantial Garden (REU)
2021Crenshaw, MilesPhysicsNational Science Foundation at Catholic University (REU)
2021Frazier, JaredChemistry and Computer ScienceUniversity of Michigan (REU)
2021Ginnab, YaseenBiology and PsychologyCentral Michigan University (REU)
2021Lewis, DaVonteComputer Science and PhysicsUniversity of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign (REU)
2021Nguyen, ThiComputer ScienceFlorida International University (REU)
2021Rhodes, StevenPhysicsUniversity of Arkansas (REU)
2020Barber, ZepherEnvironmental ScienceNational Science Foundation at Rutgers University (REU) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020Clippard, ElizabethBiology and Plant & Soil ScienceNational Science Foundation at University of Michigan (REU)
2020Frazier, JaredChemistry and Computer ScienceNational Science Foundation at New York University (REU) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020Frazier, JaredChemistry and Computer ScienceNational Science Foundation at University of Buffalo (REU) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020Frazier, JaredChemistry and Computer ScienceNational Science Foundation at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (REU) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020Godwin, MatthewPhysicsNational Science Foundation at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (REU)
2020Larkins, JewelBiologyNational Science Foundation at Georgia Tech Aquatic Ecology (REU) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020Ortega, DeniseBiologyNational Science Foundation at New Mexica, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (REU)
2020Remedios, SamuelComputer ScienceNational Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award (GRFP)
2020Scott, MollyEngineering TechnologyNational Science Foundation at University of Alabama Huntsville NASA Project (REU)
2020Shotwell, JessicaSociologyNational Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award (GRFP)
2019Bowen, KelseyInternational RelationsInternational Safeguards at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Internship)
2019Carter, TeresaPsychologyYale – Research Experience for Veteran Undergraduates (REVU)
2019Moilanen, AricPhysicsNational Science Foundation at University of Michigan (REU)
2019Ortega, DeniseBiologyNational Science Foundation LSAMP in Costa Rica (REU)
2018Brinegar, JoshuaManagementTennessee Tech University (REU)
2018Campbell, ClorissaBiologyOpsin Genes of Noctural and Diunnal Frogs (MHIRT)
2018Cole, JacksonPhysicsLa Serena School of Data Science, Applied Tools for Data-Driven Science (REU)
2018Cunningham, KirstenBiology and ChemistryThe Scripps Research Institute (SURF)
2017Aboona, BassamPhyicsTexas A&M (REU)
2017Cole, JacksonPhysicsUniversity of Wyoming (REU)
2017Hall, HannahBiologyUniversity of California at Riverside (REU)
2017Kulas, BenjaminPhysicsBlack Hills State University (REU)
2017Phuntling, HermonGlobal StudiesUganda (MHIRT)
2017Robles, KarlaComputer Science and BiochemistryMIT (REU)
2017Wilcox, KyeeshaGlobal Studies and Cultural GeographyMichigan State University (SROP)
2016Brittain, KathrynBiochemistryMichigan Stgate (REU)
2016Robles, KarlaBiochemistryUniversity of Pittsburg (REU)
2015Kelley, MichellePhysicsParis, France with the University of Michigan
2015Shotwell, JessicaSociologyMinority Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT)
in Uganda
2014Anderson, NoelleBiologySan Francisco State University (REU)
2014Gardner, LeighBiologyDuke University (REU)
2014Morgan, BrookeForensic ScienceNational Institute of Standards and Technology (SURF)
2014Ramos, MartinaBiologyUniversity of Chicago (REU)
2014Stringer, KatelynPhysicsTexas A & M (REU)

 

Contact Us

Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)

Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu