Center for Biorenewable Chemicals REU
Center for Biorenewable Chemicals REU
Program Overview
The NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CbiRC), at Iowa State University, is offering up to fifteen spots for students to participate in a paid research internship in the lab of a CBiRC faculty affiliate on the campus of Iowa State University or one of their partner universities: University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, University of New Mexico, Rice University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Participants will also attend a variety of professional, scientific, and social program events with your peers.
This REU program provides opportunities for summer research experience in the following areas: biocatalysts for pathway engineering, microbial metabolic engineering, and chemical catalyst design. Twenty-one projects are available on a variety of topics. For descriptions of each project, please visit http://www.cbirc.iastate.edu/nsfreu2010.asp.
Program participants will receive a generous stipend, free campus housing and meal plan. Program dates for the 2010 summer program are June 2 – August 6, 2010. The application deadline is March 1, 2010.
To Apply
To apply, vist their website. Please note however that NSF REU program eligibility criteria require that participants be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you’re not eligible to apply.
Please email questions and correspondence to cbirc-reu@iastate.edu