LSU Summer Undergraduate Research
Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities at LSU
LSU warmly welcomes visiting and LSU undergraduate students who will take part in research experiences during the summer weeks with our faculty at locations on and off-campus. This webpage serves as a point of reference for you and your LSU faculty mentor, or PI, to the activities and resources offered by the LSU Discover Office of Undergraduate Research. Take a look at the schedule below for the upcoming summer and mark your calendars!
If you are the main contact (PI, faculty mentor, director, program coordinator, etc.) for your summer undergraduate research cohort and would like your students to be invited to these events, please click here to complete our Interest Form.
Summer 2023 activities schedule
| Activity | Date | Time | Location | Cost |
Details |
| REU Welcome Dinner | Thursday, May 25th | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Student Union Ballroom | $25 per attendee | Open to REU students. PIs/Program directors can register their students with this link. |
| REU Orientation | Friday, May 26th | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Coates 143 | free | Open to REU students. |
| Workshops | Varies | Varies | Varies | free | Open to all. Click here for workshop schedule |
| Astronomy Night | Tuesday, June 27th | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | 130 Nicholson Hall | free | Astronomy viewing with Dr.Matthew Penny in the Landolt Astronomical Observatory |
| LSU Science Cafe | Last Tuesday of each month | Doors open at 5:00; event begins at 6:00 PM | Varsity Theatre | free | Open to all. Registration is encouraged but not required. Click here for more details. |
| Intramural kickball game | Thursday, July 6 | 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Field Complex | free | Open to all summer undergraduate research students. Sign-up will be emailed to students in programs registered with LSU Discover. |
| Video Game Night | Friday, July 21st | 5:00 - 9:00 PM | See weekly email for details | free | Open to all summer undergraduate research students. See weekly email for details |
| Summer Undergraduate Research Forum | Friday, July 28th | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Student Union Ballroom | $30 registration fee | By invitation only. PIs and Program Directors who would like their students to be invited to participate should fill out the Interest Form linked above before July 1st |
Summer Undergraduate Research Programs at LSU
| Program | Host | Open to |
Summer Research Programs at LSU for LSU students
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| LSU Discover Project Grants | LSU Discover | LSU undergraduates |
| Special Collections Project Grants | LSU Discover & Special Collections Library | LSU undergraduates |
| LSU Gulf Scholars Summer Impact Projects | Gulf Scholars Program | LSU undergraduates |
| McNair Scholars | Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Program | LSU undergraduates |
| MARC program | Maximizing Access to Research Careers Program | LSU undergraduates |
| ASPIRE program | College of Humanities & Social Sciences | LSU undergraduates |
| Beckman Scholars Program | College of Science | LSU undergraduates |
| Undergraduate Research Grants | College of Agriculture | LSU undergraduates |
| Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio - Summer Internships | Coastal Sustainability Studio | LSU students and guest students from outside LSU |
| Louisiana Space & Sea Grant Opportunities (LaSSO) for Undergraduate Research Program | LaSPACE | LSU undergraduates |
| LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantship (LURA) | LaSPACE | LSU undergraduates |
Below are a list of "Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)" programs hosted at LSU. These programs invite students from outside LSU to participate in research during the summer break. LSU students interested in participating in an REU at an institution outside of LSU can view the complete list of REUs nationally at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/ |
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| CCT - REU | Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) | Guest students from outside LSU |
| Chemical Engineering - REU | Department of Chemical Engineering | Guest students from outside LSU |
| LBRN - REU | Louisiana Biomedical Research Network | Students attending a Louisiana college or university |
| LUMCON - REU | Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCOM) | LSU students and guest students from outside LSU |
| Physics & Astronomy - REU | Department of Physics & Astronomy | Guest students from outside LSU |
| Smart Polymer Composite Materials & Structures - REU | Department of Chemistry | Guest students from outside LSU |
Summer Research Programs at LSU open to guest students |
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| Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio - Summer Internships | Coastal Sustainability Studio | LSU students and guest students from outside LSU |
| LSU/Southern University Summer Undergraduate Research Exchange | LSU Discover/SU Tibuktu Academy | Open to LSU and Southern University students |
Summer Undergraduate Research Forum
Click here to go to the webpage for the LSU Summer Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF)
Helpful links
For questions or concerns, please contact us at lsudiscover@lsu.edu