Description

The REU on Sustainable Land and Water Resources introduces undergraduate students to the key elements of research on land and water resources that are essential to improving management practices, with a focus on community-based participatory research and diverse interdisciplinary research teams. Students work on one of three teams on projects that explore the integrated community of the Earth’s land and water, including its living beings and relatives - plants, animals, and people. This opportunity is open to students from a diverse range of physical science, natural science, computational and engineering sciences, mathematics, and social science disciplines. Research teams are hosted on two Native American reservations or at the University of Minnesota. REU projects are developed in collaboration with Tribal government resource management divisions. The REU incorporates an interdisciplinary team-oriented approach emphasizing quantitative and predictive methods, community-based collaborative research, indigenous research methods, and traditional ecological knowledge. The REU Site incorporates place-based and community-based participatory research. Participants will work on projects developed with tribal resource managers with our partner tribal nations. 

Requirements

https://reuslawr.org/

Application deadline: February 9, 2026

Program dates: June 8--August 7, 2026