REU Site: Ecology in Human-Dominated Landscapes, Summer 2026
Miami University·Oxford, OH·2026 cycle
Closed for cycleEcology/Conservation/Evolutionary BiologySocial Sciences✓ verified
This REU Site, focused on Ecology in Human-Dominated Landscapes, supports and prepares students in STEM to address critical research questions of the Anthropocene. This REU experience will prepare participants in all aspects of scientific research; build professional skills and understanding of how professional training, environmental ethics, and societal outcomes are linked; and expose REU participants to the ways science and ethics can lead to conservation solutions through hands-on service learning. Participants will conduct an independent research project with mentors in collaborative research clusters, and will participate in a variety of enrichment activities that address professional skills, environmental ethics, and service. All components of the program integrate the theme of ecology in human-dominated landscapes. This collaborative research experience is designed to address global issues that will empower some of our nation’s brightest students with the confidence and skills that allow them to solve socially and ecologically complex challenges. Review of applications will begin on February 16, 2025.
ecology, landscape ecology, community ecology, population ecology, conservation, species conservation, landscape genetics, biogeography, urban to rural gradients, population connectivity, remote sensing, animal behavior, ecotoxicology, biogeochemistry, ecological modelling, evolutionary ecology, environmental science, environmental biology, conservation genetics, restoration, plant ecology, microbial ecology, aquatic ecology, physiological ecology, GIS, geographic information science, human-dominated landscapes
Applicants must be undergraduates at the time the program would take place and a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident of the U.S.