Experience careers that explore solutions for climate change, biodiversity loss, natural resources management, and urban life through the National Science Foundation REU Program: Integrative Tree Science in the Anthropocene.

The era of unprecedented transformation of the biosphere due to human activities is termed the Anthropocene and calls for directly addressing the ecological and environmental challenges of the present and near future. The REU at The Morton Arboretum uses trees as model systems to investigate questions related to evolution, ecology, conservation, and management in natural and built environments. Participants in the 2024 REU program will participate in one of several research projects.

The Center for Tree Science’s 10-week summer internship program has trained 68 students over the past nine years from 45 universities across the United States.

• Citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions.
• Currently-enrolled undergraduate students.
• Students between high school and undergraduate are NOT eligible to apply.
• Must NOT graduate before fall 2024
• Graduating seniors or recent graduates are not eligible to apply.
• Students who are transferring from one college or university to another. and are enrolled at neither institution during the intervening summer are eligible to participate.
• Able to participate from May 28 to August 2, 2024.