Each summer, the MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy and its research groups offer 10-week internships for up to 12 undergraduate students. The program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Over the course of these ten weeks, the undergraduate students will work one-on-one with MSU faculty members in one of these research areas:

• Accelerator Physics
• Astrophysics
• Biophysics
• Computational Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Low Temperature Physics
• Nanoscience
• Nuclear Physics
• Particle Physics
• Physics Education
• Psychoacoustics
• Theoretical Physics

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Every attempt will be made to pair up each student with the professor and project of his/her choice.

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The program includes a weekly series of professional and career development workshops and organized social activities and excursions; these provide an informal atmosphere where students can get to know each other and a range of Physics-Astronomy faculty and staff. At the end of the program, students will present their research results as a poster and also submit a "practice" NSF Graduate Fellowship application. To maximize interactions between students, all students are housed in the same building.

• Undergraduate students, preferably sophomores or juniors, who have completed introductory physics courses and have completed or are taking an advanced physics course, are encouraged to apply.
• The REU program is only available to U.S. citizens.