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REU

  • Photo of 15th 2026 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium: Noah Baker, Shubh Patel, Elena Selik, Paul Spang, Ryan Svenson, Sonam Thukral and Lydia Uptain with the VINSE NSF-REU director Josh Caldwell and co-director, Janet Macdonald.

    VINSE 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Winners

    Congratulations to all the students who presented at the 2026 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium! Our undergraduate researchers shared what they accomplished during their individual research projects at Vanderbilt University over the past ten weeks. The symposium, which was held in collaboration with the Chemical Biology/Chemistry NSF-REU and VUSE Summer Research… Read More

    July 31, 2026

  • Vanderbilt University

    Meet the Team: 2026 Summer Interns and Mentors

    We are proud to welcome our 2026 cohort of summer interns, marking the 15th year of the NSF REU program alongside the continued growth of the Summer Tech Crew, established in 2016. Together, these programs provide students with hands-on research and facility experience that supports innovation in nanoscale science and… Read More

    April 17, 2026

  • Vanderbilt University

    Meet the 2025 VINSE NSF-REU Mentoring Team

    The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) will onboard our 13th cohort of undergraduate researches on Monday, 26, 2025. Since the VINSE NSF-REU program started in the summer of 2011, VINSE has hosted 145 students. Of these students 95%… Read More

    April 29, 2025