We welcome enquiries at any time from prospective students who are interested in participating in the Summer REU Site Program in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.  The research theme of the REU Site program for 2009-2011 will be "Ecology, Evolution and Genomics of Grassland Organisms".   The deadline for new applications is March 1 for each year of the program.  This website is usually updated with lists of mentors and available projects each fall, please check back in December or January for new information.  For further information, please contact: Dr. Bruce Snyder, REU Program Coordinator, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901, e-mail: basnyder@ksu.edu, phone (785) 532-2430. 

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Program in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University has been supported by the National Science Foundation under six grants for REU Site research: BIR-9322177 (1995), DBI-9531310 (1996-1998), DBI-9820302 (1999-2001), DBI-0243890 (2003-2005), DBI-0552930 (2006-2008), and DBI-0851835 (2009-2011).  Additional financial support for student participants has been provided by REU Supplementary Grants to individual investigators, the Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) program of the Ecological Society of America, and the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SUROP) of Kansas State University.  We thank all sponsors for their generous support of undergraduate research at Konza Prairie and K-State.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in the materials on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or other sponsors.