Please share the following with your undergraduate students:
The Mathematics and Science Education (MSE) Research Community at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) will be hosting RAIDERS, an REU Advancing InterDisciplinary Education Research in STEM in Summer 2026.
If you, or someone you know, is interested in making discoveries about how students learn Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics (STEM) by joining an interdisciplinary community of STEM education researchers, this is the REU for you! The summer 2026 session will offer 10 project choices across the STEM disciplines (see project descriptions at https://urc.mtsu.edu/raider-reu/). After completing the 8-week REU in July, undergraduate researchers will return to MTSU in January to present their research at the Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference (SSERC).
We are looking for STEM majors or pre-service STEM teachers interested in how people learn.
The program will run from May 31 – July 25, 2026. Selected participants will:
- Receive a $6,300 stipend.
- Receive travel to and from MTSU (35 miles southeast of Nashville) and housing and a meal allowance for the summer.
- Receive funding to attend and present their work at the Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference (SSERC) in January 2027.
Please share this opportunity with interested undergrads.
Applications should be submitted via NSF's ETAP system: https://etap.nsf.gov/award/8341/opportunity/11487
Application deadline is February 2, 2026.
If you or your students have any questions, comments, or excitements – feel free to reach out at jennifer.kaplan@mtsu.edu