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Please distribute this great opportunity for undergraduate students at your institution! We are especially interested in recruiting students at community colleges or students who may not have access to REUs or international research opportunities at their current
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join the Costa Rica - Ecohydrology of Tropical Forests REU out of Texas A&M University! Each summer, eight students participate in a hands-on 10-week research experience to characterize
the gradient of soil, water, climate, and/or biodiversity in the watershed of a tropical montane forest in central Costa Rica. Each student is paired with a faculty mentor from
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link" data-id="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/people/" data-outlook-id="a84369b2-f8de-4a93-9d9b-f85955562a77" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Texas
A&M University</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and as a team, design the experiment or project the student will be working on in Costa Rica. In Costa Rica, students have the opportunity to work on field and laboratory research at the
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://global.tamu.edu/soltis" data-outlook-id="7651502c-eb32-42ae-beb5-fd140fa441e7" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Texas
A&M Soltis Center for Research and Education</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> near
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@10.38329,-84.6175575,444.67536097a,1037.20023705d,35y,0h,45t,0r/data=CloaWBJSCiUweDhmYTAxMmJhYjJmOTg2ODM6MHgxYjNmMDA3Njg0ZmZhMDAwGYbEPZY-xCRAIZF55A-GJ1XAKhdUZXhhcyBBJk0gU29sdGlzIENlbnRlchgCIAEoAg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link" data-id="https://earth.google.com/web/@10.38329,-84.6175575,444.67536097a,1037.20023705d,35y,0h,45t,0r/data=CloaWBJSCiUweDhmYTAxMmJhYjJmOTg2ODM6MHgxYjNmMDA3Njg0ZmZhMDAwGYbEPZY-xCRAIZF55A-GJ1XAKhdUZXhhcyBBJk0gU29sdGlzIENlbnRlchgCIAEoAg" data-outlook-id="d9a47658-ac5f-45be-b067-ec442ae2f246" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">San
Isidro in central Costa Rica</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. Learn more about the program
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link" data-id="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/about/" data-outlook-id="414b82c5-e11a-4352-a04a-0f8517585d03" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here.
</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We also pay for registration, travel, and lodging for all students to attend and present their research at a conference. Throughout the 10-week program, students are granted stipends ($6000), housing, and all program-related
travel expenses. We also pay for registration, travel, and lodging for all students to attend and present their research at AGU (Dec 2026). See past AGU abstracts
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/projects/" data-outlook-id="a50dcbf2-29b2-4bcc-b7b3-c345e4a4c8f0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.
So, this is a wonderful opportunity for students to get introduced to the life cycle of research - from designing experiments and hypotheses, to learning field and lab techniques and getting experience with statistical analyses/data visualization best practices
all while </span>learning<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> how to communicate their research to the broader scientific community. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The dates for the 2026 program are May 25 to July 31 (with the trip to Costa Rica being from June
7 - July 5). Please note that students must be present for this entire 10-week period in order to participate in the program. The application is due
<b>Feb 2nd </b>and the due date for resumes and transcripts is Feb 5th. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More information:
<a href="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/" target="_blank" class="embedly-content" rel="noopener" data-url="https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/" data-outlook-id="3a409ed8-1c57-4102-b985-9bb4ff6d4fb5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Costa Rica Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Application:
<a href="https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cLObOiXIH0hTut0" target="_blank" class="embedly-content" rel="noopener" data-url="https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cLObOiXIH0hTut0" data-outlook-id="391570cc-3e16-410c-a61e-543c6cea42ce" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Texas A&M Costa Rica REU Application</a></span></p>
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