Lunar and Planetary Institute

Department/Program: Summer Undergraduate Program for Planetary Research
URL: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/suppr/
State/Province: Varies
Country: USA
Contact Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: 10 Feb
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Howard University

Last modified: April 3, 2025
Department: Atmospheric Science
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Atmospheres, Climate, Remote Sensing
URL: http://ncas-m.org/hupas/
State/Province: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3.0
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 9
Planetary Researchers: 3
Students:
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions: NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology; Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation
Contact Email: [email protected]
Funding: Support in HUPAS is through specific research projects as RA or TA; by inquiry
Fall Application Deadline: 1 Dec (early deadline); 15 Feb (priority deadline); 15 Apr (final deadline)
Spring Application Deadline: 15 Nov
Admissions URL: https://gs.howard.edu/application-deadlines-requirements
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Georgia Institute of Technology

Department/Program: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://easreu.eas.gatech.edu/
State/Province: GA
Country: USA
Contact Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: mid-Feb
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University of Texas, Austin

Last modified: April 2, 2025
Department: Geological Sciences
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Interiors, Remote Sensing, Surfaces
URL: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/
State/Province: TX
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3.0
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 49
Planetary Researchers: 13
Students: 240
Admission Percentage: varies, depending on available funding
Nearby Research Institutions: Institute for Geophysics, Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, McDonald Observatory, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Contact Email: [email protected]
Funding: yes, https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/education/graduate/financial-support/
Fall Application Deadline: 1 Dec
Spring Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions URL: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/education/graduate/admissions
Notes: Deadline above for fellowship consideration; 1 Jan is final fall deadline

Stanford University

Last modified: April 3, 2025
Department: Planetary Science Program
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Exoplanets, Geobiology, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Icy Satellites, Instrumentation, Interiors, Jupiter, Magnetospheres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Ocean Worlds (Titan, Enceladus, Europa), Optical Astronomy, Planet Formation, Planetary Dynamics, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Science, Pluto/KBOs, Remote Sensing, Saturn, Surfaces, Uranus, Venus, Volcanology
URL: https://earth.stanford.edu/planetary-science
State/Province: California
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: None noted
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 16
Planetary Researchers: 16
Students: 36
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions: NASA Ames Research Center, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SETI Institute
Contact Email: [email protected]
Funding: Varies by department
Fall Application Deadline: 06 Dec
Spring Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions URL: https://epsci.stanford.edu/academics-admissions/graduate-program
Notes: This program spans several departments; see department links on Admissions URL link to get admissions specifics

SETI Institute

Department/Program: Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
URL: https://www.seti.org/seti-educators/reu
State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Contact Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: 1 Feb
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Lunar and Planetary Institute

Department/Program: Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science
URL: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpiintern/
State/Province: TX
Country: USA
Contact Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: 5 Jan
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Northern Arizona University

Department/Program: Astronomy & Planetary Science
URL: http://www.astro.nau.edu/~reu/
State/Province: AZ
Country: USA
Contact Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: 1 Feb
Notes: See https://nau.edu/astronomy-and-planetary-science for department details

York University

Last modified: April 2, 2025
Department: Earth and Space Science and Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Asteroids, Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Auroras, Climate, Dust, Exoplanets, Instrumentation, Mars, Moon, Planetary Dynamics, Planetary Science, Remote Sensing
URL: https://lassonde.yorku.ca/esse/
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: No
Recommendations:
Faculty: 21
Planetary Researchers: 3
Students: ~100
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions: Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS)
Contact Email: [email protected]
Funding: All accepted students are funded through TA and RA with the balance between the two depending on the supervisor.
Fall Application Deadline: 13 Jan
Spring Application Deadline: None
Admissions URL: https://lassonde.yorku.ca/esse/academics/graduate/how-to-apply/
Notes: Contact admissions for spring application; see also https://www.physics.yorku.ca/overview-of-graduate-program/ for more information