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2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/h1>

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RI NSF EPSCoR’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/strong> (SURF) is a 10-week introduction to transdisciplinary, use-inspired research in coastal sciences.  Students who are RI residents and\/or matriculate at a RI college or university are eligible to apply.  Selected students receive hands-on training with faculty and graduate students at colleges and universities across Rhode Island, learning about everything from how diatoms in Narragansett Bay are responding to climate change to developing classroom materials that help middle and high school students understand basic engineering concepts.<\/p>\n

Undergraduate fellows will: <\/h2>\n