Summary
This REU Site award to The Scripps Research Institute, located in La Jolla, CA, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2026-2028. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities and first-generation college students, will be trained in the program and contribute to development of the US STEM workforce. To compete in today's global, high-tech economy, the US increasingly depends on STEM-trained workers; yet too few students gain the hands-on research experience needed to enter this workforce. This prog