Calendar and Important Dates

 

We will not offer the REU Program in Summer of 2024.     

February 15: Deadline for receipt of completed application. The application materials must be submitted online. Applicants are strongly recommended to submit the application and application material well before the deadline.

February 16-25:  Review of the completed application packages by the REU mentors and staff. Incomplete application packages will not be reviewed.

 February 26-March 1: Send offers to the selected students. Some students will be placed in a wait-list until all offers have been accepted or declined.

March 2-11: Deadline for the selected students to accept or decline the offer.

March 12-20 : Notify the students who have not been selected for the Program.

March 21-April 30: REU participants and mentors decide the research topics based on availability and the participants’ interest.

May 27:  The REU participants arrive in Pomona, California by this date. Participants can move into the university housing and get settled, and start exploring Pomona. 

May 28: The 10-Week Summer REU Program will start on May 28, 2024. A 1-day orientation session will start at 10:00 am.  Morning activities will include meeting mentors, a campus tour, and picking up student ID cards. Afternoon activities include meeting with the other students working on the projects during summer, and tour of the university library.  

August 1:  Creative Activities and Research Symposium (Tentative)

August 2: Last day of the Program.  

August 3: Participants depart from Cal Poly Pomona.