I have a question that I'm hoping someone on ecolog can help me with. The NSF does not provide funding for non-U.S. citizen undergraduates to participate in REUs. In some cases, these students are allowed to be "self-funded" participants. This seems unfortunate and unfair, and I'd like to find potential funding sources for non-U.S. citizens. To be clear, I'm talking about students studying at American universities.
It seems that neither the students' home institutions (which don't want to pay for their students to do research elsewhere for the summer) nor the REU site institutions (which reserve funds for their own students) are viable options. Are there other opportunities out there? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
