Summer 2026 NGRREC NSF REU Internship

National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is dedicated to the study of great river systems and the communities that use them. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities. NGRREC was founded in 2002 through a collaborative partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lewis and Clark Community College.

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization Lewis and Clark Community College

Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No

Classes Offered Undergraduate, K-12, Continuing Education/Informal learning, and Onsite public programs

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users No

MSI/HBCU users No

Community College users Yes

Member of the Virtual Field No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public Yes

Year round staff 21+

Seasonal staff 6-10

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds 0

Distance to emergency services 0-20 minutes

Library No

Hiking trails Yes

Internship employment Yes

Biomes Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation 101-300 meters

Maximum Elevation 101-300 meters

Köppen climate classification C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields No

Research

REU host station Yes

Dry lab space Yes

Wet Lab space Yes

Research vessels available Yes

GIS capacity on site Yes

Long term data sets Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan No

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes

One Confluence Way
East Alton, IL 62024
United States
North America

Scope of Position The Executive Director of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the nation’s leading freshwater research and…

Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center