Welcome to the DIAMONDS REU program at Tufts University. Each summer, we support 10+ undergraduates from across the U.S. as they spend 10-weeks on-campus in Medford, MA engaged in research with faculty mentors and other graduate and undergraduate students.
DIAMONDS is dedicated to making research opportunities in Data Science accessible to all. We warmly welcome students who are traditionally under-represented in STEM fields, as well as their friends and allies to apply.
We do expect students to have some previous programming experience, but we do not expect students to have previous research experience: we will teach what you need to know to get started.
Get Involved
* Browse projects from summer ’24
* Meet our faculty mentors
* Prepare to apply for summer 2025
Meet our Directors
Dr. Grace Caldara
- Co-Director of DIAMONDS REU
- Director of Tufts Center for STEM Diversity
Dr. Lenore Cowen
- Co-Director of DIAMONDS REU
- Professor of Computer Science
Program History
DIAMONDS stands for “Directed, Intensive and Mentored Opportunities in Data Science.”
We started DIAMONDS as part of the NSF Funded T-Tripods Institute. For the first two summers, because of the pandemic, DIAMONDS ran as a virtual program. Since then, for summers 2022, 2023, and 2024 we have welcomed DIAMONDS scholars in person to the Tufts campus.
We thank the National Science Foundation for support, under grants 2149871 (DIAMONDS REU) and 1934553 (T-Tripods Institute)
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