Research Experience for Undergraduates

How would you like to meet other highly motivated and intelligent students who have an interest in Computer Science and related fields?  What about going to graduate school?  How about being paid for these things over the summer?  The National Science Foundation supports these interesting alternatives to internships called Research Experience for Undergraduates which allow students to get a taste of the research life, experience how a different department is run, network with professors in the field as well as like-minded students, and get free housing, food, and a stipend while doing it!  Interested?  Check out the list of NSF REU Programs.  But hurry, application deadlines are as early as December (but also as late as March).  Also, if you aren’t of a Computer Science background but are still interested in a program like this, the NSF funds many other fields as well.