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Select one of the following topics:

Databases & Lists that Include UR Positions

Federal Agency Programs

Additional Programs (cross-discipline)

Summer Schools & Workshops

Databases & Internship Lists

Databases

• Pathways to Science
• UCSC Undergraduate Research Opportunities Database

Cross-discipline Lists

• Internship Resources from the UCSC Career Center

STEM Lists

• UCSC STEM Diversity 

List of Summer Programs

• Jobs & Internships the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Wildlife Internships

• Opportunities for International Students (note that eligbility can change) from Macalaster College

Health: Life Sciences Lists

• Co-op/Internships and Summer Research Opportunities in the Life Sciences from RIT
• Summer Research Opportunities from UC Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Department
• Internships and Summer Programs from the UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering

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Federal Agency Programs

Comprehensive list and database provided by the government:

• Internship and Fellowship Opportunities in Science with the federal government.  These positions are temporary.

For opportunities at specific governmental departments, click on the program name below to go to the Undergraduate Research Database entry. If you are interested in working at a specific site, check the site's webpage for additional opportunities.

• Department of Energy (DOE) Internship Programs
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) undergraduate internships
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
• National Security Agency (NSA) Internship Programs
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Summer Research Programs
• Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
• The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

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Additional Programs (cross-discipline)

Each program may have its own application deadline.

US programs primarily for US citizens and/or permanent residents

• American Museum of Natural History - Research in Evolutionary Biology or Physical Sciences
• Amgen Scholars- summer undergraduate research in biology, chemistry, and biotechnology
• GeoCorps (must be a member of the Geological Society of America)
• Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Summer Institute with one track in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG) and one in Biomedical Optics.
• Institute for Strategic Enhancement of Educational Diversity (iSEED) Undergraduate Summer Research Program at the University of Buffalo
• Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, a member of Claremnt Colleges
• Lunar Exploration Summer Intern Program
• Nebraska Summer Research Program for STEM students.  Under-represented minorities are especially encouraged to apply
• NSF REU in Astrophysics at Maria Mitchell Observatory
• Smithsonian Institution, Internship Opportunities
• Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
• Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)/Amgen Scholars Program
• Summer Research Program in Genomics at the Broad Institute
• UC Irvine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (includes all disciplines)
• UCLA Summer Research (includes all disciplines)
• UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography/Marine Physical Laboratory

Private Foundations (STEM); non-US citizens may be eligbile

• American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowships - including programs for underrepresented minorities
• Genentech
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
• Jackson Laboratory
• Merck Research Laboratories, Interns 
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Research Participation Program in Science
• Vertex

• NASA Internship Programs

International Programs (STEM)

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Summer Schools & Workshops

• Biotechnology Summer School at the University of Kent, UK
• Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
• University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Ethnographic Research Summer Workshop Training Program
• The University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center
• UCLA Film & Television Summer Institute

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