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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
Lists that Include UR positions
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Cross-discipline Lists
- Opportunities Listing (cross-discipline) from UC Irvine
- Internship Resources from the UCSC Career Center
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STEM Lists
- STEM Program Listings from WebGURU
- 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
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Health & Life Sciences Lists
- Co-op/Internships and Summer Research Opportunities in the Life Sciences from RIT
- Biological Science Summer Internships from Partnership for Minority Advancement in the Biomedical Sciences
- Summer Research Opportunities from UC Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Department
- Internships and Summer Programs from the UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering
- Internships in Scientific Research or Medicine from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Summer Internships and Programs from My Health Career Navigator
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Social Sciences and Humanities Lists
- Summer Research - Early Identification Program (through The Leadership Alliance)
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.
- Pathways for Students and Recent Graduates to Federal Careers- Not all positions involve research. The positions are intended to lead to full-time jobs in the federal government. Many of the positions are part-time and can be done while you are enrolled in school.
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
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Undergraduate Opportunities
- Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
- The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
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
- CalTech- MURF Undergraduate Research Program for under-represented minorities and first-generation to attend college in science and engineering
- 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
- Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities)
- Lincoln Laboratory at MIT (electrical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, aeronautics/astronautics, materials science, molecular biology, biochemistry, and related fields)
- 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
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Biogen Idec
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Genentech
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- ISIS Pharmaceuticals is a drug development and discovery company focusing exclusively on the therapeutic target RNA. ISIS has several summer research positions working in a number of areas. Summer research positions
- Jackson Laboratory
- Merck Research Laboratories, Interns
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Research Participation Program in Science
- Vertex
US Programs for International Students
International Programs (STEM)
- Austria, Institute of Science and Technology
ISTernship Program - Austria, Vienna Biocenter Summer School
www.VBCsummerschool.at - Germany, DAAD
Research Internships in Science & Engineering (RISE) RISE is a summer internship program in Germany for undergraduate students from the United States, Canada and the UK in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences and engineering. - Germany, Hanover Biomedical Research School
3rd Lower Saxony International Summer Academy (LISA) in Immunology - Germany, RWTH Aachen University
UROP - Spain, Centre for Genomic Regulation
CRG Summer Internship Program for Undergraduate Students - Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Summer Research Program
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