Research Opportunities

Engaging in forefront scientific research offers at least four distinct advantages: 1) it allows you to pursue your intellectual curiosity; 2) it provides you with laboratory research skills that may set you apart from other applicants to medical school; 3) it permits you the opportunity to be a positive contributor to a team effort, and possibly be a co-author on a scientific publication (i.e., to leave a legacy of accomplishment); and 4) it lets your research supervisor, a respected researcher and possibly an MD, write an informed and potentially persuasive letter of recommendation. As with anything you do, PASSION and commitment to EXCELLENCE are key to success in research.

You can choose to do research at Clark (Directed Study; learn more) or other nearby institutions (academic internship), most importantly, UMass Medical Center or Abbott Bioresearch Center (learn more). Your choice of labs in which to work should be based primarily on your interest in the area of research, but will also depend on availability of space and willingness of the principal investigator (PI) to take you into his or her lab.

Here are some basic steps to follow to explore research options:

1. Learn about what PIs are studying from websites

a. Clark faculty have descriptions of research interests on their departmental websites.

b. UMass faculty have descriptions of research interests on the UMass website. Names of UMass PIs who have expressed an interest in having undergraduate students work in their lab are available from Dr. Thurlow. To be considered for a pay or volunteer position in one of the basic science laboratories at UMMS, please submit a résumé to robin.pollier@umassmed.edu.

2. Contact 2-3 faculty and ask them about their research, what types of techniques they use, and if they would be willing to supervise you.

3. Offer to start by working 4-8 hours per week on a strictly volunteer basis so that you can get to know the lab and they can get to know you. Ideally, do this volunteering the semester before when you want to start a Directed Study or academic internship. When you propose to start a Directed Study or academic internship, be prepared to make a one-year commitment.

4. Explore summer research fellowships at Clark, UMass, and universities across the country. By doing volunteer work in a lab during the spring, you enhance your chances of being selected to work in that or another similar lab the following summer. A list of links to summer research opportunities is presented below. These links should at least help you get on track for finding a program that is right for you.

Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates

1. Agilent Technologies Internships in the U.S.
2. U. of Akron Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
3. Alabama A&M University Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
4. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
5. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer Intern Research Program in Genetics
6. U. of Alabama Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
7. U. of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Undergraduate Research Challenge Summer Internship Program
8. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
9. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
10. American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Research Fellowship
11. American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Research Opportunities
12. American Mathematical Society (AMS) Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs
13. American Museum of Natural History NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
14. The American Physiological Society Links to Institutions Offering Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
15. The American Physiological Society Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
16. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF)
17. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF)
18. American University Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS)
19. Amgen Scholars Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology
20. Amherst College Biology Department List of Summer Research Opportunities
21. U. of Arizona Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
22. U. of Arizona Graduate College Minority Health Disparities Summer Research Opportunities Program (MHD/SROP)
23. U. of Arizona NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Molecular Biosciences
24. U. of Arkansas Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Research Program
25. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences REU in Space and Planetary Sciences
26. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville REU in Nanomaterials and Nanomechanics
27. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Modern Optics and Optical Materials
28. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
29. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program (USSEP)
30. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
31. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) List of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
32. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
33. Auburn University Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship
34. Auburn University REU Program in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices
35. Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program
36. Baylor U. CASPER (Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research) Summer Undergraduate Research Program
37. Baystate Medical Center and UMass. Amherst Summer Student Scholar Program
38. Biogen Idec Summer Internship Program
39. Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) Student Internship Program
40. Boston University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Photonics
41. Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
42. Brigham Young University Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
43. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Summer Research Program in Genomics
44. Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
45. California NanoSystems Institute Nanosystems Chemistry and Engineering Research NSF-REU Program
46. California State U. Fullerton Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
47. U. of California, Davis Health System Hugh Edmondson Research Fellowship
48. U. of California, Davis Physics Department NSF-REU Program
49. U. of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Enrichment Program (PREP)
50. U. of California, Riverside Bioengineering Research Institute for Technical Excellence (BRITE) NSF-REU Program
51. U. of California, Riverside Summer Undergraduate Nanoscale Research Institute for Science and Engineering (SUNRISE) NSF-REU Program
52. U. of California, San Diego List of Summer Research Opportunities
53. U. of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy Summer Research Training Program
54. U. of California, San Francisco Summer Research Opportunities
55. U. of California, Santa Barbara Materials Research Laboratory Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
56. U. of California, Santa Cruz Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
57. Caltech (California Institute of Technology) Amgen Scholars Program
58. Caltech MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships
59. Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
60. Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
61. Carnegie Mellon University Materials Research REU
62. Case Western Reserve University Department of Physiology and Biophysics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
63. Case Western Reserve University NSF Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
64. Case Western Reserve University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Biomedical Engineering
65. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Summer Research Program
66. Case Western Reserve University Summer Program in Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
67. Case Western Reserve University Summer Undergraduate Research in Pharmacology (SURP)
68. Case Western Reserve University Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
69. Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
70. U. of Central Florida REU in Lasers, Optics and Optical Materials
71. Central Michigan University Department of Mathematics REU
72. Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students (CIRRUS) Summer Programs
73. U. of Chicago Department of Physics Summer REU Opportunities for Minorities and Women
74. U. of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences Summer Research Training Program
75. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
76. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer/Enrichment Programs
77. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Surgery Experience (SSE)
78. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship (SURF)
79. U. of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
80. U. of Cincinnati REU in Membrane Science, Technology, and Bio-Applications
81. U. of Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Cancer and Cell Biology and in Neuroscience
82. U. of Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
83. City of Hope Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy
84. Clarkson University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Marine Research and Engineering in China
85. Clemson University Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
86. Clemson University Department of Psychology Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
87. Clemson University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
88. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Undergraduate Research Opportunities
89. Coe College Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
90. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
91. College of Charleston Fort Johnson Summer Research Program in Marine Biology
92. College of William and Mary Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
93. College of Wooster Physics Department NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
94. Colorado State University Psychology Department Summer Research Program on Mind and Brain REU
95. U. of Colorado at Boulder Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
96. Columbia University/Barnard College Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program
97. Columbia University List of Summer Internships in Biology
98. Columbia University Medical Center Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS) Biomedical Research Program
99. Columbia University Office of Pre-Professional Advising List of Summer Opportunities for Pre-Health Students
100. Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
101. UConn. Health Center Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (CCAM) Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in Quantitative Cell Biology
102. UConn. School of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
103. UConn. School of Pharmacy Internships and Summer Research Opportunities in Pharmaceutics
104. Coriell Institute for Medical Research Summer Internship Program
105. Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
106. Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
107. Cornell University and UMass. Food Science Summer Scholar Program
108. Cornell University Center for Nanoscale Systems Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
109. Cornell University List of Summer Research Opportunities
110. Cornell University Nanobiotechnology Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
111. Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
112. Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities: CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program
113. Dartmouth Center for Nanomaterials Research NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
114. Dartmouth Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program in Molecular and Cell Biology
115. U. of Delaware Marine Sciences Summer Internship Program
116. U. of Delaware Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
117. DePaul University MedIX: MEDical Informatics eXperiences in undergraduate research
118. Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute (DDRI) Summer Internship in Diabetes Research
119. Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) Collegiate Medical Summer Internship Program
120. Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials (DREAM) REU
121. Drexel University College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
122. Drexel University Sensors: From Design to Implementation REU
123. Duke University Biology Department List of Fellowships and Summer Research Programs
124. Duke University Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program
125. Eastern Alliance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (EAST) Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Students with Disabilities
126. Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Pediatrics Summer Scholarships Research Program (scroll down to bottom of page for links to Application Form and Fact Sheet)
127. Eli Lilly Summer Internship Program
128. Emory University Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) Behavioral Research Advancements in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Summer Program
129. Emory University Listing of Summer Research Programs and Internships
130. Emory University Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Emory (SURE)
131. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST)
132. Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
133. Florida State University National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Magnet Lab REU Summer Internship Program
134. U. of Florida College of Medicine Summer Research Program
135. U. of Florida Department of Physics Summer Research Program
136. U. of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
137. Four Directions Summer Research Program (FDSRP) for Native Americans at Harvard Medical School
138. Fox Chase Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
139. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Undergraduate Research Opportunities
140. Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program: Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
141. Genentech Summer Internships for Undergraduates
142. Genzyme Summer Internship Program
143. Georgetown University REU Program in Chemistry
144. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Program
145. Georgia Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program
146. U. of Georgia Department of Genetics Fungal Genomics and Computational Biology REU
147. German Academic Exchange Service Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Summer Internship Program
148. Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
149. Global Change Education Program Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
150. Grand Valley State University REU Program in Mathematics
151. HACU National Internship Program
152. Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
153. Harvard Stem Cell Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program
154. Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
155. Harvey Mudd College Summer Research in Chemistry
156. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Summer Program
157. Health Career Connection (HCC) Boston Internships; California Internships
158. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Student Internship Program
159. Hope College Summer Hope Academic Research Program (SHARP)
160. U. of Houston Innovations in Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
161. U. of Houston Office of Undergraduate Research List of Summer Research Opportunities
162. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Undergraduate Summer Scholars
163. Huntington Medical Research Institutes Summer Student Research Program
164. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
165. U. of Illinois at Chicago NSF REU in Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Biomedical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering
166. U. of Illinois at Chicago REU in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
167. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
168. Indiana U. Bloomington Department of Biology NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Molecular Biology and Genetics
169. Indiana U. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
170. Indiana U. Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
171. Indiana U. REU Program in Mathematics
172. Indiana U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Simmons Summer Internship Program
173. Indiana U. School of Medicine Student Research Opportunities
174. Indiana U. School of Medicine Undergraduate Research for Prospective Physician-Scientists and Physician-Engineers
175. Indiana U. School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research Summer Internship Program
176. Indiana U. School of Optometry Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
177. Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
178. Iowa State University L.H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute
179. Iowa State University Mathematics and Computing REU
180. Iowa State University NSF Summer Research Program in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
181. Iowa State University Program for Women in Science and Engineering Summer Research Internships
182. U. of Iowa Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
183. U. of Iowa Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program
184. U. of Iowa Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
185. U. of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
186. The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Research Program
187. James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics REU in Mathematics and Statistics
188. Johns Hopkins University Computer Integrated Surgery REU
189. Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Exploration of Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine
190. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs Summer Internship Program (SIP)
191. Just Garcia Hill: A Virtual Community for Minorities in Science Summer Research Programs
192. Kansas State U. Physics Department REU
193. Kansas State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SUROP)
194. U. of Kansas Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
195. U. of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
196. U. of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
197. Kent State University Chemistry Department REU
198. U. of Kentucky Chemistry Department Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
199. U. of Kentucky Undergraduate Research Experiences in Functional Materials Summer Program
200. Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Summer Undergraduate Internships
201. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Internships
202. The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
203. Lehigh University Biosystems Dynamics Summer Institute Research Internships
204. Lehigh University Department of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
205. Lerner Research Institute Department of Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Engineering in Medical Research REU
206. Los Alamos Summer School in Physics
207. Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Undergraduate Summer Research Program
208. Louisiana State U. Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
209. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (for Louisiana residents)
210. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Research Program
211. Louisiana State U. Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Program
212. U. of Louisville Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
213. Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
214. Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) Summer Student Research Program
215. U. of Maine NEAGEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (SURO)
216. U. of Maine Supercomputing Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
217. Marquette University College of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
218. Marquette University Summer Research Program in Biology
219. U. of Maryland Baltimore County Summer Biomedical Training Program
220. U. of Maryland Department of Psychology Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Summer Research Internship Program for Undergraduates
221. U. of Maryland Institute for Systems Research Systems Engineering for Improving Halth Care REU Program
222. U. of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
223. U. of Maryland Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering REU Program
224. U. of Maryland School of Medicine Summer Research Programs
225. UMass. Amherst College of Engineering Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
226. UMass. Amherst Department of Biology HHMI Undergraduate Science Program Summer Research Internships
227. UMass. Amherst Department of Chemistry MassCREST CURE-REU
228. UMass. Amherst Department of Computer Science Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
229. UMass. Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
230. UMass. Amherst Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Polymer Science and Engineering Department NSF REU
231. UMass. Amherst Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program in Nanotechnology
232. UMass. Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunities
233. UMass. Medical School NIH Summer Research Program
234. UMass. Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
235. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
236. Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR) (an NSF Science and Technology Center) Hooked on Photonics REU Program (MDITR is centered at U. of Washington, U. of Arizona, and Georgia Institute of Technology)
237. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research Opportunities
238. Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
239. Medical College of Georgia Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program
240. Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
241. Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
242. U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
243. Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program (USRP)
244. Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program at Baylor College of Medicine
245. Michigan State University Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
246. U. of Michigan Chemistry Program Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
247. U. of Michigan Medical School Office of Diversity and Career Development Summer Opportunities for Apprenticeships in Research (MedSOAR)
248. U. of Michigan Pharmacology Summer Research Program: Charles Ross Summer Research Fellowship for Minority Undergraduate Students (pdf)
249. U. of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
250. U. of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN
251. U. of Minnesota Chemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Program (REU)
252. U. of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)
253. U. of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
254. U. of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
255. U. of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Program in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
256. Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program
257. U. of Mississippi Summer Research Institute for Undergraduates
258. MIT Amgen Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholars Program
259. MIT Department of Biological Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
260. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Summer Research Program
261. MIT Summer Research Program in the Biological Sciences and Related Fields
262. Molecular Biology Research Summer Programs
263. Montana State University Complex Biological Systems Summer Undergraduate Research Program
264. Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Undergraduate Research
265. Mount Holyoke College Polar Science Research Project in Svalbard, Norway REU
266. Mount Holyoke College Summer Mathematics Research Institute
267. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Graduate School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
268. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)
269. NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
270. NASA/New York Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Cornell University (for NY state residents)
271. NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
272. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program
273. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups
274. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Sponsored Summer Research Training Program at Boston U. School of Medicine
275. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
276. National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
277. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) Physics Laboratory Research Opportunities
278. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
279. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)
280. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Summer Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minorities
281. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
282. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences and Other Neuroscience Research Training and Funding Opportunities
283. National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
284. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
285. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
286. National Resource for Cell Analysis and Modeling Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
287. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Search
288. National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Centers Undergraduate Summer Internships
289. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
290. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Undergraduate Research Training in Redox Biology
291. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
292. U. of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program
293. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
294. Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program for New Jersey Residents
295. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Research Training Program (HRTP)
296. New York Space Grant Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities (for NY state residents)
297. New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Undergradute Research Program
298. New York University School of Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
299. New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
300. North Carolina State University Physics Department Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
301. North Carolina State University REU in Mathematics
302. North Carolina State University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
303. North Carolina State University Summer Research Experience Program
304. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) Program
305. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
306. North Shore-LIJ Health System Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Summer Scientific Work Program (premed internship)
307. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART) Program
308. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Training Among Research Scientists (STARS) Program
309. Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience) Program
310. Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
311. Northwestern University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
312. Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
313. U. of Notre Dame Biological Sciences Department NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Program
314. U. of Notre Dame Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
315. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Scientific Research Internships
316. Oakland University Computational and Numerical Statistics and Mathematics NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
317. Oakland University Summer Institute in Bioengineering and Health Informatics
318. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Educational and Research Experiences for Undergrads
319. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program
320. Ohio State U. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
321. Ohio U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
322. Ohio U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
323. U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
324. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Graduate Programs Equity Summer Research Program
325. U. of Oregon Physics and Chemistry NSF-REU Program
326. U. of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
327. U. of Oregon Summer Research Program in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
328. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Internships or Fellowships for Undergraduates
329. Partners in Health Internships
330. Pasteur Foundation Paul W. Zuccaire Summer Internship Program
331. Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
332. Penn State University Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA) Summer REU Program
333. Penn State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) REU Program
334. Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program REU
335. U. of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
336. U. of Pennsylvania Health System Molecular Biology Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
337. U. of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
338. U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Gastroenterology Division Undergraduate Student Scholars Program
339. U. of Pennsylvania Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Sensor Technologies (SUNFEST)
340. Pepperdine University Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
341. Pfizer Global Research and Development (PGRD) Summer Internship Programs
342. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
343. U. of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
344. U. of Pittsburgh/CMU MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS)
345. U. of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Laboratories American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE) REU Program and Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center (QoLT ERC) REU Program
346. U. of Pittsburgh Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Research Program
347. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute Research Opportunity in Computational Biology
348. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology Summer Program for Undergraduate Research Growth (SPURG)
349. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
350. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
351. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP)
352. Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) Materials Science REU
353. Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
354. Purdue University Department of Physics REU
355. Purdue University Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
356. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering HHMI-Funded Undergraduate Summer Internship Program in Bionanotechnology
357. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Internship in Cellular Engineering
358. RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
359. Rochester Institute of Technology Co-op/Internship Opportunities Links
360. U. of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science
361. U. of Rochester Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
362. U. of Rochester Medical Center Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program
363. U. of Rochester Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
364. Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
365. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology REU in Mathematics
366. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
367. Rutgers University ISURF Program in Stem Cell Research
368. Sandia National Labs Internships
369. Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Summer Internship Program in the Biologic/Medical Sciences
370. Shoals Marine Laboratory Seabird Conservation Internships; Undergraduate Internships
371. Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program
372. Siteman Cancer Center Summer Research Opportunities
373. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Internship Program
374. Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program
375. Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Internships, Undergrad Research Experiences, and Summer Programs for Chicano/Latino and Native American Students
376. U. of South Alabama College of Medicine Center for Lung Biology Undergraduate Research Opportunities
377. U. of South Alabama Department of Pharmacology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
378. U. of South Alabama Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
379. U. of South Alabama NSF-REU in Structure and Function of Proteins
380. U. of South Carolina Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research in Integrative Evolutionary Biology
381. U. of South Carolina NSF Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology
382. U. of Southern California Chemistry Department NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
383. Southern Illinois U. Carbondale Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU
384. U. of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)
385. U. of South Florida Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Behavioral Health
386. U. of South Florida REU Summer Program in Computer Science and Engineering
387. SRI Molecular Physics Laboratory REU Program
388. Stanford University Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURE)
389. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
390. Stony Brook University AGEP Summer Research Institute
391. Stony Brook University Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME) Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Research Scholars Program
392. Stowers Institute for Medical Research Undergraduate Student Research Program; Stowers Scholars Program
393. Summer Opportunities for ALANA (American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American) Undergraduate Students
394. Summer Programs Offered in Texas, Other States, and Internationally
395. Summer Research Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
396. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Neurosciences and Biomedical Sciences
397. SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Summer Research Program
398. Swarthmore College List of Health-Related Summer Opportunities
399. Syracuse University Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
400. Syracuse University List of Summer Programs
401. U. of Tennessee Knoxville Math Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
402. Texas A&M University Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
403. U. of Texas at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
404. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
405. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pharmacology Department Summer Research Program
406. U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biomedical Sciences
407. U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
408. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Undergraduate Summer Research Program
409. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
410. U. of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Green Fellowships
411. U. of Texas Southwestern Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
412. U. of Texas Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
413. Theravance (a biopharmaceutical company) Summer Internships
414. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
415. Towson University REU in Molecular Ecology
416. Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
417. Triangle Universities (Duke U., NC State U., U. of NC) Nuclear Laboratory REU Program
418. Tufts University Sackler School Summer Research Program
419. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
420. U. of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Undergraduate Summer Research
421. Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy
422. Vanderbilt U. Vascular Biology Summer Research Program for Minority Students
423. VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Human Engineering Research Laboratories ASPIRE (American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering) and QoLT ERC (Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center) REU
424. Vetward Bound Program at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
425. U. of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
426. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Wake Forest University Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute
427. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute REU Programs
428. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University REU in Human-Computer Interaction
429. Wadsworth Center Department of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
430. Washington U. in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP)
431. Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program
432. Washington U. in St. Louis Summer Study in France for the Pre-Med Student
433. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
434. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in Biomedical Sciences
435. Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Access Summer Research Program
436. Wellesley College Summer Research in Chemistry and Physics
437. Wesleyan University Hughes Summer Research Program (for Connecticut residents)
438. Western Washington U. Population, Health and Aging Summer Training Program for Undergraduates
439. West Penn Allegheny Health System Center for Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Research Internships
440. Williams College Mathematics and Statistics REU (SMALL Undergraduate Research Project)
441. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
442. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
443. Yale Science and Engineering Research (YSER) List of Extramural Research Opportunities
444. Yale U. Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
445. Yale U. School of Medicine Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP)