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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) or other nearby institutions (academic internship), most importantly, UMass Medical Center or Abbott Bioresearch Center. 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. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
  4. U. of Alabama Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  5. U. of Alaska Anchorage Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
  6. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  7. American Chemical Society International Research Experiences for Undergraduates
  8. American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship Program
  9. American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Internship Opportunities
  10. American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Summer Internships
  11. American Mathematical Society (AMS) Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs
  12. American Museum of Natural History Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  13. The American Physiological Society Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
  14. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Summer Research Opportunities
  15. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Capstone Program
  16. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF)
  17. American University Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS)
  18. Amgen Scholars Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology
  19. Amherst College Biology Department List of Summer Research Opportunities
  20. Arizona Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Summer Student Program
  21. U. of Arizona Graduate College Minority Health Disparities Summer Research Opportunities Program (MHD/SROP)
  22. U. of Arkansas Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Research Program
  23. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences REU in Astronomy, Space and Planetary Sciences
  24. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  25. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  26. Army Educational Outreach Program; CRFP (Consortium Research Fellows Program); GEMS Research Programs
  27. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense Research Participation Program
  28. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) List of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
  29. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
  30. Auburn University Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship Program
  31. Auburn University REU Program in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices
  32. Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program
  33. Baystate Medical Center Summer Student Scholars Program
  34. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  35. Biogen Idec Summer Internship Program
  36. Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Internship Program
  37. Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) Undergraduate Research Opportunity Core (UROC) Program
  38. Boston University Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  39. Boston University School of Public Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
  40. Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  41. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Summer Internships
  42. Brandeis University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
  43. Brigham and Women's Hospital Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship (STARS) Program
  44. Brigham Young University Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
  45. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Summer Research Program in Genomics
  46. Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
  47. Brown University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
  48. U. of California, Davis Health System Department of Surgery Premedical Surgical Internship, Mentorship and Research Program
  49. U. of California, Davis Health System Hugh Edmondson Research Internship
  50. U. of California, Davis Physics Department REU Program
  51. U. of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Enrichment Program (PREP)
  52. U. of California, San Diego Department of Bioengineering REU in Regenerative Medicine, Multi-Scale Bioengineering, and Systems Biology
  53. U. of California, San Diego School of Medicine MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  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. California State University Channel Islands Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates
  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 Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences
  61. Carnegie Mellon University Materials Research REU
  62. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Translational Ecology for Undergraduates REU
  63. Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Minority HIV Research Training Program (MHRTP)
  64. Case Western Reserve University Macromolecular Science and Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
  65. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program
  66. Case Western Reserve University Summer Undergraduate Research in Pharmacology (SURP)
  67. Case Western Reserve University Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
  68. Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  69. Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
  70. Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Integrated Optics for Undergraduates REU
  71. U. of Central Florida Hard and Soft Materials in Nanoscience Technology Driven Energy Applications REU
  72. Central Michigan University Department of Mathematics REU
  73. Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students (CIRRUS) Research Opportunities Information
  74. Chicago Center for Systems Biology (CCSB) Research Experience for Undergraduates
  75. U. of Chicago Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates
  76. U. of Chicago Department of Physics Summer REU Opportunities for Minorities and Women
  77. U. of Chicago Materials Research Center REU
  78. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  79. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Programs
  80. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Surgery Experience (SSE) and Summer Neuroscience Experience (SNE)
  81. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  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. Clark University HERO (Human-Environment Regional Observatory) REU
  85. Clarkson University Advanced Materials for a Sustainable Development International Research Experiences for Students
  86. Clarkson University REU Program in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
  87. Clemson University Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  88. Clemson University Department of Psychology Summer Program in Applied Psychology
  89. Clemson University School of Materials Science and Engineering Interfaces and Surfaces: Exploring and Experiencing Science REU Program
  90. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Biomedical Engineering Department Summer Internships
  91. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  92. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  93. College of Charleston Fort Johnson Summer Research Program in Marine Biology
  94. College of William and Mary Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
  95. College of Wooster Physics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  96. Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health Summer Internship
  97. Colorado State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  98. Colorado State University Psychology Department Summer Research Program on Mind and Brain REU
  99. U. of Colorado at Boulder Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
  100. U. of Colorado Denver School of Medicine GEMS Topics in Biomedical Science and Research Summer Research Internship
  101. Columbia University/Barnard College Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program
  102. Columbia University Energy Frontier Research Center REU
  103. Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates
  104. Columbia University List of Summer Internships in Biology
  105. Columbia University Medical Center Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS) Biomedical Research Program
  106. Columbia University Nevis Labs Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
  107. Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
  108. UConn. Department of Physiology and Neurobiology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
  109. UConn. Health Center CCAM (Center for Cell analysis and Modeling) Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
  110. UConn. Health Center Graduate School Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  111. UConn. REU Program in Energy Processes and Systems
  112. UConn. School of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
  113. Coriell Institute for Medical Research Summer Experience Program
  114. Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  115. Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  116. Cornell University and UMass. Food Science Summer Scholar Program
  117. Cornell University College of Engineering Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  118. Cornell University Department of Mathematics REU Program
  119. Cornell University List of Summer Research Opportunities
  120. Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities: CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program
  121. Dartmouth Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE)
  122. U. of Delaware Marine Sciences Summer Internship Program
  123. DePaul University MedIX: MEDical Informatics eXperiences in undergraduate research
  124. Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) Collegiate Medical Summer Internship Program
  125. Drexel University College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
  126. Drexel University School of Public Health Opening the Doors for Diverse Populations to Health Disparities Research
  127. Duke Clinical Research Institute Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
  128. Duke University Biology Department List of Fellowships and Summer Research Programs
  129. Duke University Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
  130. Duke University Undergraduate Neuroscience Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior
  131. Duquesne University Integrated Computational and Experimental Chemistry REU-ASSURE Program
  132. Duquesne University Undergraduate Research Program
  133. Eastern Alliance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (EAST) Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Students with Disabilities
  134. Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Pediatrics Summer Scholars Program
  135. East Tennessee State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics REU
  136. Eli Lilly Summer Internships
  137. Emory University Listing of Summer Research Programs and Internships
  138. Emory University Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program
  139. Engineering Biological Machines Summer REU Program
  140. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST)
  141. Florida State University National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Magnet Lab REU Summer Internship Program
  142. U. of Florida College of Medicine Summer Research Program
  143. U. of Florida Department of Physics Summer Research Program
  144. U. of Florida HHMI Science for Life Extramural Research Award
  145. U. of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
  146. Fordham University Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Program
  147. Fox Chase Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
  148. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  149. Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program: Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
  150. Genentech Summer Internships for Undergraduates
  151. Genzyme Summer Internship Program
  152. Georgetown University REU Program in Chemistry
  153. Georgia Health Sciences University Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program
  154. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  155. Georgia Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program
  156. U. of Georgia Department of Genetics Fungal Genomics and Computational Biology REU
  157. U. of Georgia Department of Microbiology Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Program
  158. German Academic Exchange Service Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Summer Internship Program
  159. Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  160. Global Change Education Program Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
  161. Grand Valley State University REU Program in Mathematics
  162. Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
  163. Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics Center for Causal Consequences of Variation (CCV) Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
  164. Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
  165. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Solar REU Program
  166. Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program
  167. Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
  168. Harvey Mudd College Summer Research in Chemistry
  169. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Internships
  170. U. of Hawaii Cancer Center Summer Internship Program
  171. Health Career Connection (HCC) Summer Internship Program
  172. Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program
  173. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Gaduate Fellowship Training Program
  174. Hope College Summer Hope Academic Research Program (SHARP)
  175. U. of Houston Innovations in Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  176. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Undergraduate Summer Scholars
  177. Human BioMolecular Research Institute Undergraduate Summer Internships
  178. Hunter College of the City University of New York Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
  179. Huntington Medical Research Institutes Summer Student Research Program
  180. U. of Illinois at Chicago REU in Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Biomedical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering
  181. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
  182. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
  183. Indiana U. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
  184. Indiana U. REU Program in Mathematics
  185. Indiana U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Summer Internship Program
  186. Indiana U. School of Medicine Student Research Opportunities
  187. Indiana U. School of Medicine Undergraduate Research for Prospective Physician-Scientists and Physician-Engineers
  188. Indiana U. School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research Summer Internship Program
  189. Indiana U. Summer Scholars Institute
  190. Internships in Scientific Research and Medicine (compiled by Noah Espinoza and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
  191. Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  192. Iowa State University Mathematics and Computing REU
  193. Iowa State University Summer Research Program in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
  194. U. of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) Program
  195. U. of Iowa Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
  196. U. of Iowa Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  197. U. of Iowa Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
  198. U. of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
  199. Isis Pharmaceuticals Intern Program
  200. The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Research Program
  201. James Madison University Center for Materials Science Materials Research Experience for Undergraduates
  202. James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics REU in Mathematics, Materials Science, and Chemistry
  203. James Madison University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
  204. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Diversity Summer Internship Program (DSIP)
  205. Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics REU Program in Computational Sensing and Medical Robotics
  206. Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  207. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs Summer Internship Program (SIP)
  208. Just Garcia Hill: A Virtual Community for Minorities in Science Summer Research Programs
  209. Kansas State U. Physics Department REU
  210. Kansas State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SUROP)
  211. U. of Kansas Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
  212. U. of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  213. U. of Kansas Department of Molecular Biosciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  214. U. of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
  215. Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
  216. Kent State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU
  217. U. of Kentucky REU Summer Program in the Biochemical Sciences
  218. Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Summer Undergraduate Internships
  219. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Internships
  220. The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
  221. Lehigh University Biosystems Dynamics Summer Institute Research Internships
  222. Lehigh University Department of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
  223. Lehigh Valley Health Network Summer Research Scholar Program
  224. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (for Louisiana residents)
  225. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Experience in Research (SUPER)
  226. Louisiana State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  227. U. of Louisville Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
  228. Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  229. Loyola U. Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (click on "Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities" on left side of page and then click on "About the Program")
  230. Maine INBRE Summer Biomedical Research Fellowship Program
  231. Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) Summer Student Research Program
  232. U. of Maine NEAGEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (SURO) (scroll down to "summer research opportunities for undergraduate students")
  233. U. of Maine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Sensor Science and Engineering
  234. Maria Mitchell Observatory REU Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  235. Marquette University Biological Sciences Summer Research Program
  236. Marquette University College of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
  237. Marshall University Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Internship for Minority Students
  238. U. of Maryland Baltimore County Summer Biomedical Training Program
  239. U. of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
  240. U. of Maryland School of Medicine Office of Student Research Summer Research Program
  241. Masonic Medical Research Laboratory Summer Fellowship Program (scroll down to "Summer Fellowship Program")
  242. Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center for Photomedicine Summer Internship Program
  243. UMass. Amherst College of Engineering Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
  244. UMass. Amherst Department of Chemistry MassCREST CURE-REU
  245. UMass. Amherst Department of Computer Science Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
  246. UMass. Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  247. UMass. Amherst Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Polymer Science and Engineering Department REU
  248. UMass. Amherst Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program in Nanotechnology
  249. UMass. Boston Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)
  250. UMass. Boston Department of Biology REU in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology
  251. UMass. Lowell Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) REU Program
  252. UMass. Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Internship Opportunities (click on "Internship Opportunities")
  253. UMass. Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
  254. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
  255. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
  256. 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)
  257. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research Opportunities
  258. Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  259. Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
  260. Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  261. U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
  262. MetroHealth Medical Center The Chester Summer Scholars Program (for Ohio residents)
  263. Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program at Baylor College of Medicine
  264. Michigan State University Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (scroll down to "Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities")
  265. U. of Michigan Medical School Office of Diversity and Career Development Summer Opportunities for Apprenticeships in Research (MedSOAR)
  266. U. of Michigan Medical School Program in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
  267. U. of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
  268. U. of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN
  269. U. of Minnesota Chemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Program (REU)
  270. U. of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering REU
  271. U. of Minnesota Hormel Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
  272. U. of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)
  273. U. of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  274. U. of Minnesota Summer REU in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
  275. Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program
  276. U. of Mississippi Summer Research Institute for Undergraduates
  277. MIT Amgen Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholars Program
  278. MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering REU Program
  279. MIT Department of Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
  280. MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Summer Research Program
  281. MIT Department of Physics Summer Research Program
  282. MIT Engineering Biological Machines REU Program
  283. MIT Haystack Observatory REU Program
  284. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Summer Research Program
  285. MIT Summer Research Program
  286. Montana State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
  287. Montana State University Physics Department Solar Physics/Astronomy and Space Physics REU Program
  288. Monteray Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship Program
  289. Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Undergraduate Research
  290. Mount Holyoke College Polar Science Research Project in Svalbard, Norway REU
  291. Mount Holyoke College Summer Mathematics Research Institute
  292. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)
  293. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  294. NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
  295. NASA/New York Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Cornell University (for NY state residents)
  296. NASA Undergraduate Research Summer Internship in Planetary Geosciences
  297. NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
  298. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program Summer Cancer Research Fellowships/Internships
  299. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program
  300. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups
  301. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
  302. National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
  303. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) Physics Laboratory Research Opportunities
  304. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
  305. 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)
  306. 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
  307. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
  308. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences and Other Neuroscience Research Training and Funding Opportunities
  309. National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  310. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
  311. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
  312. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Search
  313. National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Scholars Internship Program
  314. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
  315. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Undergraduate Research Training in Redox Biology
  316. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
  317. U. of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  318. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  319. Nemours/Alfred duPont Hospital for Children Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
  320. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Research Training Program (HRTP)
  321. New York Space Grant Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities (for NY state residents)
  322. New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Undergradute Research Program
  323. New York University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Summer REU Program
  324. New York University School of Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  325. New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  326. North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry REU Program
  327. North Carolina State University REU in Mathematics
  328. North Carolina State University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
  329. North Carolina State University Synthetic Biology Research Experience
  330. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Biostatistics Summer Undergraduate Research and Education (BSURE) Program
  331. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Summer Public Health Fellowship Program
  332. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
  333. U. of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology Carolina Summer Fellowship Program
  334. Northern Illinois University Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Internship List
  335. North Shore-LIJ Health System Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Summer Scientific Work Program (premed internship)
  336. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART) Program
  337. Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience) Program
  338. Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  339. Northwestern University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
  340. Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center Research Experiences for Underserved College Students
  341. Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
  342. U. of Notre Dame Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  343. U. of Notre Dame Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  344. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Scientific Research Internship Program
  345. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Educational and Research Experiences for Undergrads
  346. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program
  347. Ohio State U. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  348. Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
  349. Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  350. U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
  351. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Undergraduate Research Internship Program
  352. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Graduate Programs Equity Summer Research Program
  353. U. of Oregon Physics and Chemistry REU Program
  354. U. of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
  355. U. of Oregon Summer Research Program in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
  356. Organization for Tropical Studies REU Program in Costa Rica
  357. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program
  358. Partners in Health Internship and Fellowship Programs
  359. Pasteur Foundation Summer Internship Program
  360. Pathways Into Health Internships/Fellowships
  361. Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP)
  362. Penn State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) REU Program
  363. Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program REU
  364. U. of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
  365. U. of Pennsylvania Health System Molecular Biology Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
  366. U. of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  367. U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Gastroenterology Division Undergraduate Student Scholars Program
  368. U. of Pennsylvania Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Sensor Technologies (SUNFEST)
  369. Pepperdine University Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
  370. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
  371. U. of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  372. U. of Pittsburgh/CMU MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS)
  373. U. of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
  374. 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
  375. U. of Pittsburgh Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Summer Research Program
  376. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  377. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  378. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP)
  379. Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) Materials Science REU
  380. Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  381. Purdue University Department of Physics REU
  382. Purdue University Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
  383. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy REU Program
  384. U. of Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography
  385. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Internship in Cellular Engineering
  386. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Research Experience in Biomolecular Networks
  387. Rice University NanoJapan International Research Experience for Undergraduates
  388. RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  389. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology
  390. Rochester Institute of Technology Co-op/Internship Opportunities Links
  391. U. of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science
  392. U. of Rochester Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  393. U. of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy REU Program
  394. U. of Rochester Medical Center Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program
  395. U. of Rochester Medical Center Summer Scholars Program
  396. U. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  397. Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  398. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology REU in Mathematics
  399. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  400. Rutgers University Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) Summer Undegraduate Research Experience (SURE)
  401. Rutgers University REU in Cellular Bioengineering
  402. Sandia National Labs Internships
  403. Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Summer Internship Program in the Biologic/Medical Sciences
  404. Shoals Marine Laboratory Seabird Conservation Internships; Undergraduate Internships
  405. Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program
  406. Siteman Cancer Center Summer Research Opportunities
  407. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Internship Program
  408. Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Summer Research Internship for Undergraduates
  409. Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Neuroscience Scholars Program
  410. U. of South Alabama College of Medicine Center for Lung Biology Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  411. U. of South Alabama Structure and Function of Proteins REU
  412. U. of Southern California Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
  413. Southern Illinois U. Carbondale Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU
  414. U. of Southern Mississippi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in Chemistry and Biochemistry
  415. U. of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)
  416. U. of South Florida REU Summer Program in Computer Science and Engineering
  417. SRI Molecular Physics Laboratory REU Program
  418. Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)/Amgen Scholars Program
  419. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
  420. Stony Brook University AGEP Summer Research Institute
  421. Stony Brook University Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME) Summer Undergraduate Stem Cell Research Program
  422. Stony Brook University Nanotechnology Summer REU Program
  423. Stony Brook University REU Physics and Astronomy Program
  424. Stowers Institute for Medical Research Summer Scholars Program
  425. Summer Opportunities for ALANA (American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American) Undergraduate Students
  426. Summer Programs Offered in Texas, Other States, and Internationally
  427. Summer Research Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
  428. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences
  429. SUNY Buffalo Chemistry REU Program
  430. SUNY Buffalo CLIMB UP (Undergraduate Program) for Summer Research
  431. SUNY Buffalo Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) REU Program
  432. SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
  433. SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Summer Research Program
  434. SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  435. Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Polar Sciences Research Projects in Svalbard, Norway
  436. Swarthmore College List of Health-Related Summer Opportunities
  437. Syracuse University List of Summer Programs
  438. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Physiology Undergraduate Research Experience
  439. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pharmacology Department Summer Research Program
  440. U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  441. U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  442. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  443. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program
  444. U. of Texas Southwestern Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
  445. U. of Texas Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  446. Theravance (a biopharmaceutical company) Summer Internships
  447. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Biomedical Research Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  448. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Clinical Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  449. Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  450. Triangle Universities (Duke U., NC State U., U. of NC) Nuclear Laboratory REU Program
  451. Tufts University Department of Biology Summer Research Program
  452. Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) Program
  453. Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Post-Baccalaureate Research Program (PREP)
  454. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
  455. U. of Utah Department of Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  456. U. of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Program
  457. Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy
  458. Vanderbilt U. Vascular Biology Summer Research Program for Minority Students
  459. Vetward Bound Enrichment Summer Program at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
  460. U. of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
  461. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute REU Programs
  462. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Microbiology in the Post Genome Era REU Program
  463. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology REU Program
  464. Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  465. Washington U. in St. Louis Amgen Scholars Program
  466. Washington U. in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP)
  467. Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program
  468. Washington U. in St. Louis Summer Study in France for the Pre-Med Student
  469. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Cancer Biology Graduate Program Undergraduate Summer Fellowships
  470. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  471. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  472. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
  473. Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Access Summer Research Program
  474. Wellesley College Summer Research in Chemistry and Physics
  475. Wesleyan University Hughes Summer Research Program (for Connecticut residents)
  476. West Penn Allegheny Health System Center for Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Research Internships
  477. Williams College Mathematics and Statistics REU (SMALL Undergraduate Research Project)
  478. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology International Research Experience for Students in Microbiology
  479. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
  480. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
  481. Yale U. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) REU Program
  482. Yale U. Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
  483. Yale U. School of Medicine Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP)