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
- Agilent Technologies Internships in the U.S.
- U. of Akron Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
- U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Alabama Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Alaska Anchorage Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- American Chemical Society International Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship Program
- American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Internship Opportunities
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Summer Internships
- American Mathematical Society (AMS) Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs
- American Museum of Natural History Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- The American Physiological Society Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Summer Research Opportunities
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Capstone Program
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF)
- American University Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS)
- Amgen Scholars Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology
- Amherst College Biology Department List of Summer Research Opportunities
- Arizona Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Summer Student Program
- U. of Arizona Graduate College Minority Health Disparities Summer Research Opportunities Program (MHD/SROP)
- U. of Arkansas Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Research Program
- U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences REU in Astronomy, Space and Planetary Sciences
- U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Army Educational Outreach Program; CRFP (Consortium Research Fellows Program); GEMS Research Programs
- Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense Research Participation Program
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) List of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
- Auburn University Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship Program
- Auburn University REU Program in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices
- Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program
- Baystate Medical Center Summer Student Scholars Program
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Biogen Idec Summer Internship Program
- Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Internship Program
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) Undergraduate Research Opportunity Core (UROC) Program
- Boston University Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Boston University School of Public Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
- Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Summer Internships
- Brandeis University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
- Brigham and Women's Hospital Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship (STARS) Program
- Brigham Young University Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Summer Research Program in Genomics
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
- Brown University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
- U. of California, Davis Health System Department of Surgery Premedical Surgical Internship, Mentorship and Research Program
- U. of California, Davis Health System Hugh Edmondson Research Internship
- U. of California, Davis Physics Department REU Program
- U. of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Enrichment Program (PREP)
- U. of California, San Diego Department of Bioengineering REU in Regenerative Medicine, Multi-Scale Bioengineering, and Systems Biology
- U. of California, San Diego School of Medicine MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- U. of California, San Francisco Summer Research Opportunities
- U. of California, Santa Barbara Materials Research Laboratory Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
- California State University Channel Islands Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates
- Caltech (California Institute of Technology) Amgen Scholars Program
- Caltech MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships
- Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
- Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences
- Carnegie Mellon University Materials Research REU
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Translational Ecology for Undergraduates REU
- Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Minority HIV Research Training Program (MHRTP)
- Case Western Reserve University Macromolecular Science and Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program
- Case Western Reserve University Summer Undergraduate Research in Pharmacology (SURP)
- Case Western Reserve University Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
- Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
- Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Integrated Optics for Undergraduates REU
- U. of Central Florida Hard and Soft Materials in Nanoscience Technology Driven Energy Applications REU
- Central Michigan University Department of Mathematics REU
- Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students (CIRRUS) Research Opportunities Information
- Chicago Center for Systems Biology (CCSB) Research Experience for Undergraduates
- U. of Chicago Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates
- U. of Chicago Department of Physics Summer REU Opportunities for Minorities and Women
- U. of Chicago Materials Research Center REU
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Programs
- U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Surgery Experience (SSE) and Summer Neuroscience Experience (SNE)
- U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- U. of Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- City of Hope Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy
- Clark University HERO (Human-Environment Regional Observatory) REU
- Clarkson University Advanced Materials for a Sustainable Development International Research Experiences for Students
- Clarkson University REU Program in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Clemson University Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- Clemson University Department of Psychology Summer Program in Applied Psychology
- Clemson University School of Materials Science and Engineering Interfaces and Surfaces: Exploring and Experiencing Science REU Program
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Biomedical Engineering Department Summer Internships
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- College of Charleston Fort Johnson Summer Research Program in Marine Biology
- College of William and Mary Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- College of Wooster Physics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health Summer Internship
- Colorado State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Colorado State University Psychology Department Summer Research Program on Mind and Brain REU
- U. of Colorado at Boulder Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
- U. of Colorado Denver School of Medicine GEMS Topics in Biomedical Science and Research Summer Research Internship
- Columbia University/Barnard College Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program
- Columbia University Energy Frontier Research Center REU
- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates
- Columbia University List of Summer Internships in Biology
- Columbia University Medical Center Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS) Biomedical Research Program
- Columbia University Nevis Labs Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- UConn. Department of Physiology and Neurobiology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- UConn. Health Center CCAM (Center for Cell analysis and Modeling) Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
- UConn. Health Center Graduate School Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- UConn. REU Program in Energy Processes and Systems
- UConn. School of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research Summer Experience Program
- Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Cornell University and UMass. Food Science Summer Scholar Program
- Cornell University College of Engineering Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Cornell University Department of Mathematics REU Program
- Cornell University List of Summer Research Opportunities
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities: CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program
- Dartmouth Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE)
- U. of Delaware Marine Sciences Summer Internship Program
- DePaul University MedIX: MEDical Informatics eXperiences in undergraduate research
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) Collegiate Medical Summer Internship Program
- Drexel University College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
- Drexel University School of Public Health Opening the Doors for Diverse Populations to Health Disparities Research
- Duke Clinical Research Institute Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
- Duke University Biology Department List of Fellowships and Summer Research Programs
- Duke University Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
- Duke University Undergraduate Neuroscience Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior
- Duquesne University Integrated Computational and Experimental Chemistry REU-ASSURE Program
- Duquesne University Undergraduate Research Program
- Eastern Alliance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (EAST) Undergraduate Research Fellowships for Students with Disabilities
- Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Pediatrics Summer Scholars Program
- East Tennessee State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics REU
- Eli Lilly Summer Internships
- Emory University Listing of Summer Research Programs and Internships
- Emory University Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program
- Engineering Biological Machines Summer REU Program
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST)
- Florida State University National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Magnet Lab REU Summer Internship Program
- U. of Florida College of Medicine Summer Research Program
- U. of Florida Department of Physics Summer Research Program
- U. of Florida HHMI Science for Life Extramural Research Award
- U. of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
- Fordham University Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Program
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program: Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
- Genentech Summer Internships for Undergraduates
- Genzyme Summer Internship Program
- Georgetown University REU Program in Chemistry
- Georgia Health Sciences University Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program
- Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Georgia Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program
- U. of Georgia Department of Genetics Fungal Genomics and Computational Biology REU
- U. of Georgia Department of Microbiology Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Program
- German Academic Exchange Service Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Summer Internship Program
- Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Global Change Education Program Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Grand Valley State University REU Program in Mathematics
- Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
- Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics Center for Causal Consequences of Variation (CCV) Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
- Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Solar REU Program
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program
- Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
- Harvey Mudd College Summer Research in Chemistry
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Internships
- U. of Hawaii Cancer Center Summer Internship Program
- Health Career Connection (HCC) Summer Internship Program
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program
- Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Gaduate Fellowship Training Program
- Hope College Summer Hope Academic Research Program (SHARP)
- U. of Houston Innovations in Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Undergraduate Summer Scholars
- Human BioMolecular Research Institute Undergraduate Summer Internships
- Hunter College of the City University of New York Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes Summer Student Research Program
- U. of Illinois at Chicago REU in Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Biomedical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering
- U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
- Indiana U. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
- Indiana U. REU Program in Mathematics
- Indiana U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Summer Internship Program
- Indiana U. School of Medicine Student Research Opportunities
- Indiana U. School of Medicine Undergraduate Research for Prospective Physician-Scientists and Physician-Engineers
- Indiana U. School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research Summer Internship Program
- Indiana U. Summer Scholars Institute
- Internships in Scientific Research and Medicine (compiled by Noah Espinoza and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
- Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Iowa State University Mathematics and Computing REU
- Iowa State University Summer Research Program in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
- U. of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) Program
- U. of Iowa Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- U. of Iowa Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Iowa Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
- U. of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
- Isis Pharmaceuticals Intern Program
- The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Research Program
- James Madison University Center for Materials Science Materials Research Experience for Undergraduates
- James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics REU in Mathematics, Materials Science, and Chemistry
- James Madison University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Diversity Summer Internship Program (DSIP)
- Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics REU Program in Computational Sensing and Medical Robotics
- Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs Summer Internship Program (SIP)
- Just Garcia Hill: A Virtual Community for Minorities in Science Summer Research Programs
- Kansas State U. Physics Department REU
- Kansas State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SUROP)
- U. of Kansas Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- U. of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Kansas Department of Molecular Biosciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
- Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- Kent State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU
- U. of Kentucky REU Summer Program in the Biochemical Sciences
- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Summer Undergraduate Internships
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Internships
- The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
- Lehigh University Biosystems Dynamics Summer Institute Research Internships
- Lehigh University Department of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
- Lehigh Valley Health Network Summer Research Scholar Program
- Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (for Louisiana residents)
- Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Experience in Research (SUPER)
- Louisiana State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Louisville Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
- Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- 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")
- Maine INBRE Summer Biomedical Research Fellowship Program
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) Summer Student Research Program
- U. of Maine NEAGEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (SURO) (scroll down to "summer research opportunities for undergraduate students")
- U. of Maine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Sensor Science and Engineering
- Maria Mitchell Observatory REU Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Marquette University Biological Sciences Summer Research Program
- Marquette University College of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
- Marshall University Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Internship for Minority Students
- U. of Maryland Baltimore County Summer Biomedical Training Program
- U. of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
- U. of Maryland School of Medicine Office of Student Research Summer Research Program
- Masonic Medical Research Laboratory Summer Fellowship Program (scroll down to "Summer Fellowship Program")
- Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center for Photomedicine Summer Internship Program
- UMass. Amherst College of Engineering Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
- UMass. Amherst Department of Chemistry MassCREST CURE-REU
- UMass. Amherst Department of Computer Science Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
- UMass. Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- UMass. Amherst Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Polymer Science and Engineering Department REU
- UMass. Amherst Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program in Nanotechnology
- UMass. Boston Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)
- UMass. Boston Department of Biology REU in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology
- UMass. Lowell Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) REU Program
- UMass. Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Internship Opportunities (click on "Internship Opportunities")
- UMass. Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
- UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
- UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
- 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)
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research Opportunities
- Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
- Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
- MetroHealth Medical Center The Chester Summer Scholars Program (for Ohio residents)
- Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program at Baylor College of Medicine
- Michigan State University Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (scroll down to "Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities")
- U. of Michigan Medical School Office of Diversity and Career Development Summer Opportunities for Apprenticeships in Research (MedSOAR)
- U. of Michigan Medical School Program in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
- U. of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
- U. of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN
- U. of Minnesota Chemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Program (REU)
- U. of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering REU
- U. of Minnesota Hormel Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- U. of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)
- U. of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- U. of Minnesota Summer REU in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
- Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program
- U. of Mississippi Summer Research Institute for Undergraduates
- MIT Amgen Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholars Program
- MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering REU Program
- MIT Department of Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
- MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Summer Research Program
- MIT Department of Physics Summer Research Program
- MIT Engineering Biological Machines REU Program
- MIT Haystack Observatory REU Program
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory Summer Research Program
- MIT Summer Research Program
- Montana State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
- Montana State University Physics Department Solar Physics/Astronomy and Space Physics REU Program
- Monteray Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship Program
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Undergraduate Research
- Mount Holyoke College Polar Science Research Project in Svalbard, Norway REU
- Mount Holyoke College Summer Mathematics Research Institute
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
- NASA/New York Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Cornell University (for NY state residents)
- NASA Undergraduate Research Summer Internship in Planetary Geosciences
- NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program Summer Cancer Research Fellowships/Internships
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
- National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) Physics Laboratory Research Opportunities
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
- 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)
- 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
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences and Other Neuroscience Research Training and Funding Opportunities
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
- National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Search
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Scholars Internship Program
- U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
- U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Undergraduate Research Training in Redox Biology
- U. of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
- U. of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Nemours/Alfred duPont Hospital for Children Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Research Training Program (HRTP)
- New York Space Grant Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities (for NY state residents)
- New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Undergradute Research Program
- New York University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Summer REU Program
- New York University School of Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry REU Program
- North Carolina State University REU in Mathematics
- North Carolina State University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
- North Carolina State University Synthetic Biology Research Experience
- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Biostatistics Summer Undergraduate Research and Education (BSURE) Program
- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Summer Public Health Fellowship Program
- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
- U. of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology Carolina Summer Fellowship Program
- Northern Illinois University Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Internship List
- North Shore-LIJ Health System Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Summer Scientific Work Program (premed internship)
- U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART) Program
- Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience) Program
- Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Northwestern University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center Research Experiences for Underserved College Students
- Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
- U. of Notre Dame Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Notre Dame Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Scientific Research Internship Program
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Educational and Research Experiences for Undergrads
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program
- Ohio State U. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
- Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Undergraduate Research Internship Program
- Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Graduate Programs Equity Summer Research Program
- U. of Oregon Physics and Chemistry REU Program
- U. of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
- U. of Oregon Summer Research Program in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
- Organization for Tropical Studies REU Program in Costa Rica
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program
- Partners in Health Internship and Fellowship Programs
- Pasteur Foundation Summer Internship Program
- Pathways Into Health Internships/Fellowships
- Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP)
- Penn State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) REU Program
- Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program REU
- U. of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
- U. of Pennsylvania Health System Molecular Biology Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
- U. of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Gastroenterology Division Undergraduate Student Scholars Program
- U. of Pennsylvania Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Sensor Technologies (SUNFEST)
- Pepperdine University Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
- Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
- U. of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Pittsburgh/CMU MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS)
- U. of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
- 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
- U. of Pittsburgh Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Summer Research Program
- U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP)
- Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) Materials Science REU
- Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Purdue University Department of Physics REU
- Purdue University Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy REU Program
- U. of Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography
- Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Internship in Cellular Engineering
- Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Research Experience in Biomolecular Networks
- Rice University NanoJapan International Research Experience for Undergraduates
- RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology
- Rochester Institute of Technology Co-op/Internship Opportunities Links
- U. of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science
- U. of Rochester Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- U. of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy REU Program
- U. of Rochester Medical Center Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program
- U. of Rochester Medical Center Summer Scholars Program
- U. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology REU in Mathematics
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Rutgers University Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) Summer Undegraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Rutgers University REU in Cellular Bioengineering
- Sandia National Labs Internships
- Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Summer Internship Program in the Biologic/Medical Sciences
- Shoals Marine Laboratory Seabird Conservation Internships; Undergraduate Internships
- Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program
- Siteman Cancer Center Summer Research Opportunities
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Internship Program
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Summer Research Internship for Undergraduates
- Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Neuroscience Scholars Program
- U. of South Alabama College of Medicine Center for Lung Biology Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- U. of South Alabama Structure and Function of Proteins REU
- U. of Southern California Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Southern Illinois U. Carbondale Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU
- U. of Southern Mississippi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in Chemistry and Biochemistry
- U. of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)
- U. of South Florida REU Summer Program in Computer Science and Engineering
- SRI Molecular Physics Laboratory REU Program
- Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)/Amgen Scholars Program
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
- Stony Brook University AGEP Summer Research Institute
- Stony Brook University Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME) Summer Undergraduate Stem Cell Research Program
- Stony Brook University Nanotechnology Summer REU Program
- Stony Brook University REU Physics and Astronomy Program
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research Summer Scholars Program
- Summer Opportunities for ALANA (American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American) Undergraduate Students
- Summer Programs Offered in Texas, Other States, and Internationally
- Summer Research Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
- Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences
- SUNY Buffalo Chemistry REU Program
- SUNY Buffalo CLIMB UP (Undergraduate Program) for Summer Research
- SUNY Buffalo Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) REU Program
- SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Summer Research Program
- SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Polar Sciences Research Projects in Svalbard, Norway
- Swarthmore College List of Health-Related Summer Opportunities
- Syracuse University List of Summer Programs
- U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Physiology Undergraduate Research Experience
- U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pharmacology Department Summer Research Program
- U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program
- U. of Texas Southwestern Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
- U. of Texas Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Theravance (a biopharmaceutical company) Summer Internships
- U. of Toledo College of Medicine Biomedical Research Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- U. of Toledo College of Medicine Clinical Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Triangle Universities (Duke U., NC State U., U. of NC) Nuclear Laboratory REU Program
- Tufts University Department of Biology Summer Research Program
- Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) Program
- Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Post-Baccalaureate Research Program (PREP)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
- U. of Utah Department of Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U. of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy
- Vanderbilt U. Vascular Biology Summer Research Program for Minority Students
- Vetward Bound Enrichment Summer Program at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
- U. of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute REU Programs
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Microbiology in the Post Genome Era REU Program
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology REU Program
- Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Washington U. in St. Louis Amgen Scholars Program
- Washington U. in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP)
- Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program
- Washington U. in St. Louis Summer Study in France for the Pre-Med Student
- Wayne State U. School of Medicine Cancer Biology Graduate Program Undergraduate Summer Fellowships
- Wayne State U. School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- Wayne State U. School of Medicine Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Wayne State U. School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Access Summer Research Program
- Wellesley College Summer Research in Chemistry and Physics
- Wesleyan University Hughes Summer Research Program (for Connecticut residents)
- West Penn Allegheny Health System Center for Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Research Internships
- Williams College Mathematics and Statistics REU (SMALL Undergraduate Research Project)
- U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology International Research Experience for Students in Microbiology
- U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
- U. of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
- Yale U. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) REU Program
- Yale U. Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Yale U. School of Medicine Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP)