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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. Gordon-CenSSIS Engineering Research Center BIOSENSE REU Program
162. Grand Valley State University REU Program in Mathematics
163. Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
164. Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics Center for Causal Consequences of Variation (CCV) Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
165. Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
166. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Solar REU Program
167. Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program
168. Harvard University Bioengineering Education Research REU Program
169. Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
170. Harvey Mudd College Summer Research in Chemistry
171. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Internships
172. U. of Hawaii Cancer Center Summer Internship Program
173. Health Career Connection (HCC) Summer Internship Program
174. Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program
175. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Summer Training Programs
176. Hope College Summer Hope Academic Research Program (SHARP)
177. U. of Houston Innovations in Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
178. U. of Houston Office of Undergraduate Research List of Summer Research Opportunities
179. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Undergraduate Summer Scholars
180. Human BioMolecular Research Institute Undergraduate Summer Internships
181. Hunter College of the City University of New York Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
182. Huntington Medical Research Institutes Summer Student Research Program
183. U. of Illinois at Chicago REU in Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Biomedical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering
184. U. of Illinois at Chicago REU in Bioengineering, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
185. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
186. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
187. Indiana U. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
188. Indiana U. REU Program in Mathematics
189. Indiana U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Summer Internship Program
190. Indiana U. School of Medicine Student Research Opportunities
191. Indiana U. School of Medicine Undergraduate Research for Prospective Physician-Scientists and Physician-Engineers
192. Indiana U. School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research Summer Internship Program
193. Indiana U. Summer Scholars Institute
194. Internships in Scientific Research and Medicine (compiled by Noah Espinoza and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
195. Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
196. Iowa State University Mathematics and Computing REU
197. Iowa State University Summer Research Program in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
198. U. of Iowa Biosciences Program Summer Undergraduate Research Programs List
199. U. of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (BSURF) Program
200. U. of Iowa Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
201. U. of Iowa Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program
202. U. of Iowa Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
203. U. of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
204. Isis Pharmaceuticals Intern Program
205. The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Research Program
206. James Madison University Center for Materials Science Materials Research Experience for Undergraduates
207. James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics REU in Mathematics, Materials Science, and Chemistry
208. James Madison University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
209. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Diversity Summer Internship Program (DSIP)
210. Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics REU Program in Computational Sensing and Medical Robotics
211. Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
212. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs Summer Internship Program (SIP)
213. Just Garcia Hill: A Virtual Community for Minorities in Science Summer Research Programs
214. Kansas State U. Physics Department REU
215. Kansas State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SUROP)
216. U. of Kansas Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
217. U. of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
218. U. of Kansas Department of Molecular Biosciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
219. U. of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
220. Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
221. Kent State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU
222. U. of Kentucky REU Summer Program in the Biochemical Sciences
223. Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Summer Undergraduate Internships
224. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Internships
225. The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
226. Lehigh University Biosystems Dynamics Summer Institute Research Internships
227. Lehigh University Department of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
228. Lehigh Valley Health Network Summer Research Scholar Program
229. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (for Louisiana residents)
230. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Experience in Research (SUPER)
231. Louisiana State U. Summer Undergraduate Research Program
232. U. of Louisville Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
233. Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
234. 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")
235. Maine INBRE Summer Biomedical Research Fellowship Program
236. Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) Summer Student Research Program
237. U. of Maine NEAGEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (SURO) (scroll down to "summer research opportunities for undergraduate students")
238. U. of Maine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Sensor Science and Engineering
239. Maria Mitchell Observatory REU Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics
240. Marquette University Biological Sciences Summer Research Program
241. Marquette University College of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
242. Marshall University Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Internship for Minority Students
243. U. of Maryland Baltimore County Summer Biomedical Training Program
244. U. of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU Program
245. U. of Maryland School of Medicine Office of Student Research Summer Research Program
246. Masonic Medical Research Laboratory Summer Fellowship Program (scroll down to "Summer Fellowship Program")
247. Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center for Photomedicine Summer Internship Program
248. UMass. Amherst College of Engineering Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
249. UMass. Amherst Department of Chemistry MassCREST CURE-REU
250. UMass. Amherst Department of Computer Science Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
251. UMass. Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
252. UMass. Amherst Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Polymer Science and Engineering Department REU
253. UMass. Amherst Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program in Nanotechnology
254. UMass. Boston Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)
255. UMass. Boston Department of Biology REU in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology
256. UMass. Lowell Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) REU Program
257. UMass. Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Internship Opportunities (click on "Internship Opportunities")
258. UMass. Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
259. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
260. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
261. 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)
262. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research Opportunities
263. Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
264. Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
265. Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
266. U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
267. MetroHealth Medical Center The Chester Summer Scholars Program (for Ohio residents)
268. Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program at Baylor College of Medicine
269. Michigan State University Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (scroll down to "Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities")
270. U. of Michigan Medical School Office of Diversity and Career Development Summer Opportunities for Apprenticeships in Research (MedSOAR)
271. U. of Michigan Medical School Program in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
272. U. of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
273. U. of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN
274. U. of Minnesota Chemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Program (REU)
275. U. of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering REU
276. U. of Minnesota Hormel Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
277. U. of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)
278. U. of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
279. U. of Minnesota Summer REU in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
280. Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program
281. U. of Mississippi Summer Research Institute for Undergraduates
282. MIT Amgen Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholars Program
283. MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering REU Program
284. MIT Department of Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
285. MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Summer Research Program
286. MIT Department of Physics Summer Research Program
287. MIT Engineering Biological Machines REU Program
288. MIT Haystack Observatory REU Program
289. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Summer Research Program
290. MIT Summer Research Program
291. Montana State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Program
292. Montana State University Physics Department Solar Physics/Astronomy and Space Physics REU Program
293. Monteray Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship Program
294. Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Undergraduate Research
295. Mount Holyoke College Polar Science Research Project in Svalbard, Norway REU
296. Mount Holyoke College Summer Mathematics Research Institute
297. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)
298. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
299. NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
300. NASA/New York Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Cornell University (for NY state residents)
301. NASA Undergraduate Research Summer Internship in Planetary Geosciences
302. NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
303. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program Summer Cancer Research Fellowships/Internships
304. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program
305. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups
306. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
307. National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
308. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) Physics Laboratory Research Opportunities
309. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
310. 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)
311. 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
312. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
313. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences and Other Neuroscience Research Training and Funding Opportunities
314. National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
315. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
316. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
317. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Search
318. National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Scholars Internship Program
319. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
320. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Undergraduate Research Training in Redox Biology
321. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
322. U. of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program
323. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
324. Nemours/Alfred duPont Hospital for Children Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
325. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Research Training Program (HRTP)
326. New York Space Grant Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities (for NY state residents)
327. New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Undergradute Research Program
328. New York University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Summer REU Program
329. New York University School of Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
330. New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
331. North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry REU Program
332. North Carolina State University REU in Mathematics
333. North Carolina State University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
334. North Carolina State University Synthetic Biology Research Experience
335. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Biostatistics Summer Undergraduate Research and Education (BSURE) Program
336. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Summer Public Health Fellowship Program
337. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
338. U. of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology Carolina Summer Fellowship Program
339. Northern Illinois University Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Internship List
340. North Shore-LIJ Health System Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Summer Scientific Work Program (premed internship)
341. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART) Program
342. Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience) Program
343. Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
344. Northwestern University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
345. Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center Research Experiences for Underserved College Students
346. Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
347. U. of Notre Dame Department of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
348. U. of Notre Dame Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
349. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Scientific Research Internship Program
350. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Educational and Research Experiences for Undergrads
351. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program
352. Ohio State U. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
353. Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
354. Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
355. U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
356. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Undergraduate Research Internship Program
357. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Graduate Programs Equity Summer Research Program
358. U. of Oregon Physics and Chemistry REU Program
359. U. of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
360. U. of Oregon Summer Research Program in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
361. Organization for Tropical Studies REU Program in Costa Rica
362. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program
363. Partners in Health Internship and Fellowship Programs
364. Pasteur Foundation Summer Internship Program
365. Pathways Into Health Internships/Fellowships
366. Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP)
367. Penn State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) REU Program
368. Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program REU
369. U. of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
370. U. of Pennsylvania Health System Molecular Biology Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
371. U. of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
372. U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Gastroenterology Division Undergraduate Student Scholars Program
373. U. of Pennsylvania Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Sensor Technologies (SUNFEST)
374. Pepperdine University Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
375. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
376. U. of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
377. U. of Pittsburgh/CMU MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS)
378. U. of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
379. 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
380. U. of Pittsburgh Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Summer Research Program
381. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
382. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
383. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP)
384. Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) Materials Science REU
385. Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
386. Purdue University Department of Physics REU
387. Purdue University Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
388. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy REU Program
389. U. of Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography
390. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Internship in Cellular Engineering
391. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering REU Summer Research Experience in Biomolecular Networks
392. Rice University NanoJapan International Research Experience for Undergraduates
393. RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
394. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology
395. Rochester Institute of Technology Co-op/Internship Opportunities Links
396. U. of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science
397. U. of Rochester Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
398. U. of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy REU Program
399. U. of Rochester Medical Center Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program
400. U. of Rochester Medical Center Summer Scholars Program
401. U. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
402. Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
403. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology REU in Mathematics
404. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
405. Rutgers University Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) Summer Undegraduate Research Experience (SURE)
406. Rutgers University REU in Cellular Bioengineering
407. Sandia National Labs Internships
408. Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Summer Internship Program in the Biologic/Medical Sciences
409. Shoals Marine Laboratory Seabird Conservation Internships; Undergraduate Internships
410. Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program
411. Siteman Cancer Center Summer Research Opportunities
412. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Internship Program
413. Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Summer Research Internship for Undergraduates
414. Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Neuroscience Scholars Program
415. U. of South Alabama College of Medicine Center for Lung Biology Undergraduate Research Opportunities
416. U. of South Alabama Structure and Function of Proteins REU
417. U. of Southern California Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
418. Southern Illinois U. Carbondale Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU
419. U. of Southern Mississippi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in Chemistry and Biochemistry
420. U. of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)
421. U. of South Florida REU Summer Program in Computer Science and Engineering
422. SRI Molecular Physics Laboratory REU Program
423. Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)/Amgen Scholars Program
424. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
425. Stony Brook University AGEP Summer Research Institute
426. Stony Brook University Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME) Summer Undergraduate Stem Cell Research Program
427. Stony Brook University Nanotechnology Summer REU Program
428. Stony Brook University REU Physics and Astronomy Program
429. Stowers Institute for Medical Research Summer Scholars Program
430. Summer Opportunities for ALANA (American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American) Undergraduate Students
431. Summer Programs Offered in Texas, Other States, and Internationally
432. Summer Research Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
433. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences
434. SUNY Buffalo Chemistry REU Program
435. SUNY Buffalo CLIMB UP (Undergraduate Program) for Summer Research
436. SUNY Buffalo Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) REU Program
437. SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
438. SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Summer Research Program
439. SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
440. Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Polar Sciences Research Projects in Svalbard, Norway
441. Swarthmore College List of Health-Related Summer Opportunities
442. Syracuse University List of Summer Programs
443. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Physiology Undergraduate Research Experience
444. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pharmacology Department Summer Research Program
445. U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
446. U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
447. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Undergraduate Summer Research Program
448. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program
449. U. of Texas Southwestern Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
450. U. of Texas Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
451. Theravance (a biopharmaceutical company) Summer Internships
452. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Biomedical Research Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
453. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Clinical Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
454. Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
455. Triangle Universities (Duke U., NC State U., U. of NC) Nuclear Laboratory REU Program
456. Tufts University Department of Biology Summer Research Program
457. Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) Program
458. Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Post-Baccalaureate Research Program (PREP)
459. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
460. U. of Utah Department of Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
461. U. of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Program
462. Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy
463. Vanderbilt U. Vascular Biology Summer Research Program for Minority Students
464. Vetward Bound Enrichment Summer Program at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
465. U. of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
466. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute REU Programs
467. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Microbiology in the Post Genome Era REU Program
468. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology REU Program
469. Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Summer Undergraduate Research Program
470. Washington U. in St. Louis Amgen Scholars Program
471. Washington U. in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP)
472. Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program
473. Washington U. in St. Louis Summer Study in France for the Pre-Med Student
474. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Cancer Biology Graduate Program Undergraduate Summer Fellowships
475. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
476. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
477. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
478. Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Access Summer Research Program
479. Wellesley College Summer Research in Chemistry and Physics
480. Wesleyan University Hughes Summer Research Program (for Connecticut residents)
481. West Penn Allegheny Health System Center for Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Research Internships
482. Williams College Mathematics and Statistics REU (SMALL Undergraduate Research Project)
483. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology International Research Experience for Students in Microbiology
484. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
485. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
486. Yale U. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) REU Program
487. Yale U. Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
488. Yale U. School of Medicine Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP)