Research Opportunities

Discover research opportunities in departments and colleges by exploring their websites.

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards (URCAA)
The Office of National fellowships offers the opportunity to apply for one of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards. The applications for the 2009 awards are due on February 1, 2009. The recipients of the awards receive $4,000 to help offset the expense of doing research or a creative project under the direction of a supervising faculty mentor. The award can be used to pay for travel, supplies/material, and living expenses.

Recipients of the award are required to present their findings at a colloquium held in the fall semester following their summer of research.

Summer Research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
The eight-week summer research experience at the Mag Lab at Florida State offers unique opportunities to explore science at the extremes of magnetic field, pressure, and temperature.
Deadline: March 31

Certificate Program in Marine Biology
The Marine Biology Certificate Program is available to Biological Science Majors at Florida State University. The certificate provides awareness of the scientific and societal issues affecting marine life through both coursework and research/field work conducted with marine scientists.
Deadline: May 30

Florida State CompuStat Group
The mission of Compustat Group is to foster interactions and promote collaborations between faculty and students in the Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Biological Science, Chemistry, and College of Medicine at FSU. The CompuStat Group offers opportunities for interdisciplinary undergraduate research opportunities.

Explore Research Experiences and Internships
There are numerous programs across the country that welcome undergraduate students to engage in research opportunities during the school year and over the summer semester. Some of the experiences offer stipends, housing, and other benefits.

• Federal Government Internships

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

  Deadline: February 1

• Baylor College of Medicine Biomedical Research Training Program (SMART)

  Deadline: February 1

• California Institute of Technology’s SURF

  Deadline: TBA

• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Summer ORISE Fellowship

  Deadline: TBA

• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Summer Research Fellowship

  Deadline: February 15

• Clemson Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: TBA

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Long Island, NY

  Deadline: January 15

• Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships

  Deadline: February 1

• Department of Homeland Security STEM Summer Research Internships

  Deadline: January 5

• Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program

  Deadline: TBA

• Department of State Internships

  Not all of the internships here involve research.
  Summer deadline: November 1

• Duke University Marine Laboratory Bookhout Research Scholarships

  Deadline: February 15

• Field School in Urban Archeology University of Maryland

• Foreign Policy Research Institute

  All summer internship applications must be received by the first Friday in April
  Deadline: April 3

• Genome Sciences and Policy Summer Fellowship

  Deadline: TBA

• Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues

  Deadline: TBA

• Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology and Environmental Science

  Deadline TBA

• Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

  Deadline: March 27

• Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program

  Deadline: March 3

• GREAT Group Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

  Association of American Medical Colleges provides links to numerous summer research opportunities in the biomedical sciences

• Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology

  Deadline: February 6

• Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute

  Deadline: January 31

• Hooked on Photonics at The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR)

  Deadline: February 15

• Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, NY

  Deadline: February 1

• IGERT Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  Links to numerous opportunities in math, science, technology and engineering

• The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Research in Industrial Projects for Students

  Deadline: TBA

• Janelia Farm Summer Undergraduate Scholars (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  Deadline: February 2

• Johns Hopkins Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURF)

  Deadline: February 1

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internship Opportunities

  Deadline: January 1/February 28

• Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)

  Deadline: February 1

• Loyola Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Summer Research Program

  Deadline: February 15

• Maryland Sea Grant Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: February 12

• Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

  Deadline: May 1

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship

  Deadline: TBA

• Mountain Lake Biological Station's Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: February 20

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Undergraduate Student Research Program
  Deadline: January 23

• National Cancer Institute's Integrative Cancer Biology Program

  Deadline: January 21, 2009

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  Applications accepted year-round.

• The National Institute of Health

  Deadline: TBA

• The National Institute of Science and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

  Deadline: February 16. The National Institute of Science and technology offers summer programs in a variety of discipline. Students are encouraged to explore the various websites to discover the project areas and the opportunities they provide.

• The National Science Foundation

  This link offers a variety of research experiences for undergraduate students. You may search the site by state/location or by subject area. Students from any university are eligible to apply for these REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) programs

• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) REU

  Deadline: TBA

• North Carolina State’s Summer Research Experiences

  The deadlines vary with the programs.

• The Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis (NESLS) Program

  Deadline: March 1

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
  Deadline:  vary with programs. ORISE offers a variety of programs in numerous disciplines. Please search the programs on their website.

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Deadline: February 1

• The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)

  Deadline: January 31

• Pasteur Foundation:  Paul W. Zuccaire Undergraduate Internships

  Deadline:  December 19, 2008

• The Smithsonian Environment Research Center Internship Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Smithsonian Institution:  National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Special Olympics Health Student Grants
  Applications accepted year-round
  

• The Student Conservation Association Internships

  Deadline: February 15/March 15

• Tufts Summer Research Program in the Biomedical Sciences
  Deadline: February 15

• UCSF Summer Research Opportunities

  Deadline: February 2

• UNC Chapel Hill Carolina Summer Fellowships Program in Pharmacology

  Deadline: TBA

• University at Buffalo Summer Internship for Biomedical Materials Science and Engineering

  Deadline:  none mentioned

• University of Maryland BSOS Summer Research Initiative

  Deadline: TBA

• University of Maryland Institute for Systems Research’s (ISR) Research Experiences for Undergraduate Program (REU)

  Deadline: February 1

• University of Maryland Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)

  Deadline: TBA

• University of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

  Deadline: February 15

• University of North Carolina Summer Research Program in Molecular Biosciences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: March 1

• University of Texas Medical Branch Biomedical Research Program
  Deadline: February 18

• University of Virginia’s Blandy Experimental Farm, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

  Deadline: March 1

• University of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program

  Deadline: February 15

• Virginia Tech Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute 2008 Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

  Deadline: February 1

• Virginia Tech Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program Summer Research Internships

  Deadline March 1

• Wake Forest University Summer Research Opportunities

  Deadlines vary by program, please check the website. Ranges from February 13 - March 1

• Weizmann Institute of Science

  Deadline: December 31

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swashzone Processes Student Fellowships

  Deadline: March 15