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 2008 awards are due on February 1, 2008. 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 3, 2008
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.
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.
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Baylor College of Medicine Biomedical Research Training Program (SMART)
Deadline: January 10, 2008
- California Institute of Technology’s SURF
Deadline: February 22, 2008
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) Summer ORISE Fellowship
Deadline: January 18, 2008
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Summer Research Fellowship
Deadline: March 1, 2008
- Clemson Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Deadline: March 3, 2008
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Long Island, NY
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Department of Homeland Security STEM Summer Research Internships
Deadline: December 14, 2007
- Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
Deadline: January 7, 2008
- Department of State Internships
Not all of the internships here involve research.
Summer deadline: November 1, 2007
- Duke University Marine Laboratory Bookhout Research Scholarships
Deadline: February 26, 2008
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
All summer internship applications must be received by the first Friday in April (April 4, 2008)
- Genome Sciences and Policy Summer Fellowship
Deadline: February 26, 2008
- Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues
Deadline: February 6, 2008
- Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology and Environmental Science
Deadline March 3, 2008
- Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Applications available January 7, 2008
- Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program
Deadline: March 3, 2008
- 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 1, 2008
- Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute
Deadline: January 31, 2008
- Hooked on Photonics at The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR)
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, NY
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- 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: February 15, 2007
- Janelia Farm Summer Undergraduate Scholars (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Johns Hopkins Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURF)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internship Opportunities
Deadline: February 28, 2008
- Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Loyola Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Summer Research Program
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- Maryland Sea Grant Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Deadline: February 29, 2008
- Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship
Deadline: February 22, 2008
- Mountain Lake Biological Station's Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Deadline: March 1, 2008
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Undergraduate Student Research Program
Deadline: January 31, 2008
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Applications accepted year-round.
- The National Institute of Health
Deadline: March 1, 2008
- The National Institute of Science and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2008. 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: April 30, 2007
- North Carolina State’s Summer Research Experiences
The deadlines vary with the programs.
- The Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis (NESLS) Program
Deadline: March 1, 2008
- 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, 2008
- The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
Deadline: January 31, 2008
- Pasteur Foundation: Paul W. Zuccaire Undergraduate Internships
Deadline: Recommendation letters for summer 2007 are due December 14, 2007
- The Smithsonian Environment Research Center Internship Program
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- The Student Conservation Association Internships
Deadline: ongoing
- Tufts Summer Research Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- UCSF Summer Research Opportunities
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- UNC Chapel Hill Carolina Summer Fellowships Program in Pharmacology
Deadline: March 2, 2007
- University at Buffalo Summer Internship for Biomedical Materials Science and Engineering
Deadline: none mentioned
- University of Maryland BSOS Summer Research Initiative
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- University of Maryland Institute for Systems Research’s (ISR) Research Experiences for Undergraduate Program (REU)
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- University of Maryland Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)
Deadline: February 23, 2008
- University of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- University of North Carolina Summer Research Program in Molecular Biosciences for Undergraduates
Deadline: February 14, 2008
- University of Texas Medical Branch Biomedical Research Program
Deadline: February 18, 2008
- University of Virginia’s Blandy Experimental Farm, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
Deadline: March 1, 2008
- University of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- Virginia Tech Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute 2008 Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
Deadline: February 1, 2008
- Virginia Tech Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program Summer Research Internships
Deadline March 1, 2008
- Wake Forest University Summer Research Opportunities
Deadlines vary by program, please check the website.
- Weizmann Institute of Science
Deadline: December 31, 2007
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship Program
Deadline: February 15, 2008
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swashzone Processes Student Fellowships
Deadline: March 15, 2008
