Summer Research/Internship Opportunities
- Programs at the University of Rochester:
- NSF BIO REU Program and GEBS Summer Scholars Program
- DeKiewiet Summer Research Fellowships in Biology and Medicine
- Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) Program (at SMD)
- UR McNair Research Program
- NSF REU Program in Physics and Astronomy
- NSF REU Program in Chemistry
- Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training
- Summer Research at the Center for Visual Science
- Summer Fellowship for Innovative Journalism
- Programs outside the University of Rochester:
- IBM Summer Internships for Undergraduate Women
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute Summer Internship Program
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Career Center Internship links
Also consider applying for a paid research internship at another institution. Research programs for undergraduates generally run 10 weeks, provide a stipend, and offer social activities as well as exposure to another campus.
Although the majority of programs listed below focus on the natural sciences, there are opportunities in the social and behavioral sciences, ethics and values, education and human resources, political science, economics, and a number of interdisciplinary areas.
- National Science Foundation's list of Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).
- Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).
- Integrative Graduate Educational and Research Traineeship (IGERT).