Summer Research/Internship Opportunities
Programs at the University of Rochester:
- Summer Research Internships in Sustainability
- 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
- UR Gwen M. Greene Career Center: Jobs, Internships and Research Experiences
Programs outside the University of Rochester:
- APS/IBM Summer Internships for Undergraduate Women
- RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) in Germany
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute Summer Internship Program
- Summer Cancer Research Fellowship/Internship Program sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's Integrative Cancer Biology Program (NCI ICBP)
- Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy REU program
- UC Berkeley Amgen Scholars Program
- U.S. Department of Energy's Educational Programs - Argonne National Laboratory
- Department of Energy Scholars Program - Summer
- UR Gwen M. Greene Career Center: Jobs, Internships and Research Experiences
- National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Sites
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Undergraduate Student Opportunities
- SUNY Oswego's Global Laboratory Research Abroad Program
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Summer Research Experiences
- UT Knoxville Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology REU program
- UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference
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.