Summer Research
External Opportunities
*NOTE: Please check with individual programs to make sure that summer 2026 funding is continuing as originally planned.
You can apply for paid research internships at other institutions (select examples below). Please see the additional resources available at the Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections.
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- Searchable Databases
- Comprehensive lists compiled by other universities
- Lists from professional organizations
- Opportunities by major:
Searchable Databases
- Cientifico Latino - over 500 summer research programs listed
- CUR Council on Undergraduate Research (internship and research opportunities database)
- Federal agencies (searchable by Zintellect)
- GoGovernment Federal Internship Finder (searchable database for US Federal Agencies internships)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Sites (typically restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- NSF Education and Training Opportunities (ETAP) (NSF pilot test of a database to search multiple NSF programs)
- Pathways to Science searchable summer research database (filters available for citizenship, location, discipline, etc.)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Searchable database of summer opportunities)
- University of Chicago (searchable database of opportunities)
- USA JOBS Internships (Federal internship portal)
- USA JOBS (Central repository for opportunities with the federal government)
Comprehensive Lists Compiled by Other Universities
- Health, Science and Research Summer Programs open to international students (compiled by UMichigan)
- Research Experiences for Undergrads (Google sheet compiled by Northwestern U)
- Select opportunity listings by discipline (compiled by the UWashington)
- Select clinical and health-science opportunity listings (compiled by Swarthmore College)
- Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Big 10 Academic Alliance; 1 app for 13 campuses
- Summer Research Opportunities (compiled by UNC Chapel Hill)
- Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP, offered by The Leadership Alliance; 20 universities)
- Summer Research Opportunities (10 tabs of opps compiled by UMissouri)
Lists from Professional Organizations
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Summer undergrad research programs; MD-focused
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Summer undergrad research programs; MD-PhD-focused
- American Chemical Society (Internships, REU's, Co-Ops, Fellowships, and Post-Doc Experiences related to Chemistry)
- American Mathematical Society (REUs, internships, scholarships, fellowships, undergrad to grad)
- American Physical Society - Physics
- American Psychological Association (APA) - Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Internships - Psychology and Neuroscience
- American Psychological Association (APA) Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research (SUPER) - summer research grant
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (summer research opportunities organized by state)
- National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc. (pre-health summer opportunities - searchable list)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - searchable database of NOAA opportunities
- Physics Today job and summer internship listings
- PsychResearchList - comprehensive resource list for all psychology career stages
Opportunities by Major: Natural Sciences
- ACCESS Summer Internship Program Advancing Cornell Career Experiences for Science Students (ACCESS) - Biomedical research in preparation for PhD programs
- Amgen Scholars Program – US universities
- Argonne National Lab – STEM research
- DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) – STEM internships in Germany
- Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program – STEM research
- Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) – STEM research
- Department of Energy (DOE) Seasonal Internship Program
- Department of Homeland Security Education Programs - STEM
- Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program - MD-PhD in biomedical research and academic medicine
- EduMed - STEM and healthcare research and internship programs for undergraduate students
- Fermilab Student Internships – Particle physics
- Internships in Scientific Research or Medicine for Undergrads (compiled by Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
- Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program - STEM-related life sciences research
- Leadership Alliance Summer Early Identification Program (SR EIP) - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Experience, UTexas; Biomedical, Clinical, Oncology, Imaging, Pre-Veterinary, MD/PhD
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Summer Programs - Chemistry, biochemistry, chemical biology, computational biology, intersection of engineering and biomedicine, molecular imaging, quantitative science
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) – STEM research at a DOE National Lab
- NASA Internships and Fellowships – STEM research, internships
- National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Sites – STEM
- National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) Fully virtual microbiology and computational immunology-related research opportunities for URM students
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - International ocean, fisheries, climate, space and weather science and policies
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program (SIP)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) training programs – undergrad, gap year, graduate, etc.
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) – STEM internships and fellowships with DOE/federal agencies
- Pre-Health Summer Opportunities (Google doc from Tufts' U)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Northwestern U; Cancer research in biomedical sciences
- Siteman Cancer CenterLeah Menshouse Springer Program - hands-on cancer research
- Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) - Atmospheric Science
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) internships (Stanford University)
- Summer opportunity listings for Life Sciences research (compiled by Tom Frederick of RIT)
- Summer internships in Neuroscience (compiled by the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscientists FUN)
- Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) - Pre-Healthcare skills: medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, public health, and more. Free six-week enrichment program
- Summer Research Database (Google doc from Cornell University Office of Undergraduate Biology)
- Summer research opportunities in Biology and Neuroscience (Compiled by Amherst College)
- Summer research opportunities list in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Compiled by UC Berkeley)
- Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC - MD focus, Pre-Med, lab or clinical research
- UMissouri Summer Undergraduate Research Programs – various majors
- Undergraduate Research Programs – medical research careers
- UT Southwestern-Postbaccalaureate to PhD (PB2PHD) Program - Gap year (or two) of biomedical research for PhD or MD/PhD
Opportunities by Major: Engineering and Math
- Argonne National Lab – STEM research
- Argonne Lee Teng Fellowship – physics, engineering
- DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) – STEM internships in Germany
- Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program – STEM
- Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) – STEM research
- Department of Energy (DOE) Seasonal Internship Program
- Department of Homeland Security Education Programs - STEM
- Federal Opportunities for Undergrads in STEM (across 11 federal agencies)
- Fermilab Student Internships – Particle physics
- Leadership Alliance Summer Early Identification Program (SR EIP) - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) – STEM research at a DOE National Lab
- NASA Internships and Fellowships – STEM research, internships
- NSF Engineering Research Centers - (engineering REUs at a variety of ERC's)
- NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) -various programs at 19 universities
- National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Sites – STEM
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) – STEM internships and fellowships with DOE/federal agencies
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Research Associateship Program (RAP) Summer Journeyman Fellowship - Engineering, Computer Science, Science Writing
- UMissouri Summer Undergraduate Research Programs – various majors
Opportunities by Major: Arts and Humanities
- Council on Undergraduate Research in the Arts and Humanities (Google list)
- International Radio and Television Society Foundation (IRTS) Summer Fellowship Program in a media career; undergrad and grad
- Leadership Alliance Summer Early Identification Program (SR EIP) - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- Library of Congress Junior Fellows Program (Multiple paid internships)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) – undergrad and grad internships in over 40 departments (see list)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Smithsonian, Office of Internship Programs
- Summer Experiences in the Arts and Humanities (Google list)
Opportunities by Major: Social Sciences
- CDC John R. Lewis Public Health Scholars Program – at seven universities
- FedEcon jobs - Research Assistant opportunities with federal economists
- Federal Reserve Summer Internship - select "Internship Family Group" under Job Category
- Harvard Program for Research in Markets and Organizations (PRIMO) - management and business research in 13 areas
- Leadership Alliance Summer Early Identification Program (SR EIP) - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- NSF REU Sites: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (typically restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- Psych Research List - several lists of resources in Psychology
- Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research (SUPER) - American Psychological Association summer research grant
- US State Dept, Pathways Internships Programs – various State Dept. Offices