Research Opportunities

Summer Research

Opportunities for International Students

This is a select list of summer research opportunities available to international students studying in the US. Please see the additional resources available at the Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections and through the opportunity databases linked below that allow you to search based on availability to international students:

Pathways to Science searchable summer research database
Select opportunity listings by discipline (compiled by the University of Washington)
Select clinical and health-science opportunity listings (compiled by Swarthmore College)

If you have found a research opportunity at the University of Rochester and are looking for summer research funding, see the Discover Grant page or the DeKiewiet Summer Research Fellowships in Biology and Medicine funding page, both available to University of Rochester international students.

Internal Summer Internships

Please see the Internal Opportunities page; citizenship eligibility flags are noted in the program table.

External Summer Internships

Below is a chart of select summer internships outside the University of Rochester open to domestic and international student applicants.

Program	Application Deadline	Eligibility Flags
Aachen University International Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)	January 15	GPA 3.2 or higher
American Physical Society (APS) and IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities	January 31	GPA 3.0 or higher Woman and/or underrepresented minority
Amgen Scholars - Asia Programs	February 3	Current first-years, sophomores, and juniors
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research program	January 15	Current sophomores and juniors
DAAD RISE Germany (application support available through the Fellowships Office)	December 15	Current sophomores and juniors
Friends of UTokyo (FUTI) Summer Research Internships	January 31	UTRIP (current first-years, sophomores, and juniors) and UTSIP are currently the only two FUTI programs Rochester students are eligible to apply for
Georgia Regents University Student Training And Research (STAR) Program	February 3	Current first-years, sophomores, and juniors GPA 3.0 or higher
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, INSIGHT injury research internship	January 15	GPA 3.0 or higher Preference given to current sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program	February 3	Current first-years, sophomores, and juniors
Janelia/HHMI Summer Scholars Program	January 7	Prior research experience and knowledge of Python, MATLAB, or C++ required
Kupcinet-Getz International Science School (mathematics, physics, chemistry and the life sciences)	November 30	Current first-years, sophomores, and juniors GPA 3.6 or higher
Mayo Clinic and Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Biomedical Science	February 1	Current sophomores and juniors
Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Program for Undergraduate Research	February 1	Preference given to current sophomores and juniors with GPA 3.2 or higher
Michigan State University Engineering Summer Research Experience	Reviewed on a rolling basis; typically filled by April 1	GPA 3.2 or higher Current seniors not eligible
MIT Graduate Education Summer Research Program (Engineering, Humanities, Social Science)	February 1	Current sophomores and juniors GPA 3.5 or higher
NASA International Internship Program	Program-dependent	Open to students from select countries GPA 3.0 or higher
Ohio State University Summer Internships in Plant Pathology	March 15	Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors GPA 3.0 or higher
Santa Fe Institute Research Experience for Undergraduates	January 13	Rising first-years and current first-years, sophomores, and juniors
ThinkSwiss Research Scholarships	January 15	Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Research Fellowship	March 1	GPA 2.5 or higher
University of Connecticut Health Center Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences	March 1	Current sophomores and juniors
University of Lausanne Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland)	January 31	Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors GPA 3.75 or higher
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Undergraduate Student Scholars Program, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease	January 15	Current seniors not eligible
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program	February 3	Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors
University of Vermont Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships	Not taking place Summer 2020	GPA 3.0 or higher
Washington University in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP)	February 3	Current first-years, sophomores, and juniors
West Virginia University Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Internships (SURI)	Will re-launch in Fall 2019	Current sophomores and juniors
West Virginia University School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Fellowship Program	March 2	Contact potential PI to establish collaboration for best chances