Research Opportunities

Engaging in forefront scientific research offers at least four distinct advantages: 1) it allows you to pursue your intellectual curiosity; 2) it provides you with laboratory research skills that may set you apart from other applicants to medical school; 3) it permits you the opportunity to be a positive contributor to a team effort, and possibly be a co-author on a scientific publication (i.e., to leave a legacy of accomplishment); and 4) it lets your research supervisor, a respected researcher and possibly an MD, write an informed and potentially persuasive letter of recommendation. As with anything you do, PASSION and commitment to EXCELLENCE are key to success in research.

You can choose to do research at Clark (Directed Study) or other nearby institutions (academic internship), most importantly, UMass Medical Center. Your choice of labs in which to work should be based primarily on your interest in the area of research, but will also depend on availability of space and willingness of the principal investigator (PI) to take you into his or her lab.

Here are some basic steps to follow to explore research options:

1. Learn about what PIs are studying from websites

a. Clark faculty have descriptions of research interests on their departmental websites.

b. UMass faculty have descriptions of research interests on the UMass website. Names of UMass PIs who have expressed an interest in having undergraduate students work in their lab are available from Dr. Thurlow. To be considered for a pay or volunteer position in one of the basic science laboratories at UMMS, please submit a résumé to robin.pollier@umassmed.edu.

2. Contact 2-3 faculty and ask them about their research, what types of techniques they use, and if they would be willing to supervise you.

3. Offer to start by working 4-8 hours per week on a strictly volunteer basis so that you can get to know the lab and they can get to know you. Ideally, do this volunteering the semester before when you want to start a Directed Study or academic internship. When you propose to start a Directed Study or academic internship, be prepared to make a one-year commitment.

4. Explore summer research fellowships at Clark, UMass, and universities across the country. By doing volunteer work in a lab during the spring, you enhance your chances of being selected to work in that or another similar lab the following summer. A list of links to summer research opportunities is presented below. These links should at least help you get on track for finding a program that is right for you.

Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates

1. Agilent Technologies Internships in the U.S.
2. Alabama A&M University Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
3. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurobiology NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program in Neuroscience (SPIN)
4. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer in Biomedical Science (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
5. U. of Alabama at Birmingham Summer Intern Research Program in Genetics
6. U. of Alabama Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
7. Albany Medical College Graduate Studies Program Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
8. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
9. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
10. American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Research Fellowship
11. American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Research Opportunities
12. American Mathematical Society (AMS) Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs
13. American Museum of Natural History NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
14. The American Physiological Society Links to Institutions Offering Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
15. The American Physiological Society Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
16. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF)
17. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF)
18. Amgen Scholars Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology
19. U. of Arizona Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
20. U. of Arizona Graduate College Minority Health Disparities Summer Research Opportunities Program (MHD/SROP)
21. U. of Arizona NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Molecular Biosciences
22. U. of Arkansas Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Research Program
23. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Undergraduate Summer Resarch Program in Modern Optics and Optical Materials
24. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
25. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program (USSEP)
26. U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
27. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) List of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
28. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
29. Auburn University Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship
30. Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program
31. Baylor U. CASPER (Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research) Summer Undergraduate Research Program
32. Biogen Idec Summer Internship Program
33. Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) Student Internship Program
34. Boston University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Photonics
35. Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
36. Bradley University Biology Department NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
37. Brigham Young University Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
38. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Summer Research Program in Genomics
39. Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
40. California NanoSystems Institute Nanosystems Chemistry and Engineering REsearch NSF-REU Program
41. California State U. Fullerton Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
42. U. of California, Davis Health System Hugh Edmondson Research Fellowship
43. U. of California, Davis Physics Department NSF-REU Program
44. U. of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Enrichment Program (PREP)
45. U. of California, Riverside Bioengineering Research Institute for Technical Excellence (BRITE) NSF-REU Program
46. U. of California, Riverside Summer Undergraduate Nanoscale Research Institute for Science and Engineering (SUNRISE) NSF-REU Program
47. U. of California, San Diego Summer Research Opportunities
48. U. of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy Summer Research Training Program
49. U. of California, San Francisco Summer Research Opportunities
50. U. of California, Santa Barbara Materials Research Laboratory Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
51. U. of California, Santa Cruz Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
52. Caltech (California Institute of Technology) Amgen Scholars Program
53. Caltech MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships
54. Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
55. Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute (CRSTI) Student Intern Research Program
56. Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
57. Case Western Reserve University Department of Physiology and Biophysics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
58. Case Western Reserve University NSF Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
59. Case Western Reserve University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Biomedical Engineering
60. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Summer Research Program
61. Case Western Reserve University Summer Program in Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
62. Case Western Reserve University Summer Undergraduate Research in Pharmacology (SURP)
63. U. of Central Florida NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Lasers, Optics, and Optical Materials
64. Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students (CIRRUS) Summer Programs
65. U. of Chicago Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internship
66. U. of Chicago Department of Physics Summer REU Opportunities for Minorities and Women
67. U. of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences Summer Research Training Program
68. U. of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER) Program
69. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
70. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer/Enrichment Programs
71. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Surgery Experience (SSE)
72. U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship (SURF)
73. U. of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
74. U. of Cincinnati Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology Summer Training in Genetics (STING) Undergraduate Research Opportunity
75. U. of Cincinnati REU in Membrane Science, Technology, and Bio-Applications
76. U. of Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Cancer and Cell Biology and in Neuroscience
77. U. of Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
78. City of Hope Summer Student Research Program
79. Clemson University Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
80. Clemson University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
81. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Undergraduate Research Opportunities
82. Coe College Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
83. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
84. College of William and Mary Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
85. College of Wooster Physics Department NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
86. Colorado State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program in Molecular Biosciences
87. Colorado State University Psychology Department Summer Research Program on Mind and Brain REU
88. U. of Colorado at Boulder Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
89. Columbia University/Barnard College Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program
90. Columbia University Medical Center Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS) Biomedical Research Program
91. Columbia University Office of Pre-Professional Advising List of Summer Opportunities for Pre-Health Students
92. Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
93. Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology NSF Engineering Research Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (scroll down to second item on page)
94. UConn. Health Center Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (CCAM) Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in Quantitative Cell Biology
95. UConn. Health Center Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
96. UConn. School of Pharmacy Internships and Summer Research Opportunities in Pharmaceutics
97. UConn. Summer Research Fellowship Program
98. Coriell Institute for Medical Research Summer Internship Program
99. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Research Training for Science Undergraduates: Summer Research Experiences
100. Cornell University List of Summer Research Opportunities
101. Cornell University Nanobiotechnology Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
102. Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
103. Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities: CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program
104. Dartmouth Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program in Molecular and Cell Biology
105. University of Delaware Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
106. DePaul University MedIX: MEDical Informatics eXperiences in undergraduate research
107. Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute (DDRI) Summer Internship in Diabetes Research
108. Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) Collegiate Medical Summer Internship Program
109. Drexel University College of Medicine Minority Summer Research Training Program (MSRTP)
110. Drexel University College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
111. Duke University Department of Biology Listing of Fellowships and Research Opportunities in the Biological Sciences
112. Duke University School of Medicine Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
113. Duke University Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program
114. Duquesne University Chemistry and Biochemistry REU-ASSURE Program
115. Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Pediatrics Summer Scholarships Research Program (scroll down to bottom of page for links to Application Form and Fact Sheet)
116. Eli Lilly Summer Internship Program
117. Emory University Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) Behavioral Research Advancements in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Summer Program
118. Emory University Listing of Summer Research Programs and Internships
119. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST)
120. Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
121. U. of Florida College of Medicine Summer Research Program
122. U. of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
123. Four Directions Summer Research Program (FDSRP) for Native Americans at Harvard Medical School
124. Fox Chase Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
125. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Undergraduate Research Opportunities
126. Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program: Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
127. Genentech Summer Internships for Undergraduates
128. Genzyme Summer Internship Program
129. Georgetown University REU Program in Chemistry
130. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Program
131. Georgia Southern University Chemistry and Biology Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
132. Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
133. HACU National Internship Program
134. Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
135. Harvard Stem Cell Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program
136. Harvard University FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
137. Harvey Mudd College Summer Research in Chemistry
138. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Summer Program
139. Health Career Connection (HCC) Boston Internships
140. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Student Internship Program
141. Hope College Summer Hope Academic Research Program (SHARP)
142. U. of Houston Innovations in Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
143. U. of Houston Rice-Houston AGEP Summer Research Program
144. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Undergraduate Summer Scholars
145. Huntington Medical Research Institutes Summer Student Research Program
146. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Diabetes
147. U. of Illinois at Chicago Summer Research Fellowship Program in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
148. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellows (HURF) Program
149. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign HURF Program Research Opportunities Database
150. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
151. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
152. Indiana U. Bloomington Department of Biology NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Molecular Biology and Genetics
153. Indiana U. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
154. Indiana U. Department of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
155. Indiana U. Purdue U. Indianapolis (IUPUI) Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
156. Indiana U. School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Simmons Summer Internship Program
157. Indiana U. School of Medicine - Evansville Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Biomedical Sciences
158. Indiana U. School of Medicine Student Research Opportunities
159. Indiana U. School of Medicine Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program
160. Indiana U. School of Medicine Wells Center for Pediatric Research Summer Internship Program
161. Indiana U. School of Optometry Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
162. Indiana U. Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program
163. Iowa AGEP Summer Internship Program
164. Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
165. Iowa State University NSF Summer Research Program in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
166. Iowa State University Program for Women in Science and Engineering Summer Research Internships
167. U. of Iowa Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
168. U. of Iowa Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunties Program (SROP)
169. U. of Iowa Free Radical and Radiation Biology Summer Program
170. U. of Iowa Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program
171. U. of Iowa Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Microbiology
172. U. of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
173. The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Research Program
174. James Madison University Chemistry Department Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
175. Johns Hopkins University Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) (scroll down to second item on page)
176. Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Exploration of Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine
177. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs Summer Internship Program (SIP)
178. Joslin Diabetes Center Summer Research Student Internship Program
179. Just Garcia Hill: A Virtual Community for Minorities in Science Summer Research Programs
180. U. of Kansas Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
181. U. of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program
182. U. of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
183. Keck Graduate Institute Undergraduate Research in Biotechnology and Bioengineering REU Program
184. U. of Kentucky Chemistry Department Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
185. U. of Kentucky Undergraduate Research Experiences in Functional Materials Summer Program
186. Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Summer Undergraduate Internships
187. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internship Opportunities
188. The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
189. Lehigh University Biosystems Dynamics Summer Institute Research Internships
190. Lehigh University Department of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
191. Loma Linda U. School of Medicine Biomedical Undergraduate Research Program
192. Los Alamos Summer School in Physics
193. Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Research Programs
194. Louisiana State U. Chemistry Department Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
195. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (for Louisiana residents)
196. Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Research Program
197. Louisiana State U. Undergraduate Summer Research Program
198. U. of Louisville Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
199. Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Research Programs
200. Loyola U. Chicago Bioinformatics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
201. Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
202. Loyola U. Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Discover Pharmacology Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program
203. Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) Summer Student Research Program
204. U. of Maine NEAGEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (SURO)
205. Marquette University College of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
206. Marquette University Summer Research Program in Biology
207. U. of Maryland Baltimore County Summer Biomedical Training Program
208. U. of Maryland Department of Bioengineering Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
209. U. of Maryland Department of Psychology Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Summer Research Internship Program for Undergraduates
210. U. of Maryland School of Medicine Summer Research Programs
211. Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Trainee Program
212. UMass. Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
213. UMass. Amherst NEAGEP Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
214. UMass. Amherst Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program in Nanotechnology
215. UMass. Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunities
216. UMass. Medical School NIH Summer Research Program
217. UMass. Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
218. UMass. Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
219. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research Opportunities
220. Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
221. Medical College of Georgia Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program
222. Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
223. U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
224. Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program (USRP)
225. Miami University Chemistry and Biochemistry Department NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
226. Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program at Baylor College of Medicine
227. Michigan State University Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
228. U. of Michigan Chemistry Program Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
229. U. of Michigan Health System Program for Neurology Research and Discovery Young Scholars Summer Program
230. U. of Michigan Medical School Office of Diversity and Career Development Summer Opportunities for Apprenticeships in Research (MedSOAR)
231. U. of Michigan Pharmacology Summer Research Program: Charles Ross Summer Research Fellowship for Minority Undergraduate Students (pdf)
232. U. of Michigan Physics Department Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
233. U. of Michigan Program in Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities
234. U. of Michigan Space Physics Research Laboratory Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
235. U. of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN
236. U. of Minnesota Chemistry Department Summer Undergraduate Research Program (REU)
237. U. of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)
238. U. of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
239. U. of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
240. U. of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Program in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
241. U. of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience (CPN) Neuroscience Scholars Summer Program
242. U. of Mississippi Summer Research Institute for Undergraduates
243. U. of Missouri-Columbia Cell and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Research Program
244. U. of Missouri-Columbia Chemistry Department Stevens' Summer Research Fellowships
245. U. of Missouri-Columbia Emerge Summer Undergraduate Research Internship
246. U. of Missouri-Columbia Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
247. MIT Amgen Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Scholars Program
248. MIT Department of Biological Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
249. MIT Summer Research Program in the Biological Sciences and Related Fields
250. Molecular Biology Research Summer Programs
251. Monell Chemical Senses Center Science Apprenticeship Program
252. Montana State University Complex Biological Systems Summer Undergraduate Research Program
253. Montana State University REU in Cell Biology and Neuroscience
254. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Graduate School of Biological Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
255. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)
256. NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
257. NASA/New York Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Cornell University (for NY state residents)
258. NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
259. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program
260. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups
261. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Sponsored Summer Research Training Program at Boston U. School of Medicine
262. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Summer Programs in Biomedical Research
263. National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
264. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) Physics Laboratory Research Opportunities
265. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
266. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)
267. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Summer Research Training Program
268. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research
269. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences and Other Neuroscience Research Training and Funding Opportunities
270. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
271. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
272. National Resource for Cell Analysis and Modeling Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling Summer Undergraduate Research Internships
273. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
274. National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Centers Undergraduate Summer Internships
275. Nebraska Center for Virology (NCV) Undergraduate Summer Research Experience in Virology (USREV)
276. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
277. U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Undergraduate Research Training in Redox Biology
278. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program
279. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program
280. U. of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program
281. U. of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
282. Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program for New Jersey Residents
283. U. of Nevada, Reno Chemistry Department Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
284. New York Space Grant Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities (for NY state residents)
285. New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Undergradute Research Program
286. New York University School of Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
287. New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
288. North Carolina State University AGEP Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
289. North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
290. North Carolina State University Physics Department Undergraduate Summer Research
291. North Shore-LIJ Health System Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Student Intern Research Program (scroll down to "Student Internship Program")
292. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART) Program
293. U. of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Training Among Research Scientists (STARS) Program
294. U. of North Texas Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
295. Northwestern University Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
296. Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Programa (SROP)
297. U. of Notre Dame Biological Sciences Department NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Program
298. U. of Notre Dame Nano Bioengineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
299. U. of Notre Dame NSF-IGERT GLOBES (Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment, and Society) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
300. U. of Notre Dame Summer Research Program in Physics
301. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Scientific Research Internships
302. Oakland University Physics Department Summer Materials Research Training (SMaRT) NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
303. Oakland University Summer Institute in Bioengineering and Health Informatics
304. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Educational and Research Experiences for Undergrads
305. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program
306. Ohio State U. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
307. Ohio U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
308. Ohio U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
309. U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
310. Oregon Health & Science U. Neurological Sciences Institute Summer Fellowship Program for College Students
311. Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine Graduate Programs Equity Summer Research Program
312. U. of Oregon Physics and Chemistry NSF-REU Program
313. U. of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
314. U. of Oregon Summer Research Program in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
315. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Internships or Fellowships for Undergraduates
316. Partners in Health Internships
317. Pasteur Foundation Paul W. Zuccaire Summer Internship Program
318. Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
319. Penn State Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
320. U. of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
321. U. of Pennsylvania Health System Division of Medical Genetics Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
322. U. of Pennsylvania Health System Molecular Biology Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
323. U. of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
324. U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Gastroenterology Division Undergraduate Student Scholars Program
325. Pepperdine University Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
326. Pfizer Global Research and Development (PGRD) Summer Internship Program
327. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
328. U. of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
329. U. of Pittsburgh/CMU MSTP Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS)
330. U. of Pittsburgh Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Summer Research Internships
331. U. of Pittsburgh Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Research Program
332. U. of Pittsburgh Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Physics
333. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
334. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
335. U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP)
336. Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
337. Purdue University Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
338. Rice University AGEP Summer Research Program
339. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering HHMI-Funded Undergraduate Summer Internship Program in Bionanotechnology
340. Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Internship in Cellular Engineering
341. RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Undergraduate Summer Research Program
342. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Biomedical Careers Program (BCP)
343. Rochester Institute of Technology Co-op/Internship Opportunities Links
344. U. of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science
345. U. of Rochester Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
346. U. of Rochester Medical Center Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program
347. U. of Rochester Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
348. Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
349. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
350. Sandia National Labs Internships
351. San Jose State University NSF-REU Summer Program in Physics
352. Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Summer Internship Program in the Biologic/Medical Sciences
353. Science Jobs Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships and Internships in the Sciences
354. Siteman Cancer Center Summer Research Opportunities
355. Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Internships, Undergrad Research Experiences, and Summer Programs for Chicano/Latino and Native American Students
356. U. of South Alabama College of Medicine Center for Lung Biology Undergraduate Research Opportunities
357. U. of South Alabama Department of Pharmacology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
358. U. of South Alabama Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
359. U. of South Alabama NSF-REU in Structure and Function of Proteins
360. U. of South Carolina Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research in Integrative Evolutionary Biology
361. U. of South Dakota Chemistry Department Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
362. U. of Southern California Chemistry Department NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
363. Southern Illinois U. Carbondale Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU
364. U. of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)
365. SRI Molecular Physics Laboratory REU Program
366. Stanford University Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURE)
367. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
368. Stony Brook University AGEP Summer Research Institute
369. Stony Brook University Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Scholars Program
370. Stowers Institute for Medical Research Undergraduate Student Research Program; Stowers Scholars Program
371. Summer Opportunities for ALANA (American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American) Undergraduate Students
372. Summer Programs Offered in Texas, Other States, and Internationally
373. Summer Research Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
374. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Life Sciences List
375. SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Summer Research Program
376. Swarthmore College List of Health-Related Summer Opportunities
377. Syracuse University Department of Chemistry NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
378. Syracuse University List of Summer Programs
379. Texas A&M University Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
380. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Accelerated Biomedical Research (SABR) Internships
381. U. of Texas at Austin Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
382. U. of Texas at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
383. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Physiology Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
384. U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pharmacology Department Summer Research Program
385. U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biomedical Sciences
386. U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program
387. U. of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine Summer Research and Academic Enrichment Training Program
388. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Undergraduate Summer Research Program
389. U. of Texas Medical School at Houston Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
390. U. of Texas Southwestern Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
391. U. of Texas Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
392. U. of Texas Southwestern Undergraduate Medical Research Fellows Program
393. Theravance (a biopharmaceutical company) Summer Internships
394. U. of Toledo College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program
395. Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
396. Tufts University Sackler School Summer Research Program
397. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
398. U. of Utah College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
399. U. of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute Undergraduate Summer Research
400. U. of Utah NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Integrative Biology for Undergraduates Program
401. U. of Utah School of Medicine Summer MCAT Preparation and Research/Clinical Training Scholars Program
402. Van Andel Institute Frederik and Lena Meijer Student Internship Program
403. Vanderbilt U. Department of Pharmacology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
404. Vanderbilt U. Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Research Program
405. Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship
406. Vanderbilt U. Summer Science Academy Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
407. Vanderbilt U. Vascular Biology Summer Research Program for Minority Students
408. Vetward Bound Program at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
409. U. of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program
410. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Wake Forest University Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute
411. Wadsworth Center Department of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
412. Washington U. in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP)
413. Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Summer Research Program
414. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
415. Wayne State U. School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in Biomedical Sciences
416. Weill Cornell Medical College Student Research Clearinghouse
417. Wesleyan University Hughes Summer Research Program (for Connecticut residents)
418. Western Kentucky U. Summer Research Program in Developmental Psychology
419. Western Washington U. Population, Health and Aging Summer Training Program for Undergraduates
420. West Penn Allegheny Health System Center for Genomic Sciences Undergraduate Research Internships
421. U. of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
422. Yale Science and Engineering Research (YSER) Programs and Funding Opportunities for Undergraduates
423. Yale U. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
424. Yale U. School of Medicine Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP)
425. Yale U. School of Medicine Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)