Fellowships and Research Opportunities Elsewhere
Programs Organized by Research Areas
Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Quantitative Sciences
Behavioral and Social Sciences
View the list of opportunities by geographic region
Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
| Field of Research | Host Institution | Name of Program (linked to web site) | Geographic Area |
| Animal Sciences | University of Missouri | Miller Summer Research Internships in Animal Sciences | Midwest |
| Anthropogenic Impacts on the Environment | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Summer Undergraduate Research Focus (SURF) | Southwest |
| Aquatic Chemical Ecology | Georgia Institute of | Aquatic Chemical Ecology Program (REU) | Southeast |
| Aquatic Chemical Ecology | Georgia Institute of | Aquatic Chemical Ecology Program (REU) | Southeast |
| Bioinformatics and Bioengineering | Virginia Commonwealth University | Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute | Southeast |
| Biological Sciences | Penn State University | Summer Research Opportunities Program | Midatlantic |
| Biological Sciences | SUNY Stonybrook | Long Island Group Advancing Science Education (LIGASE) | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Delaware Bay | Annual and summer research jobs/internships |
Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | University of Cincinatti | Several Biology programs (can apply for all at once) | Midwest |
| Biological Sciences | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | Midwest |
| Biological Sciences | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT Department of Biology Summer Research Training Program | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Rockefeller University | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Columbia University | Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Cornell University | Cornell Hughes Scholars Summer Program | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Northeast |
| Biological Sciences | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Northwest |
| Biological Sciences | California Institute of Technology | MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships | Pacific |
| Biological Sciences | California Institute of Technology | Amgen Scholar Program | Pacific |
| Biological Sciences | Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia | REU Program | Southeast |
| Biological Sciences | American Physiological Society (APS) | Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship | Various locations |
| Biological Sciences/ cancer | Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases | Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship | Midwest |
| Biological, Geological, and Anthropological Sciences | Smithsonian Institute | Research Training Program | Midatlantic |
| Biology | Weber State University | The Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Biology of the Greater Salt Lake Ecosystem | Northwest |
| Biology, Biomedical or Chemical Sciences | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | PMABS Summer Research Program | Southeast |
| Biology, Computer Science, and Mathematics | National Cancer Institute | The Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) | Various locations |
| Biomedical Science | Case Western University Cleveland Clinic | Chester Summer Scholars Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical Science | Albert Einstein School of Medicine | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical and Dental Sciences | Yale University School of Medicine | Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) | Northeast |
| Biomedical Research | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | Midwest |
| Biomedical Research | Vanderbilt University | Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA) | Southeast |
| Biomedical Research | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Undergraduate Medical Research Fellows Program | Southwest |
| Biomedical Science | National Institutes of Health | Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research | Various locations |
| Biomedical Sciences | Washington University | BioMedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP) | Midwest |
| Biomedical Sciences | University of Michigan | Program in Biomedical Sciences | Midwest |
| Biomedical Sciences | New York University Sackler Institute and the Office of Diversity Affairs | Research Internship | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | Yale University School of Medicine | Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program (BioSTEP) | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | Harvard University | Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | Native American Health Organization of Harvard Medical School | Four Directions Summer Research Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | Cornell University | Access Summer Research Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | CAEC NSF-REU Summer Program | Northeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Summer Research Program | Pacific |
| Biomedical Sciences | Stanford University | Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP) | Pacific |
| Biomedical Sciences | Wake Forest University | Summer Research Opportunities Program | Southeast |
| Biomedical Sciences | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) | Southwest |
| Biomedical Sciences | The University of Texas Medical Branch | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Southwest |
| Biomedical Sciences | University of Arizona | Minority Health Disparities Research Opportunities | Southwest |
| Biosciences and Bioengineering | Rice University | IGERT Summer Internship Program | Southwest |
| Cancer Research | Washington University School of Medicine | Siteman Canecer Center Research Programs | Midwest |
| Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research | American Heart Association - Western States Affiliate | Undergraduate Student Research Program | Pacific |
| Cellular Engineering and Bionanotechnology | Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering | Summer Undergraduate Internship Program | Midwest |
| Earth and Environmental Sciences | Furman University | River Basins Research Initiative | Southeast |
| Ecology | University of Minnesota | Ecological Research Internships | Midwest |
| Ecology | Bradley University | Integrated Ecological Research | Midwest |
| Ecology | Harvard Forest, Harvard University | Summer Research Program in Ecology | Northeast |
| Ecology | Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook New York | Institute of Ecosystem Studies' Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | Northeast |
| Ecology | Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington | UNCF/Mellon Summer Internship Program in Ecology | Pacific |
| Ecology, Environmental | University of Michigan Biological Station | Research Experience for Undergraduates | Midwest |
| Ecology, Environmental Science and Conservation Biology | University of Florida | International Research Experience for Undergraduates | Ghana |
| Ecology, Environmental Science, and Conservation Biology | James Madison University | International Research Experience for Undergraduates | Ghana |
| Environmental science | Ursinus College | Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Northeast |
| Estuarine Science | University of Maryland | Research Experience for Undergraduates | Midatlantic |
| Food Sciences | Cornell University | Food Science Summer Scholars Program | Northeast |
| Foreign animal diseases | Plum Island Animal Disease Center | Research Particiaption Program (seniors and recent graduates only) | Northeast |
| Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | New York University | Howard Hughes Honors Summer Institute | Northeast |
| Genetics/Bioinformatics | Jackson Laboratory | Research Internship | Northeast |
| Genomics | NCSU Fungal Genomics Laboratory | Summer Internship Program | Southeast |
| Health Professions | Cornell University | Gateways to The Laboratory Summer Program | Northeast |
| HIV | Cornell University | HIV Education Project | Northeast |
| Infectious diseases | Association of Public Health Laboratories | Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program | Southeast |
| Marine Science | University of Miami | Marine Science Undergraduate Fellowship | Southeast |
| Marine Science and Engineering | Ocean University of China and Dalian University of Technology | REU-Marine Science and Engineering in China | China |
| Nanobiotechnology | Cornell University | Nanobiotechnology Center Research Experience for Undergraduates | Northeast |
| Plant Genomics | University of Missouri | Plant Genomics Internships at Missouri (PGI@MU) | Midwest |
| Plant Genomics | Cornell University | Plant Genomics Research Program | Northeast |
| Premedical | Cornell University | Travelers Summer Research Fellowship | Northeast |
| Proteomics | Youngstown State University | Summer Research Opportunities in Protemics | Northeast |
| Proteomics and Functional Genomics | University of Wisconsin Oshkosh | Research Experiences for Undergraduates | Midwest |
| Structure and Functions of Proteins | University of South Alabama | Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Southeast |
Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Quantitative Sciences
| Field of Research | Host Institution | Name of Program (linked to web site) | Geographic Area |
| Chemical Sciences | University of Arizona | Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences (CRCS) Program | Southwest |
| Chemistry | UC Irvine | Chem-SURF Program | Pacific |
| Chemistry | University of Cincinnati | REU Summer 2008 | Midwest |
| Chemistry | University of Georgia | Computational Chemistry | Southeast |
| Chemistry & Materials Science, Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Crtical Skills Internship Program | Pacific |
| Chemistry & Materials Science, Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Crtical Skills Internship Program | Pacific |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | Georgia Institute of | Chemistry Summer Programs | Southeast |
| Civil Engineering | UCLA | Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) | Pacific |
| Engineering | Cornell University | Engineering Summer REU Program | Northeast |
| Engineering | University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) | NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) | Southeast |
| Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or Physical/life sciences | NASA | Undergraduate Student Research Program | Various locations |
| Life Science-Bio, Chem, Vet. Med | Louisiana State University | LSU/HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Southeast |
| Life sciences | James Madison University | Shenandoah Valley | Midatlantic |
| Life Sciences/ Engineering | Georgia Tech/ Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues | Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Southeast |
| Life Sciences/ Engineering | Georgia Tech/ Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues | Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Southeast |
| Materials Research | Cornell University | Research Experience for Undergraduates | Northeast |
| Materials Science and Engineering | Georgia Institute of | SURF 2007 (Research Experience for Undergraduates) | Southeast |
| Math, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Quantitative and Physical Training Program | Southwest |
| National Security, Space Systems, Astronautical Engineering | Institute for Defense Analyses | IDA Summer Internship Program | Midatlantic |
| Neuroscience | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers University | Summer Research Program | Northeast |
| Neuroscience | NYU | NYU Center for Neural Science | Northeast |
| Ocean Science and Technology | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | Summer Internship Program | Pacific |
| Oceanography | University of Rhode Island | Fellowships in Oceanography | Northeast |
| Organic chemistry | Multiple institutions | Theoretically Interesting Molecules | Various locations |
| Physical Sciences | U.S. Department of Energy | The Global Change Education Program (GCEP) | Various locations |
| Physical Sciences | Trinity University San Antonio, TX | REU AI & Multi-agent system problems | Southwest |
| Physical and Quantitative Sciences | University of Texas Southwestern | Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF) | Southwest |
| Physical Science and Engineering | Various Universities | Hooked on Photonics REU | Various locations |
| Radiochemistry | University of Missouri | Radiochemistry Research Internship Program | Midwest |
| Science, Engineering Etc | UCLA | Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) | Pacific |
| Science and Engineering | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Summer Student Fellowship Program | Northeast |
| Science and engineering research | Georgia Institute of Technology | Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) | Southeast |
| Science/Engineering | California Institute of Technology | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) | Pacific |
| Sciences | University of Massachusetts Medical School | NIH Summer Research Fellowship Program | Northeast |
| Sciences | Furman University | River Basins Research Initiative | Southeast |
| Sciences | Emory University | Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Emory (SURE) | Southeast |
| Sciences | University of South Alabama | NSF-REU: Structure and Function of Proteins | Southeast |
| Sciences and Engineering | Auburn University | Research Experience for Undergraduates NSF | Southeast |
| Sciences and Engineering | Institutions in Germany | RISE- Research Internships in Science and Engineering | Germany |
| Sciences and Engineering | Kansas University | Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates | Midwest |
| Sciences and Engineering | Penn State | BRIE Research Experience for Undergraduates | Northeast |
| Sciences and Engineering | Virginia Tech | High Performance Materials & Polymer Chemistry | Southeast |
| Sciences and engineering: Micro- and nanosystems | University of California-Irvine | The Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IM-SURE) | Pacific |
Sciences, Engineering OPEN TO GRADUATING SENIORS. |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers University | Research In Science and Engineering (RISE) | Northeast |
| Sciences, Engineering, Math | HHMI Janelia Farm | Summer Research Program | Midatlantic |
| Sciences, Engineering, Math | University of California San Diego | Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences | Pacific |
| Technical Sciences | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Northeast |
| Field of Research | Host Institution | Name of Program (linked to web site) | Geographic Area |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | University of Maryland | Summer Research Initiative | Midatlantic |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | University of Virginia | Risk and Prevention in Education Sciences (RPES) | Midatlantic |
| Natural and Social Sciences | Smithsonian Institute | Smithsonian Minority Internship Program | Midatlantic |
| Natural Sciences | The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | Research Experiences for Undergraduates | Northeast |
| Psychology and Biology | Davidson College | Research Experiences for Undergraduates | Southeast |
| Psychology and Biology | Davidson College | Research Experiences for Undergraduates | Southeast |
| Social Science and Humanities | Aspen Institute - Nonprofit Sector Research Fund | William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students | Midatlantic |
| Social Sciences and Ethnography | University of California, Los Angeles | REU in Ethnographic Research | Pacific |
| Social Sciences and Ethnography | University of California, Los Angeles | REU in Ethnographic Research | Pacific |
| Field of Research | Host Institution | Name of Program (linked to web site) | Geographic Area |
| Archaeology | U. C. Berkeley | The Tel Dor Archaeological Expedition (volunteers) | Israel |
| Art and Museum Studies | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Internships for College and Graduate Students | Northeast |
| Arts Administration, Theater Prodcution, Dance | Jacob's Pillow | Jacob's Pillow Intern Program | Northeast |
| Arts and Production | Glimmerglass Opera | Glimmerglass Opera | Northeast |
| Film and Video | University Film and Video Association | Carole Fielding Student Grants | Various locations |
| Humanities/Social Sciences | UCLA | Bunche Center Summer Humanities Institute (SHI) | Pacific |
| Humanities, arts, Interactive Digital Media | UC Santa Barbara | Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program | Pacific |
| Journalism, Copy Editing, Photography | The Washington Post | Newsroom Summer Internship Program | Midatlantic |
| Law and Social Science | American Bar Foundation | Diversity Fellowships in Law and Social Science | Midwest |
| Public Service | Everett Organizations | Everett Public Service Internship Program | Northeast |
| Field of Research | Host Institution | Name of Program (linked to web site) | Geographic Area |
| Multiple fields | University of Alabama at Birmingham | SIBS Undergraduate Research Program | Southeast |
| Multiple fields | University of Alabama at Birmingham | SIBS Undergraduate Research Program | Southeast |
| Multiple fields | Department of Energy and Oak Ridge Institute | DOE Scholars Program | Various locations |
| Multiple fields | NASA | Undergraduate Student Research Program | Various locations |
| Various fields | Smithsonian Institution | Opportunities for Research and Study | Midatlantic |
| Various Fields | University of Cinncinati | Multiple Research Programs | Midwest |
| Various fields | University of Michigan | Summer Research Opportunity Program | Midwest |
| Various fields | Committee on Institutional Cooperation | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Midwest |
| Various Fields | Cornell University | Summer Research Early Identification Program | Northeast |
| Various fields | John F. Kennedy Library Foundation | Research Grants and Fellowships | Northeast |
| Various fields | RWTH AACHEN University | Undergraduate Research Internship Program (UROP) | Germany |
| Various Fields | University of Georgia | Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) | Southeast |
| Various Fields | Oak Ridge Associated Programs | ORISE and ORAU | Various locations |
| Various Fields | Leadership Alliance | Summer Research | Various locations |
| Various Fields | Trinity University San Antonio, TX | REU AI & Multi-agent systems | Southwest |
| Various Fields | Northwestern University | Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) | Midwest |