Science and Engineering
The American Mathematical Society
Location: 201 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904-2294 USA
Field: Education in Mathematics
Website: http://www.ams.org/programs/students/undergrad/emp-reu
The American Physiological Society
Field: Education in Physiological Science
Website: http://www.the-aps.org/education/ugsrf/sumreslinks.htm
Nation Science Foundation
Location: 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA
Field: Education in Science, Math and Engineering
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, Pre-Service Teacher (PST) Training/Research
Location: San Francisco, California; Colden, Colorado; Falls, Idaho; Chicago, Illinois; Ames, Iowa; Princeton, New Jersey; Long Island, New York; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Richland, Washington (various laboratories)
Field: Education in Science, Math and Technology
Year in School: 18 years in an undergraduate program
Other Eligibility: designed for students who have not had an opportunity to work in research environment; US citizen or permanent resident alien
Funding: $425/week; road trip costs; housing; transportation ($500)
Dates of Program: 10 weeks
Application Due Date: Feb. 1, 2011 (first day that labs make offers; can submit applications after this)
Components of Application: online application, recommendation
Notification Date: Apr. 1, 2011
Website: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/PST/about.htm
Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering and Science (SURE) at Georgia Tech
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Field: Engineering, Science
Year in School: at least junior level standing
Other Eligibility: minority students; US Citizen or permanent residents
Funding: $5,000 stipend, $600 travel allowance; meal plan; on-campus housing
Dates of Program: May 16-August 5
Application Due Date: March 1; received by 5pm EST
Components of Application: transcript (unofficial) , statement of interest, 1 faculty recommendation
Odds: approx. 30 spots; about 150 apply
Website: http://www.sure.gatech.edu/index.html
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Field: Engineering, Science, Technology, Agriculture
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: completed at least 4 semesters
Funding: $3600 total stipend; 600 housing allowance
Dates of Program: May 23-August 5
Application Due Date: Feb. 16, 2011 (but will continue to be accepted through March 11)
Components of Application: official transcript, application, 1 faculty recommendation
Odds: 170 spots
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/SURF/Programs/Campus
IBM Research Intern Program
Location: New York, California, Texas, Massachusetts
Field: Information Technology
Funding: Paid
Components of Application: online employment application
Website: http://domino.research.ibm.com/hr/w3www_summer_watson.nsf/pages/index.html
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York
Field: Chemistry, Physics, Engineering
Year in School: undergraduates
Other Eligibility: US citizens or permanent residents; minority and female candidates strongly encouraged
Funding: $4000 stipend, on-campus housing, travel funds, NOT food
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12
Application Due Date: Mar. 1, 2011
Components of Application: official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation (faculty),
Website: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/reu/
Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP)
Location: 19 laboratories
Field: science and engineering
Year in School: complete sophomore year; students graduating in Spring 2011 are eligible
Funding: $7690 stipend; no housing
Dates of Program: as early as first week in May; 10 weeks
Application Due Date: Jan. 7, 2011; references and transcripts by Jan. 14 @ 5:30 EST
Notification: early-mid may
Odds: 174 undergrads
Website: http://nreip.asee.org/
NASA Education Associates Program (EAP)
Location: NASA Center where position is open
Field: Depends on available positions (website)
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: all undergraduates
Other Eligibility: academic major in engineering, math, computer science, physical science, life science, social sciences, arts, humanities, business, communications
Funding: stipend determined based on academic level, duration of internship and hours worked/week, sponsor can choose to offer travel reimbursement
Dates of Program: flexible (minimum of 2 months)
Application Due Date: no official deadline; supply-and-demand basis
Components of Application: online application, official or unofficial transcript, 1 letter of recommendation
Website: http://eap.usra.edu/
Loyola University Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Field: Microbiology and Immunology
Year in School: sophomores or juniors
Other Eligility: disabled students, minority students and smaller liberal arts institutions are encouraged to apply
Funding: 3000, lodging and travel expenses are responsibility of student
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12
Application Due Date: Feb. 15
Components of Application: application, transcript, 2 letters of recommendations
Notification: Mar. 31
Odds: 5 spots of 100 applicants
Website: http://www.stritch.luc.edu/lumen/deptwebs/microbio/summer/details.php#details
University of Minnesota Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Field: Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, Communicative Disorders
Year in School: completed 3rd year of college; US citizens and resident aliens only; no international students
Funding: $5000, room/board (university housing)
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12, 2011
Application Due Date: Feb. 1, 2011
Components of Application: on-line registration, hard copies of application form, 2 letters of recommendation (faculty), transcript
Notification Date: Apr. 1, 2011
Odds: 250 applicants
Website: http://www.cogsci.umn.edu/REU/reu.shtml
Tufts University Sackler School for Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Research; Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Field: Biomedical
Year in School: completed 1 year
Other Eligibility: under-represented in biomedical sciences
Funding: $4000 stipend, travel expense, on-campus housing
Dates of Program: June 5-August 12
Application Due Date: Feb. 15 (received)
Components of Application: application, personal statement, 2 letters of recommendation, official transcript
Notification Date: May 1.
University of Pittsburgh Musculoskeletal Research Center Summer Research Program **2011 not available yet**
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Website: http://www.pitt.edu/~msrc/summer/index.html
American Society for Microbiology; Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship (MURF) **2011 application no available**
Location: Multiple
Field: Microbiology
Year in School: freshman with college level research experience, sophomores, juniors or seniors
Other Eligibility: underrepresented students in microbiology; from non-research intensive institutions; have taken intro courses in biology, chemistry, microbiology
Funding: $3500 stipend; $1000 lodging; $500 travel
Application Due Date: Feb. 1
Website: http://www.asm.org/index.php/education/asms-microbiology-undergraduate-research-fellowship-murf.html
Carnegie Mellon NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Field: Multiple
Year in School: sophomores or juniors
Other Eligibility: non-research intensive universities, groups underrepresented in sciences
Dates of Program: May 29-August 6
Components of Application: online application, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation, SAT/ACT scores (unofficial)
Odds: 10 spots
Website: http://www.cmu.edu/bio/research/undergrad_research/summer/student_other_institutions/index.html
Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Field: Neuroscience
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: completed sophomore or junior year
Funding: $3500, on-campus housing
Dates of Program: May 31-August 5
Application Deadline: Feb 16 (postmark); Feb 18 (received)
Components of Application: on-line application
Notification Date: Mar. 18
Odds: 12 spots
Website: http://cnup.neurobio.pitt.edu/training/summer/index.aspx
Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Emory (SURE)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Field: Many
Year in School: “targets sophomores, juniors and seniors” but freshman can apply; US citizens and permanent residents; international students can apply under certain conditions
Other Eligibility: introductory science coursework for your degree; women and minority groups encouraged
Funding: $3,500, on-campus housing, travel funds available
Dates of Program: May 31-August 5, 2011
Application Due Date: Feb. 11, 2011 (5pm)
Components of Application: application, letter of recommendation, online application form, transcript (unofficial), personal statement
Website: http://www.cse.emory.edu/sciencenet/undergrad/SURE/SURE.html
Iowa State University Research Experience in Molecular Biotechnology and Genomics
Location: Ames, Iowa
Field: Biology, Chemistry, Agricultural sciences
GPA Requirements: >3.2
Year in School: finished freshman, sophomore or junior years
Other Eligibility: serve minority populations (including women); small liberal arts colleges; veterans/members of National Guard/Reserves; majoring in Biological, chemical, agricultural sciences
Funding: $4,400, travel ($500)), free on-campus housing
Dates of Program: 10 weeks
Application Due Date: Mar. 1, 2011 (received)
Components of Application: on-line application, unofficial transcript, 2 reference letters (Biology/chemistry professors)
Notification Date: Mar. 10
Odds: 10 spots
Website: http://www.reu.iastate.edu/homepage.shtml
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internships
Location: Livermore, California
Field: Many (individual programs)
GPA Requirements: >3.3 required (>3.5 preferred)
Year in School: advanced undergraduate or graduate students
Other Eligibility: US citizenship
Funding: “competitive pay”, housing responsibility of employee
Application Due Date: varies
Components of Application: interest form/resume to individual programs, statement of interest
Notification Date: Mar. 1
Website: https://internships.llnl.gov/selection.php
Lincoln Park Zoo Research Internship
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Field: Conservation and Science Department (Biology, Animal Behavior, Conservation)
Year in School: sophomores or juniors
Other Eligibility: requirements specific to individual programs
Components of Application: positions posted as they are available, can send resume to email
Website: http://www.lpzoo.org/conservation-science/resources/fellowships-and-internships
MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Field: Engineering, Science (not biology or neuroscience-related)
GPA Requirement: >3.5
Year in School: sophomores, juniors, non-graduating seniors
Other Eligibility: diversity (African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Ricans); US citizen, permanent resident, international student
Dates of Program: June 5-August 6
Application Due Date: Feb. 5 (received by)
Components of Application: application form, 3 recommendations (2 faculty); resume; official transcript
Notification Date: Mid March
Website: http://web.mit.edu/odge/undergraduate/msrp/index.html
MIT Summer Research Program in Biological Sciences and Related Fields
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Field: Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
GPA Requirements: >3.5 in science courses
Year in School: sophomores or juniors
Other Eligibility: under-represented minorities, first-generation college students, economically-disadvantaged backgrounds; non-research intensive colleges
Funding: campus housing, weekly stipend, travel allowance
Dates of Program: May 30-August 7
Application Due Date: Jan. 30 (6pm)
Components of Application: on-line application, 3 letters of reference (science faculty, research mentor), official college transcripts
Notification Date: Mar. 15
Website: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/outreach/summer_research/undergraduates.html
Miami University Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (SUMSRI)
Location: Oxford, Ohio
Field: Mathematics
Year in School: entering junior or senior year
Other Eligibility: minorities and women; completed college level calculus series and 1 proof-based math or stats course); US citizens or permanent residents
Funding: $3,200 stipend, travel allowance
Dates of Program: June 6-July 22
Application Due Date: Feb. 15
Components of Application: on-line application, unofficial transcript, statement of purpose, list of math/stats courses and textbooks used, 2 reference letters
Website: http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/
Mount Desert Island Biological Lab NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
Location: Salisbury Cove, Maine
Field: Biology (Molecular Biology, Physiology, Bioinformatics)
Year in School: completed 1 semester of undergraduate biology
Other Eligibility: US citizens or non-citizen permanent residents
Funding: $420/week, room/board, travel
Dates of Program: 8-10 weeks
Application Due Date: Jan. 14
Components of Application: apply online, official transcript, answers to short answer questions, 2 faculty recommendations
Odds: over 40 spots
Website: http://www.mdibl.org/undergraduate_students.php
NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP)
Location: participating NASA Center
Field: science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: rising sophomores, juniors, seniors
Other Eligibility: US citizen; major in science, math, or engineering
Funding: $6000, airfare
Dates of Program: 10 weeks (June-August)
Application Due Date: Mar. 1
Components of Application: online application, unofficial transcript, 1 letter of recommendation
Website: http://usrp.usra.edu/
Purdue Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Field: Any discipline in which Purdue offers a PhD program
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Other Eligibility: diversity
Funding: $4000, transportation, university housing
Dates of Program: 8 weeks
Application Due Date: Mar. 1
Components of Application: online application, application fee, official transcript, proof of English proficiency, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose
Website: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/diversity/srop-marcaim.cfm
Rutgers Research in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Location: Rutgers, New Jersey
Field: Science, Math, Engineering
GPA Requirement: >3.0
Year in School: at least completed sophomore year
Other Eligibility: US citizens or permanent residents, diversity, economically disadvantaged, non-research-intensive university
Funding: $3,200 for 8 weeks, $4000 for 10 weeks, free on-campus housing, travel
Dates of Program: May 31-July 22 (or August 5) (optional 2 week extension)
Application Due Date: rolling admissions (start reviewing Jan. 15)
Components of Application: online application, unofficial transcript, personal statement, 2 letters of recommendation
Odds: 20-25 spots
Website: http://rise.rutgers.edu/
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Science
Location: many places
Field: individual scientists select own summer interns; no centralized selection process
Year in School: undergraduates; seniors must have proof of plans to continue education
Funding: depends on level of training (about $2,000), no housing
Dates of Program: 8 continuous weeks between May and September
Application Due Date: Mar. 1, begin reviewing after Feb. 1; recommendations due March 15
Components of Application: online application, brief cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript, 2 letters of recommendation
Odds: 1200 of 6700 (year 2010)
Website: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip
Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program
Location: Bar Harbor, Maine
Field: Science Writing, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Developmental Biology and Aging, Genomics, Hematology/Immunology, Metabolic Diseases, Neurobiology and Sensory Deficits
Year in School: at least 1 semester of undergraduate school remaining before graduation
Other Eligibility: applications from minorities are strongly encouraged
Funding: $3,600 for 9 week; $4,400 for early start
Dates of Program: May 29-August 12 (June 11 for Regular start)
Application Due Date: Feb. 2 (postmark)
Components of Application: online application, 2 letters of reference, official transcript
Notification Date: late-March
Odds: in 2010: 31 of 322 accepted (college and high school)
Website: http://education.jax.org/summerstudent/index.html
Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)
Location: New York, New York
Field: Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Chemistry, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Immunology, Virology and microbiology, Neuroscience, Physics, Mathematical Biology
Year in School: sophomores and juniors
Funding: $3,000; free housing
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12
Dates of Program: Feb. 1
Components of Application: online application, 2 page summary statement, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation
Notification Date: mid-March
Odds: 15 of 500
Website: http://www.rockefeller.edu/surf/
Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Location: New York, New York
Field: Biomedical
GPA Requirement: >3.0
Year in School: freshman, sophomores, juniors
Other Eligibility: completed general biology and/or chemistry
Funding: $3,000; housing
Dates of Program: first Monday in June; 10 weeks
Application Due Date: Feb. 1
Components of Application: online application, admissions essay, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation (faculty)
Notification Date: March 1-15
Website: http://www.sloankettering.edu/gerstner/html/54513.cfm
University of Alabama at Birmingham Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program **2011 information not available**
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Field: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Environmental Health Sciences, genetics, medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology and Biophysics
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: finished sophomore or junior year
Other Eligibility: interested in students having no local campus access to research experiences and students from groups underrepresented in the sciences
Funding: $2,000, campus housing
Dates of Program: 8 weeks; May-July
Components of Application: application form, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation, statement of academic interest and career goals, resume
Odds: 10 spots
Website: http://peir.path.uab.edu/sibs/
Weill Cornell, Rockefeller, Sloan-Kettering Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program
Location: New York, New York
Field: Biomedicine
GPA Requirements: >3.0 (average GPA of participants is 3.7)
Year in School: focuses on freshman and sophomore college students
Other Eligibility: underrepresented minority and disadvantaged college students who wish to pursue MD-PHD; completed college level calculus
Funding: $4,300, travel expenses
Dates of Program: 10 weeks
Application Due Date: Feb. 1
Components of Application: application, personal statement, 2 letters of recommendation (faculty), copy of SAT scores, proof of citizenship
Odds: 15 of 100 applicants
Website: http://www.med.cornell.edu/mdphd/summerprogram/
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research Program
Location: New York, New York
Field: Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Computational Biology
Year in School: sophomore or junior
Funding: $4,000; room and board
Dates of Program: June 7-August 13
Application Due Date: Jan. 15 (received)
Components of Application: online application, 2 recommendations
Notification Date: end of March
Odds: 25 spots
Website: http://www.cshl.edu/education/urp
Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science
Location: Houston, Texas
Field: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics
Year in School: undergraduates with at least 50 semester hours of credit
Other Eligibility: selected without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap status, etc.
Funding: $5,000, travel stipend ($1,000)
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12
Application Due Date: Jan. 21 (received)
Components of Application: online application, 3 letters of reference, proficiency of English
Notification Date: Mar. 7
Website: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpiintern/
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Summer Student Research Assistantships
Location: Socorro, New Mexico; Green Bank, West Virginia; Charlottesville, Virginia
Field: Science, Astronomy, Physics
Funding: $610/week; housing provided only in Green Bank; travel ($850); 7 days lodging ($275)
Dates of Program: May 23, May31 or June 6; 10 to 12 weeks
Application Due Date: Feb. 1
Components of Application: online application, 3 letters of recommendation, unofficial transcript
Notification Date: Mar. 1
Website: http://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/summerstudents.shtml
NYC Center for Neural Science Summer Research Program
Location: New York, New York
Field: Neuroscience
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: completed sophomore or junior year; at least 1 course complete in neuroscience
Other Eligibility: courses in biology, math, psychology and neuroscience (if possible); priority given to minority students and women and pre-PhDs and from small colleges with limited research opportunities
Funding: housing, living expense, meal plan, reimbursement for travel
Dates of Program: May 23-July 29
Application Due Date: Apr. 15 (received); start reviewing applications March 11
Notification Date: mid to late April
Website: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/undergrad/surp/
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Undergraduate Marine and Atmospheric Science Fellowship
Location: Virginia Key (island near Miami, Florida)
Field: Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: juniors or seniors
Funding: $2000
Dates of Program: June 1-July 31
Application Due Date: Feb. 5 (postmarked)
Components of Application: cover letter, 3 letters of recommendation, official transcript, application
Notification Date: Apr. 30
Website: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies/sumfel.html
Washington University in St. Louis Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Field: Biomedical Science
Other Eligibility: diversity
Funding: $4,000 stipend, travel, housing
Dates of Program: May 31-August 5
Application Due Date: Jan. 31 (midnight)
Components of Application: online application, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation
Odda: 6-10 spots
Washington University in St. Louis Cellular and Developmental Biology Research Apprenticeship Program (CD-BioRAP)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Field: Cellular and Developmental Biology
Other Eligibility: diversity
Funding: $4,000 stipend, travel, housing
Dates of Program: May 31-August 5
Application Due Date: Jan. 31 (midnight)
Components of Application: online application, official transcript, 2 letters of recommendation
Odds: 10-14 spots
UT Southwestern Medical Center Quantitative and Physical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (QP-SURF)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Field: Biophysics, Computational Biology, Quantitative and Analytical Chemistry, Systems Biology
Year in School: complete sophomore year
Other Eligibility: must be enrolled in physics, computer science, mathematics, chemistry degree
Funding: $4,000; housing
Dates of Program: June 6-August 12
Application Due Date: Feb. 9
Components of Application: online application, official transcripts, reference letters
Website: http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept21010/files/234276.html
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health (CLEH)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Field: Environmental Studies
GPA Requirements: >3.0
Year in School: rising junior or rising senior
Funding: $500/week for living expenses
Dates of Program: June 8-August 12
Application Due Date: Feb. 2
Components of Application: application, resume, 2 letters of recommendation, 2 essays
Notification Date: Mar. 18
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/cleh/