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Summer Research Programs

Welcome to our database of summer research programs for undergraduates!

Research experiences for undergraduates (REUs, also known as SURPs or SURFs) are paid summer internships, usually for 6-8 weeks (sometimes including housing) at research institutions. Undergraduates are paired with a lab and gain valuable research experience. These are extremely helpful for obtaining post-graduate jobs in STEM and applying to graduate or professional schools.

 
Our database contains more than 450 SURP programs. We encourage you to use the drop down menus below (in different combinations, if necessary!) to help you find a program that is right for you.

Notes:

  • If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure. Deadlines are usually around the same time each year, so a program deadline for 2021 will usually correspond to roughly the same time in 2022. If a webpage appears non-functional, it could mean that the program's website URL has changed - if you are interested in a specific program, try googling it to see if there is a more current website.

  • ​For prospective Physician-Scientists (MD-PhD/DO-PhD), check out this additional list by the American Physician Scientists Association.

  • We welcome new submissions! To submit an entry to this database, please click here.

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Genomics Summer Resarch for Minorities

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University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/3/2020

Genomcs, Genetics, Biology, Undergraduate

Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (GT-IEN) - SENIC Undergraduate Internship in Nanotechnology (SUIN)

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Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC) (Atlanta, GA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Electronics, engineering, nanotechnology, Undergraduate

Global Environmental Microbiology (GEM) Summer Course

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University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Microbiology, Undergraduate, biology

Growing up STEM REU

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North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Discipline-based education, Undergraduate, Education

HERS Internship Program

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The University of Kansas Haskell Environment Research Studies (Lawrence, KS)

U.S. Citizen

3/6/2020

Environmental sciences, climate change research, Undergraduate

Human-Computer Interaction Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program

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Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/15/2020

Computer science, Undergraduate

IICD Summer Research Internship for Undergraduates

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Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics (Columbia University) (New York, NY)

US citizen or permanent resident

February

mathematics, computer science, statistics, computational biology, data science, biology, engineering, etc.

INSIGHT Injury Science Summer Research Program

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University of Washington Medicine - Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (Seattle, WA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International students at U.S. universities, DACA students

1/15/2020

Medicine, Undergraduate, Biomedical sciences, Psychology

IRIS Summer Undergraduate Internship

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Next IRIS Generation (Washington, DC), Multi-institution

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Seismology, Undergraduate, Geology

ISTernship Summer Program

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IST Austria

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International student

2/1/2020

STEM, Undergraduate, Biology

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Our databases are maintained as a volunteer effort by our team.

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