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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  • If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL)

US Citizen or Permanent Resident

February

Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines

Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/16/2020

Biomedical sciences, injury sciences, Undergraduate

Innovations in Pain Research Summer Program

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University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Biomedical sciences, pain research, Undergraduate

Integrated Academia-Industry Research Experience For Undergraduate In Smart Structure Technology

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University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) and San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Engineering, Undergraduate

Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates

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University of Wisconsin - Madison (Madison, WI)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/15/2020

Biology, Undergraduate

Integrative Microbial and Plant Systems Research Experience

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North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/28/2020

Plant biology, Undergraduate

Interdisciplinary & Quantitative Biology Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

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University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/15/2020

Computational biology, Undergraduate

Interdisciplinary Materials Research, Research Experience for Undergraduates

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Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/24/2020

Materials science and engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Engineering, Microbiology, Undergraduate

Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/28/2020

Computational sciences, high school senior

Internship Program at the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)

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Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Environmental sciences, Undergraduate

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