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If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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Multiscale Sensing Actuation and Imaging Research Experience for Undergraduates

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Iowa State University (Ames, IA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

3/1/2020

Mechanical engineering, Undergraduate

Mystic Aquarium Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

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Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, CT)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

3/15/2020

Marine biology, Undergraduate

NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP)

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University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International

TBA

Planetary Geology, Geophysics, Undergraduate

NDNANO Undergraduate Research Fellowships (NURF)

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University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International

2/5/2020

Nanoscience, Undergraduate, engineering, biology

NSF Center for Genetically Encoded Materials Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

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Multiple - Berkeley, Yale, and more! (Berkeley, CA and more)

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US Citizens and permanent residents

February

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Structural Biology

NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) Summer Undergraduate Research Program

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Multi-Institution, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

chemistry, chemical engineering materials science, Undergraduate

NSF LSAMP REU in Costa Rica

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Organization for Tropical Studies

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

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Ecology, evolution, Undergraduate

NSF REU Program In Climate and Space Science Observation (PICASSO)

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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/31/2020

STEM, Undergraduate, biology

NSF REU Programs at Scripps Research

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Scripps Research (La Jolla CA or Jupiter, FL)

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Enrolled in U.S. institution

2/15

Biology, Chemistry, Undergraduate

NSF REU Site: Comparative and Developmental Origins of Social Cognition

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Yale University (New Haven, CT)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/29/2020

Psychology, Undergraduate

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