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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  • If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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NSF REU Summer Integrative Neuroscience Experience

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Florida Atlantic University

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

3/5/2020

Neuroscience, Undergraduate

NSF Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) in Multi-Scale Biomolecular Networks (BioNetworks)

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RICE University (Houston, TX)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/7/2020

Biological sciences, Undergraduate

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

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Baruch College (New York, NY)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Undergraduate

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Snapshots of Chemistry: Visualization at the Molecular Level

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University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International

2/15/2020

Chemistry , Undergraduate

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at K-State: Interactions of Matter, Light and Learning

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Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/18/2020

Physics, Undergraduate

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in Radioecology

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University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) (Aiken, SC)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/31/2020

Ecology, Undergraduate, biology, Environmental sciences

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program - Imaging in the Physical Sciences

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Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Physics, imaging sciences, Undergraduate

NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Integrating Biology from Molecules to Ecosystems

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University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Molecular biology, Cell biology, Developmental biology, Evolutionary biology, and Ecosystem Biology, Undergraduate, biology

NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Biological Research in Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology (BREED) Program

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San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/24/2020

Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Biology, Undergraduate, Biology

NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Sensor Science and Engineering

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University of Maine (Orono, ME)

U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/15/2020

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, Undergraduate

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