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If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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 Undergraduate Summer Research Experience

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Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Polymers science, Undergraduate, Biology, Engineering

NSF-CEPCEB REU Program in Next Generation Plant Biology

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University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

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Plant biology, Undergraduate

NSF-REU Internships in Astronomy

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Maria Mitchell Association Nantucket's Science Center (Nantucket, MA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Astronomy, Physics, Undergraduate

NSF-REU Summer Research Fellowship

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University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Materials science, Undergraduate, engineering

NSF-REU Summer Research Fellowship

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University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

STEM, Undergraduate, biology

NSF-REU Summer Research Fellowship

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University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Materials science, Undergraduate, engineering

NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Observing the Ocean

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Texas A&M Department of Oceanography College of Geosciences (College Station, TX)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/17/2020

Ocean sciences, Undergraduate

NWC REU

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University of Oklahoma National Weather Center (Norman, OK)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/10/2020

Atmospheric sciences, Undergraduate, environmental sciences

NYU Sackler Institute of Undergraduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Research (SURP)

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New York University School of Medicine (New York, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Biomedical sciences, Undergraduate