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If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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CERN Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (UM-CERN REU)

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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

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Physics, Undergraduate

CLASSE and CBB Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

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Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/24/2020

Physics, x-ray science, Undergraduate

CLIMB UP for Summer Research

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University of Buffalo (SUNY) (Buffalo, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Biomedical sciences, Undergraduate

CREST IDEALS (Center for Interface Design and Engineered Assembly of Low Dimensional Systems)

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City College of New York (New York, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/29/2020

Chemistry, physics, engineering, Undergraduate

CREST Scholars Center for Cellular & Biomolecular Machines Undergraduate Research Fellowship

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University of California, Merced (Merced, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, DACA, International (without funding)

2/15/2020

Biophysics, Biochemistry, bioengineering, Undergraduate

CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience)

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Northwestern University (Chicago, IL)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/15/2020

Biomedical Sciences, Cancer research, Undergraduate

CURRENT Summer Undergraduate Research

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University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

3/1/2020

Engineering, Undergraduate

CaSTL UCI-ASU Pathways Program - FUNDING ENDED

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University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)

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Students at Albany State University or any HBCU

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Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Undergraduate

CalTeach Summer Research Institute (SRI)

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University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

STEM, education, Undergraduate, biology

California Academy of Science Summer Systematics Institute 2020

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California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Biology, systematics, Undergraduate

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