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If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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Caltech's Amgen Scholars program

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California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, DACA

2/15/2020

STEM, Undergraduate, Biology

Canary Cancer Research Education Summer Training (CREST) Program

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Stanford School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Cancer research, Undergraduate

Cancer Research Summer Internship Program

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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/5/2020

Cancer research, Undergraduate, biomedical sciences, biology

Cary Institute's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Millbrook, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/24/2020

Ecology, Undergraduate, Environmental Sciences

Center for Selective C-H Functionalization CCHF Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CSURP)

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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/8/2020

Chemistry, chemical engineering, Undergraduate

Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates

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University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/15/2020

Engineering, Undergraduate

Center for Tree Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

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The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Illinois)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

February

Evolutionary biology, Forest ecology, Conservation biology, Urban forestry and tree care, Computer modeling, Engineering solutions

Center for Tree Science–Undergraduate Research Fellowship (CTS-URF)

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The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

3/1/2020

Tree Science, Ecology, Undergraduate, environmental sciences

Chemical Assembly REU

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University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Chemistry, Biochemistry, chemical engineering, Undergraduate

Chemical Biology Summer Program (ChBSP)

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Memorial Sloan Kettering (New York, NY)

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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International students authorized to work in the U.S.

2/2/2020

Undergraduate, Chemistry

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