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Summer Research Programs

Welcome to our database of summer research programs for undergraduates!

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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.

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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  • If information is out of date, check the program's website to be sure.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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Diversity Summer Health-Related Research Education Program (DSHREP)

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Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Biomedical sciences, Undergraduate

Diversity Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates

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John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Public Health, Undergraduate

Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

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University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, DACA recipients

2/5/2020

Conservation, Undergraduate, Environmental sciences

Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program  

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Duke University the Graduate School (Durham, NC)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/7/2020

Biomedical sciences, Undergraduate

Duke University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) for Meeting the Grand Challenges

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Duke University Pratt School of Engineering (Durham, NC)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

2/1/2020

Engineering, Undergraduate

E3S Research Experiences for Undergraduates (E3S REU) program

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Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

electrical engineering, material science, physics, chemistry , Undergraduate

EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Silver Spring, MD)
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U.S. Citizen

1/31/2020

STEM, Undergraduate, Biology, Environmental Sciences

Eco-Informatics Summer Institute REU

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Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
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Undergraduate, Biology

Ecosystem Services Research experience for undergraduates (Ecoreu)

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University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

1/15/2020

Environmental sciences, Undergraduate

Engineering Biological Machines: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program

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Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (NSF)
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U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident

TBA

Biology, Undergraduate

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