Harvard Summer Research Programs 2026
Dates: June 1 - August 7, 2026
Program 1: MRSEC REU (Materials Research Science & Engineering Center)
Deadline: February 1, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
Eligibility:
- U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Undergraduate not graduating before Dec 2026
Benefits:
- Stipend
- Free Harvard housing + meal plan
Research Areas:
- Films and interfaces
- Soft robotics
- Materials for cellular-scale biological studies
Contact: reu@seas.harvard.edu
Program 2: SPHEER – Earth & Environmental Research
Deadline: February 1, 2026
Research Areas:
- Environmental science
- Planetary science
- Experimental, modeling, and computational projects
Benefits:
- Stipend
- Housing + meal plan
Contact: belonging@seas.harvard.edu
Program 3: Privacy Tools & OpenDP Internship
Deadline: February 1, 2026
Research Areas:
- Software engineering
- UX & usability
- Outreach
- Writing math proofs
- Privacy, ethics, policy
- Machine learning
- Differential privacy
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Contact: info@opendp.org
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