Summer Research Experiences
Summer research programs offer students an immersive hands-on research experience for 8-10 weeks that mimics the life of a graduate student. In addition to serving as an excellent opportunity for students to develop their research and professional skillset, summer research programs enable students to preview graduate school, which can help them in choosing their career path.
Benefits of participating in a summer research program:
- Experience that can make you more competitive for graduate school or a research career
- Vast networking opportunities with undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty
- Experience the culture of a new academic community
- Career exploration
- Potential to publish your research in an academic journal
- New friends
- Confidence in living on your own or in a new place
- Funding! Most programs will cover travel and housing and provide a stipend
We have compiled a list of Summer Research Experiences (SREs) offered by other institutions. The programs are grouped by field of study or degree type. Please visit the institution's page to learn more information about a program.
- Multidisciplinary
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Geoscience
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
- Physics
- M.D.-Ph.D.
- Additional Resources
Multidisciplinary
Astronomy
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii Manoa | University of Hawaii Manoa |
| CRESST II Summer Internship Program | Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland |
| IDA Summer Internship Program | Institute for Defense Analysis, Washington DC |
| LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science | Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX |
| ASTRON/JIVE Summer Research Program | Institute in Dwingeloo (Netherlands) |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Summer Internship Program | JPL, Pasadena, CA |
| Geophysical Laboratory | Carnegie Institute of Washington |
| NASA Stem Engagement (Intern) | Varies |
| NASA Stem Engagement (Pathways Program) | Varies |
| Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program | Varies |
| Space Astronomy Summer Program | Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD |
Biology
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| Summer Interships in Biological Sciences in Public Health | Harvard University |
| Fungal Genomics and Computational Biology | University of Georgia |
| Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students | American Society for Microbiology |
| Einstein Summer Undergraduate Research Program | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| SPUR-LABS | UCLA |
| Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program | Janelia Research Campus |
| CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Penn Summer Undergraduate Internship Program | University of Pennyslvania |
Geoscience
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| SURGE | Stanford |
| NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program | JPL California Institute of Technology |
| Geophysical Laboratory | Carnegie Institute of Washington |
| LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science | Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX |
| NPS Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP) Program | varies |
| Geo Corps America | varies |
| Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program | Department of Energy Laboratories (varies) |
| Student Airborne Research Program | Bay Area Environmental Research Institute |
| Summer Undergraduate Program for Planetary Research | Lunar and Planetary Institute , Houston, TX |
Mathematics
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) | Brown University |
| Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) | Arizona State University |
| Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) 2020 Los Angeles | UC Los Angeles |
| SDSU Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates | San Diego State University |
| RTG: Coding, Cryptography, & Number Theory @ Clemson | Clemson University |
Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program | New York University |
| MIT Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience | MIT |
| NGP Neural Summer Program | USC |
| Star U | Columbia University |
| PNI Summer Internship Program | Princeton Neuroscience Institute |
| Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program | Janelia Research Campus |
| NeuroSURP | Rutgers University |
Physics
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| Arizona Summer Research Institute | The University of Arizona |
| Caltech LIGO SURF | Caltech |
| Undergraduate Summer Research | Stanford |
| CAMPARE | 15 participating campuses |
| Summer Research for Undergraduates | USC |
| SPS Internship | Washington, DC. |
| Computational Physics Summer Workshop | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Space Astronomy Summer Program | Space Telescope Science Institute |
M.D.-Ph.D.
| Program | Location |
|---|---|
| UM SMART Undergrad Summer Program | University of Michigan Medical School |
| NYU Summer Research Undergraduate Research Program | NYU School of Medicine |
| UC Berkeley Amgen Scholars | UC Berkeley |
| UCLA Amgen Scholars | UCLA |
| Caltech Amgen Scholars | Caltech |
| Duke Amgen Scholars Program | Duke University |
| Harvard Amgen Scholars Program | Harvard University |
| WUSTL Amgen Scholars Program | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Yale Biomed Amgen Scholars Program | Yale School of Medicine |
| Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences | Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences |
Additional Resources
You can also search for other summer research programs by using the following databases.
