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Off-campus Opportunities

Nearby options: Consider applying to research programs close to campus! 

Look at Brookhaven National Laboratory/BNL (see Educational Programs at BNL. Consider the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships). 

and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories/CSHL - Summer Undergraduate Research Program. (January 15 deadline).

Don't forget to check opportunities listed through the Career Center - on Handshake. In particular-see the new listing of  Life Sciences Summer Internship program for NYC residents at: https://stonybrook.joinhandshake.com/jobs/1963287/share_preview

 


Have you considered REU Programs?

REUs: The National Science Foundation funds many Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs across the country. Search by subject area and/or location.


See also

Amgen ScholarsUndergraduate Summer Research Program (10 host universities) 

The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) listings for summer research. 


Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) ; ORISE


LISTING BY SUBJECT AREA 

In addition, summer research opportunities include:


Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

National Endowment for the Humanities


Biology/Biomedical Sciences

Amgen Scholars Program at UC Berkeley - 

Caltech's AMGEN Scholars program 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington - see also Pathways program for students from underrepresented backgrounds

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - listing of programs throughout the US.  

Jackson Laboratory: Academic Yr & Summer programs - Bar Harbor, Maine

Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Rochester, Minnesota (limited number of fellowships at Jacksonville, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona locations)

MD Anderson Cancer Center (University of Texas) Summer Program in Cancer Research (SPCR)

MDI Biological Laboratory - REU program - applications due January 26, 2024

National Insitutes of Health (NIH)- summer research /biomedical program 

SEA Semester at Woods Hole

Summer Medical and Dental Educational Programs - various site locations.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program

SUNY Upstate Medical University - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) - BioMedical Research Apprenticeship Program

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Summer Student Fellowships - Woods Hole, MA


**post graduate

NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Biomedical Scholars Program


Chemistry 

*see REU programs, AMGEN Scholars


Earth or ocean sciences

Columbia University Lamont Summer Intern program 


Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Management, Operations Research, and Data Science

Columbia Business School-Summer Research Internship program





Engineering, Computer Science; Physical and Applied Sciences 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)Summer Internship Program 


Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship Program - Southwest Research Insitute/US DOE

Lawrence Livermore Summer Internship Program (LLSIP) 

Los Alamos National Laboratory - New Mexico 

NIST-SURF program (Gaithersburg, MD) 


University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ)- RISE (Research In Science and Engineering)

Vanderbilt University - REU in Nanoscience & Nanoengineering

Virginia Tech - Interdisciplinary Water Science & Engineering REU

The Nucleus - browse summer opportunities for physics undergraduates

 


Natural History
Natural History Research Experiences (Smithsonian)

Sustainability

University of Wisconsin-Stout - LAKES (Linking Applied Knowledge in Environmental Sustainability) REU 


General


Other useful sites to search for off-campus opportunities include:

RISE program in Germany (research experience abroad in fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences & engineering)


See also University of California Irivine site and 

the useful WebGURU site at http://www.webguru.neu.edu/index.php which offers guides to undergraduate research programs, fellowships and grants. 

see also, Pathways to Science site which has a listing of summer research opportunities 

Guide for women in STEM:   https://www.mastersindatascience.org/blog/a-guide-for-women-in-stem-closing-the-gender-gap/

NASA supported internships, fellowships and scholarships: 
http://intern.nasa.gov/

Landing a Dream Career in Stem - 
https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/careers-in-stem/