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Off-Campus Summer Research Opportunities 2009


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Because most students in the McNair Scholars Program will do research during the summer between their junior and senior years, freshman and sophomores are often left wondering how to best utilize their summers. The number and diversity of summer research opportunities around the United States and even the world present some very exiting opportunities. If you're looking for some research experience, please take the time to look through some of these options.

An excellent online resource for helping you find/helping you through undergraduate research opportunities is the WebGURU research guide at Northeastern University. Be sure to check it out.
University/Program Eligible Majors App. Deadline
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute biology/ecology Jan. 31
U Washington BioMed RAP health sciences Jan. 31
U Washington Blinks Research Fellowship marine sciences Jan. 31
U Arizona Minority Health Disparities USRP health sciences Feb. 1
Miami University Ecology REU ecology Feb. 1
Medical University of S. Carolina SURP health sciences Feb. 1
Rockefeller University SURF biology/health sciences Feb. 1
St. Jude's Pediatric Oncology Education health sciences Feb. 1
U Penn Summer Internship Program biology/biomed sciences Feb. 1
U Michigan ICPSR Summer Research social sciences Feb. 2
UC Berkeley Summer Research various Feb. 2
Columbia SURF/Amgen programs biology Feb. 2
UCSF Summer Research Opportunities health sciences Feb. 2
UCLA Summer Programs various Feb. 6
Duke Summer Research Program health sciences Feb. 8
Committee on Institution Cooperation
 various
 Feb. 10
U Michigan Summer Research Program various Feb. 10
Ohio State Summer Research Program various Feb. 10
Northwestern Summer Research Program various Feb. 10
U Maryland Summer Research Initiative social sciences
 Feb. 13
Kansas State various Feb. 14
U Illinois Chicago Summer Research various Feb. 15
Penn State CEKA REU science/engineering Feb. 15
U Nebraska Summer Research various Feb. 16 (priority)
March 2 (final)
U Minnesota Multicultural Research Program various Feb. 16
Texas A&M Summer Research Program health sciences Feb. 20
UIUC Summer Research Programs various Feb. 20
U Idaho Environmental Sciences REU science/engineering Feb. 25
UC Irvine Summer Research Programs various Feb. 27
UMBC Summer Biomedical Program science/engineering March 1
U Utah Summer Research Program various March 2
U Iowa Summer Research Program various March 2
USF Mental Health Institute REU health sciences March 6
U Alabama Birmingham SIBS health sciences March 13
NYU CNS Summer Research Program neuroscience March 17
Lamar U Summer Research Program computer science/
information technology		 March 30
Purdue University Summer Research
 various April 1
RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ science/engineering rolling (starts Jan. 30)
U Oregon Summer Program for Research life sciences rolling
Psi Chi Awards & Grants
psychology deadlines vary
Undergrad Research Programs Database various deadlines vary
National Science Foundation various deadlines vary
IGERT Summer Programs various deadlines vary
U California Research Programs
 various deadlines vary
U Minnesota Summer Research Programs
 various deadlines vary
U Wisconsin Madison Research Programs various deadlines vary
U Georgia Summer Research Program various unavailable in 2009
  Last Modified Date: March 19, 2009
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