Off-Campus Summer Research Opportunities

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. Also available are Central Michigan University's site as well as Westminster College's site. Both have links to outside universities' Summer Research opportunities. Be sure to check them out.

University/Program	Eligible Majors	App. Deadline
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute	biology/ecology	Jan. 26
U Washington BioMed RAP	health sciences	Jan. 31
Medical University of S. Carolina SURP	health sciences	Jan. 31
UC Berkeley COINS Undergrad Research Program	sciences/engineering	Jan. 31
Amgen Scholars for 10 Universities	science & biotechnology	Feb. 1 except for Caltech - Feb. 15
NSF at Notre Dame REU	biological sciences	Feb. 1
U Arizona SRI	various	Feb. 1
Minority Health Disparities	biomedical	Feb. 1
Miami University Ecology REU	ecology	Feb. 1
UC Berkeley Summer Research	various	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 Virginia Curry School of Education Summer Research	education	Feb. 1
UCSD Amgen Scholars	science/ engineering	Feb. 1
Columbia SURF/Amgen programs	biology	Feb. 1
UCSF Summer Research Opportunities	health sciences	Feb. 1
U of M Pre- MSTP Summer Biomedical Research Program	MD/PhD (clinical medicine)	Feb. 1
UCLA Summer Programs	various	Feb. 3
U Illinois Chicago Summer Research	various	Feb. 3
MSRP at MIT	science/ engineering/ math	Feb. 3
UC Irvine Summer Research Programs	various	Feb. 6
U Michigan Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 9
Mentoring Summer Research Internship Prog. at 11 schools	Ph.D.	Feb. 10
Ohio State Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 10
Northwestern Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 10
Committee on Institution Cooperation	various	Feb. 10
Duke Summer Research Program	health sciences	Feb. 12
U Maryland Summer Research Initiative	social sciences	Feb. 12
University of Michigan Pre-MSTP Summer Program	Pre-Ph.D/M.D.	Feb. 12
U Michigan ICPSR Summer Research	social sciences	Feb. 13
University of Michigan Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 13
NSF at University of Arizona's CRCS REU	chemistry	Feb. 14
Clarkston University REU	various	Feb. 15
KSU Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (SUROP)	various	Feb. 15
Michigan State University Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 15
NSF at University of Arizona's CMDITR REU	sciences	Feb. 15
KSU Sustainability REU	Ph.D.	Feb. 15
University of New Hampshire McNair Research Program	various	Feb. 15
U Nebraska Summer Research	various	Feb. 15 (priority) Mar. 1 (final)
J. Craig Venter Institute Internship	science of genomics	Feb. 16
U Akron REU	ecology	Feb. 16
University of Florida SURE Program	science/math/engineering	Feb. 16
UCR MSRIP	various	Feb. 17
Maryland Overview of UMD SRI	doctoral in social & behavioral sciences	Feb. 17
U Minnesota Multicultural Research Program	various	Feb. 17
University of Virginia Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP)	biomedical research	Feb. 17
KSU Physics REU	physics	Feb. 18
University of California, Riverside (MSRIP)	various	Feb. 18
UIUC Summer Research Programs	various	Feb. 19
Texas A&M Summer Research Program	health sciences	Feb. 19
U Idaho Environmental Sciences REU	science/ engineering	Feb. 19
U Utah Summer Research Program	various	Feb. 20
KSU Chemistry REU: Biosecurity	chemistry	Starts in Feb. 21 'til 10 spots have been filled
KSU Chemical Engineering REU	science or engineering	Feb. 24
University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, Summer Undergraduate Workshop	cognitive science & cognitive neuroscience	Feb. 27
University of Arizona's B2 REU	sciences	Feb. 29
KSU Biology REU	biology	Mar. 1
OSU Success Program	MD/PhD or PhD in biomedical science	Mar. 1
Purdue University Summer Research	various	Mar. 1
U Nebraska- Lincoln REU	science/math	Mar. 1
UMBC Summer Biomedical Program	sciences	Mar. 1
Kansas State University Summer Undergrad Research	biology/sciences	Mar. 1
Univ of Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Opportunity	information sciences	Mar. 2
USF Mental Health Institute REU	health sciences	Mar. 6
Kansas State University Summer REU	various	Mar. 15
NIU REU	energy & environment	Mar. 16
USF SRI @ FMHI	research & education	Mar. 16
Nanotech for Health, Energy & the Environment	nanotech & nanomaterials	Mar. 23
UC Santa Barbara Summer Research Opportunity	various	Mar. 30
UofM Cancer Research Summer Internship Program	various	Mar. 31
Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science REU at University of North Texas	various	Apr. 8
Rutgers Univ-New Jersey Summer Research Opportunities	science & engineering	Rolling admissions 'til spots are filled, Mid-April latest
NYU CNS Summer Research Program	neuroscience	Apr. 15
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of North Texas	various	Apr. 16
Kansas NSF EPSCoR	science/engineering/math	Apr. 18
U Iowa Summer Research Program	various	Deadlines vary
U Alabama Birmingham SIBS	various	Deadlines vary
RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ	science/engineering	Rolling (review starts Jan. 30)
U Oregon Summer Program for Research	life sciences	Rolling
Undergrad Research Programs Database	various	Deadlines vary
National Science Foundation	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
Van Andel Research Institute	life sciences	Deadlines vary