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Summer Research Programs in Biology
for Undergraduates

Thanks to C. Rory Goodwin for preparing this table

 

 

 

 

Title

Program Length

Stipend

State

 

 

 

 

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates

 

 

 

www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu

 

 

 

Summer Research Opportunity

minimum 10

modest stipend

 

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/acadsec/kkiss.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Opportunity Program

 

$2500 + $1100 towards R/B/T

 

http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/third_level/diversity_srop.html

 

(room/board/transportation)

 

Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research

May - August

$1100 -2400 per  month

 

http://www.training.nih.gov/student/internship/internship.asp

 

 

 

Summer Research Program for Women and Minorities

10 weeks starting

salary + housing

 

http://www.bell-labs.com/employment/srp/info.html

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

11 weeks:30

$3000 + housing + travel

 

http://cu.clarkson.edu/projects/reushen/reu_china/

 

 

 

Environmental Careers Organization Internships

 

 

 

http://www.eco.org.career/internoverview.htm

 

 

 

Minority Medical Education Program

6 weeks

 

 

www.aamc.org/students/minorities/mmep/

 

 

 

Summer Training Opportunities

July - August

500 per month

 

http://www.cnio.es

 

 

 

Summer Research Fellowship for Undergraduates

3 June- 9 August

$3,000

AK

http://www.uams.edu/biochem/ResFellow.htm

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

3 June- 9 August

$3,100

AL

http://www.chem.uab.edu/Hamilton/sureform.pdf

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Photosynthesis

28 May -2

$2000 + dorm accodomadation +

AZ

http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/reu

 

meal/travel allowance

 

Research Opportunity for Undergraduates

10 -12 weeks

$375 per week + travel

AZ

http://www.noao.edu/kpno/reu/

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

1 June - 4 August

$2500 + $700 for housing

AZ

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~shuster/

 

 

 

Summer Research Training Program for Undergraduates

10 weeks: 1 June

$3000 + travel ($600) + housing

CA

http://128.218.135.28/webapp/summerprogram/sectionview.jsp?

 

 

 

Stanford Summer Research Program in Biomedical Sciences

late June to

$1500 stipend + travel costs

CA

http://www.med.stanford.edu/school/biosciences/ssrpbs.html

 

room and board

 

Summer Bird Monitoring Internships

1 May - 8 August

Various - see materials on reserve

CA

http://www.birdpop.org/MAPSINT.htm

 

 

 

Wildlands Studies Environmental Field Program (SURF)

3 - 8 weeks

program costs money

CA

http://www.wildlandstudies.com/ws

 

 

 

Hopkins Marine Station Summer Courses

varies (typically 5)

variable cost depending on number

CA

http://www-marine.stanford.edu

 

of credits taken

 

Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)

June - August

$2500 + housing + travel

CA

http://www-ogsr.ucsd.edu/outreach/surf.html

 

 

 

Research Experience

10 June - 30

$500 per week

CA

www.mbari.org/education/internship/02interns/02announce.html

 

 

 

UCLA Science, Engineering and Mathematics Summer Research Program

either 8 or 10

$300 per week + R/B/T

CA

http://www.CARE.ucla.edu/html/ucla_sem.html

 

 

 

Field Biologist Internship

7 May - 31 July

$32 per day ($800 per month)

CA

http://www.birdpop.org

 

 

 

Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)

23 June, 2002 - 2

 

CA

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/med/HCOP

 

 

 

Summer Research Internship Program

8 weeks

$6.25 per hour + possible housing

CA

http://www.scripps.edu/community/undergrad.html

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

17 June - 23

$5,000

CA

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~surf/2001/index.html

 

 

 

Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship (MURF)

17 June - 23

$500/week + housing + travel

CA

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~murf/

 

expense

 

Summer Student Program

10 weeks

$3,000

CA

http://bricoh.coh.org/ssp/program.htm

 

 

 

McNair Scholars Program

6 weeks

$2100 + housing + food

CA

http://www.cgu.edu/mcnair/

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology

12 May - 1

$3,600

CA

http://www.pepperdine.edu/seaver/natsci/surb/index.htm

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship

10 weeks: 3 June

$3000 + full housing, board, and

CO

www.bmb.colostate.edu/undergrad/reu

 

some travel allowance

 

Summer Research Experience for Undergrads in Environmental, Engineering

June 5 - Aug 11

$2000, R/B, health insurance,

CO

http://civil.colorado.edu/~silverst/description.html

 

$400 for travel

 

Summer Research Experience for Undergrads in Environmental, Population

June 3 - Aug 9

$2,500

CO

http://www.colorado.edu/epob/epobreu

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

10 June - 18

$2500 + Room and Board

CO

http://www.rmbl.org

 

 

 

Research and Environmental Education Internship

varies

unpaid

CO

http://www.rmbl.org

 

 

 

Summer Field Biology Courses

varies on course

you pay $2600 for room, board and

CO

http://www.rmbl.org

 

tuition

 

Summer Field Courses

varies

you pay for courses

CO

http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/

 

 

 

SMART Program (Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training)

 

 

CO

http://spot.colorado.edu/~smart/

 

 

 

SMART Program

 

$2800 + housing + transportation +

CO

http://spot.colorado.edu/~smart/

 

3 credit hours

 

College Enrichment Program

6 weeks: 1 July -

$800 + room + board

CT

http://medweb.uchc.edu/depts/hcop

 

 

 

Medical/Dental Preparatory Program

6 weeks: 10 June

$1000 + room and board

CT

http://medweb.uchc.edu/depts/hcop

 

 

 

Summer Research Fellowship Program

10 weeks: 28

$3,000

CT

http://medweb.uchc.edu/depts/hcop

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

3 June - 9 August

$3000 + housing +travel

CT

http://bruckner.chem.uconn.edu/reu_index.htm

 

 

 

Volunteer Internship

 

Unpaid position

DC

www.loc.gov/crsinfo

 

 

 

Volunteer Intern

 

Unpaid position

DC

www.loc.gov/crsinfo

 

 

 

National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program

 

modest stipend, housing and

DC

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/

 

transportation allowance

 

Summer Internship Program in Geoscience

3 June - 9 August

$3000 + housing

DC

http://www.gl.ciw.edu/interns/

 

 

 

ASM/AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program

10 weeks

yes - amount not specified

DC

http://www.asmusa.org/pcsrc/medfel.htm

 

 

 

Research Training Program for Undergraduates

10 weeks

$2400, travel expenses, housing,

DC

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/

 

research stipend

 

Minority Student Internship Program

10 weeks

$300 per week

DC

http://www.si.edu/research+study

 

 

 

Native American Awards Program

 

$75/day for 21 days or $300/week

DC

http://www.si.edu/research+study

 

for 3-10 weeks + travel

 

Minority Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

 

up to $4500

DC

http://www.asmusa.org/edusrc/edu23b.htm

 

 

 

Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

8 weeks

up to $2500

DC

http://www.asmusa.org/edusrc/edu23a.htm

 

 

 

HACU National Internship Program

10 weeks

$420 - $450 per week

DC

http://www.hnip.net/

 

 

 

Marine Sciences Summer Internship

10 weeks: 3

$3,300

DE

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/level1/academics/undergrad/sharp/

 

 

 

Space Life Sciences Training Program

6 weeks

housing + transportation + meal

FL

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/educate/slstp.htm

 

allowance

 

Advanced Primate Behavior and Ecology

May 25 - June 19

you must PAY $1500

FL

http://www.studyabroad.com/lasuerte

 

 

 

Tropical Herpetology/Rain Forest Ecology/Primate Behavior and…

varies

Cost: $1500

FL

http://www.studyabroad.com/lasuerte

 

 

 

Minority/Women Research Internships

3 June - 26 July

$3000 + $125/month food allowance

FL

http://reu.magnet.fsu.edu

 

 

 

Undergraduate Research Training at Whitney Laboratory

 

"competitive stipend"

FL

http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/program.htm

 

 

 

Marine Science Undergraduate Fellowship

1 June - 31 July

$2000 + housing

FL

http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies/sumfel.html

 

 

 

Research Experiences for Undergrads in Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology

 

 

FL

http://nanotech.research.ucf.edu/nsf-reu.htm

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

10 weeks

$2500 + housing

GA

http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/SURE/SURE.html

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

12 May - 3

$3500 + travel

GA

http://www.physics.gatech.edu/Reu/app_2002.pdf

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

10 weeks starting

$3275 + $1600 for housing

GA

http://www.ipst.edu/academic/internship_summer.htm

 

 

 

Dolphin Internship Program

mid May -

no

HI

http://www.dolphin-institute.com

 

 

 

Research Internship Openings at Pacific Whale Foundation

10 -12 days

Pay a fee for room/board costs of

HI

www.pacificwhale.org

 

running program

 

Dolphin Internship Program

mid May - August

 

HI

www.dolphin-institute.com

 

 

 

REU

June - August

$2500 + travel + housing

HI

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/reu.html

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program

10 June - 2

$2800 + housing

IA

http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/mstp

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemistry

2 June - 10

$3000 + housing + travel + food

ID

http://www.isu.edu/departments/chem/REUindex.html

 

allowance

 

The Howard Hughes Program for Undergraduate Edu in the Life Sciences

10 weeks: 1

$2400 + room + board, up to $500

IL

http://www.life.uiuc.edu/hughes

 

travel, 5 hrs credit

 

Summer Research Opportunity

30 May - 3

$2500 + travel + housing

IL

http://www.bradley.edu/academics/las/bio/reu.html

 

 

 

Summer Internship for Minority Students

20 May - 9

$540-637 per week depending

IL

http://sist.fnal.gov/applicants/index.html

 

on year

 

Undergraduate Summer Research Program

3 June - 9 August

$2,400

IL

www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/summer/summer.htm

 

 

 

Summer Research Opportunity Program

24 June - 15

$3,500

IL

www.northwestern.edu/graduate/minority/masrop.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Opportunities Program

9 weeks

$3,000

IL

http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/srop.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Training Program

17 June - 17

$3000 + housing

IL

http://gradprogram.bsd.uchicago.edu/index3.html?content=summerProg

 

 

 

Wolf Park Internship

varies

you PAY $160 per month

IN

http://wolfpark.org/intern.html

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

28 May, 2002 to

$2500 + travel expenses

IN

www.bio.indiana.edu/undergrad/summerenrichment/MGBREU.html

 

 

 

Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program

2 June -27 July

$2600 + housing + travel

IN

http://www.btny.purdue.edu/jobs/summer-intern.html

 

reimbursement

 

Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program

9 June - 18

$290/wk for 10 wks + housing, travel

MA

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/shurpintro.html

 

health insurance (if needed)

 

Summer Student Fellowship Program

10 -12 wks in

$3350 -4020 for 10-12 wks

MA

http://www.whoi.edu/education/undergraduate/summer.html

 

($335/wk)

 

HHMI Summer Research Internship at Harvard University

3 June - 9 August

$3500 + housing + travel

MA

http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/Education/internships/

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research in Ecology and Conversation Biology

June 5 - August

$3,500

MA

http://www.bio.umb.edu/careerdevelopment/REU01.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Program for Minority Undergraduates

10-12 wks

stipends available + housing

MA

http://www.tufts.edu/sackler/summer.html

 

arranged in university dorms

 

Cetacean Research Unit-study of behavior, ecology and natural history of the

May - September

fee of $1000 is charged

MA

http://whalecenter.org/intern.htm

 

 

 

Minority Undergraduate Summer Internship Program

10 weeks: 10

$3100 + $475 for travel + housing

MA

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Academics/dbs/index.html

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

10 weeks - 2

$3625 + housing + some travel

MA

http://www.bu.edu/eng/reu

 

Not Food

 

Summer Courses

varies with course

you pay

MA

http://courses.mbl.edu

 

 

 

Summer Research Program in Ecology at Harvard Forest

12 weeks: 28

$3000 (undergrads) or $3200 (grads)

MA

http://LTERnet.edu/hfr

 

 

 

CERN Summer Student Program

8 - 13 weeks

generous stipend + travel

MA

http://www.hep.physics.neu.edu/reu_at_cern/program_description.htm

 

 

 

Four Directions Summer Research Program

21 June - 17

$2000 + travel + lodging

MA

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/fdsrpintro.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Opportunity

May - August

$1300 + housing + travel

MA

http://www.mmo.org/research.shtml

 

 

 

Internship Program

various

$6.75-7.00 per hour

MA

http://www.mos.org

 

 

 

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY)

3-6 weeks

varies

MD

http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/jobs/

 

 

 

TIGR Summer Fellowship Program

 

varies from $625 - 745 per biweekly

MD

http://www.tigr.org/edutrain/intern

 

period

 

Undergraduate Scholarship Program

one year

$20,000 per academic year

MD

http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/default.htm

 

 

 

Minority Summer Internship Program

9-10 weeks

$2500 + housing + travel

MD

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/graduateprograms/intmsip.html

 

 

 

Undergraduate Fellowship in Estuarine Science

28 May - 20

$3600 + housing + travel

MD

http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/REU

 

 

 

Undergraduate Research Fellowship]

 

$3000 + $500 for supplies

MD

http://www.aspb.org/education/summerundergrad.cfm

 

 

 

FASEB Minority Sudent Summer Fellowship Program

8 -12 weeks

will be provided + travel costs

MD

https://ns2.faseb.org/marc/mfssfp.htm

 

 

 

Hubble Space Telescope Summer Student Program

17 June - 23

$380 per week

MD

http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/summer.shtml

 

 

 

Summer Internship Program

8 weeks

 

MD

http://www.dceg.cancer.gov/Summer.html

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowhip Program

12 weeks

$4000 + travel + housing

MD

http://physics.nist.gov/ResOpp/surf/surf.html

 

 

 

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

6 - 8 weeks

funding for stipend, travel, housing,

ME

http://www.mdibl.org

 

and lab expenses

 

Summer Student Program

10 June - 13

fee of $2950 (college students can

ME

http://www.jax.org/training/documents/SSP.html

 

get a scholarship)

 

Chemistry Summer Research Fellowships

10 weeks:11

$4000 + travel allowance

MN

http://www.chem.umn.edu/lando/

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program

10 - 12 weeks

$4000 + inexpensive housing next

MN

http://www.mayo.edu

 

to Rochester Housing

 

Ecological Research Intern-Cedar Creek Natural History area

June - August

$8.25 per hour

MN

http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/interns/index.html

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research in Science and Engineering Disciplines

varies with

varies with program

MN

www.cbs.umn.edu/summer_research/

 

 

 

Plant Genomics Internship

9 June - 3 August

$2900 + 1 hour research credit +

MO

http://www.lsurop.missouri.edu/pgi

 

housing + travel

 

Summer Undergraduate Breast Cancer Research Program

10 June - 2

$2200 + housing + travel

MO

www.lsurop.missouri.edu/undergrad/lifescience/SUBCRP_non.ht

 

 

 

Summer Research Program

10 weeks

$3,200

MO

http://www.mir.wustl.edu/training/sumres.html

 

 

 

REU for Undergraduate Minorities

10 weeks

$250 per week + travel + housing

MS

http://www.ims.usm.edu/nsfreu/

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities

10 weeks

$2500 + travel allowance + room

NC

http://www.med.unc.edu/pmbb/sure.htm

 

and board

 

Destination: Duke Explore the Marine Sciences on the North Carolina Coast

varies

you pay $600 per unit

NC

http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/mlterml.html

 

 

 

Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program

4 June - 10

$2500 + housing

NC

http://www.duke.edu/neurosci/mob/mob.html

 

 

 

Summer of Discovery Program

2-3 months

"competitive"

NC

http://dir.niehs.nih.gov/dirover/summer.htm

 

 

 

Summer Research Fellowship Program

10-12 weeks

website does not specify

NE

http://www.unmc.edu/Eppley/summer.htm

 

 

 

Summer Science Teaching Internships

 

$1000 to $15000

NH

http://www.sps.edu

 

 

 

Conservation Internships

10-16 weeks

bi-weekly allowance + up to $4725

NH

http://www.sca-inc.org/vol/raca/racasrch.htm

 

for college

 

McNair Summer Fellowship

10 weeks

$2,400

NH

http://www.unh.edu/mcnair/faq.html

 

 

 

Summer Intership Program

 

salary + housing + travel and other

NJ

http://whatdrivesyou.com/careers.html

 

benefits

 

Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program in NJ

10 weeks

$2500 + housing

NJ

 

 

 

 

AT&T Undergraduate Research Program

10 weeks

same salary as other workers +

NJ

http://www.research.att.com/academic/urp.html

 

travel + housing

 

Summer Student Program

10-12 weeks

$375 per week

NM

http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/INFO/MISC/SS_PROGRAM/

 

 

 

National Energy Research Undergrad Laboratory Fellowship (ERULF) 2002

5 weeks: June to

$225/week + housing + roundtrip

NY

http://www.bnl.gov/scied/erulfdis.html

 

travel

 

de Kiewiet Summer Research Fellowships

10 weeks: June-

$3,000

NY

http://www.rochester.edu/college/BIO/UPBM/3_dekiewiet.html

 

 

 

Undergraduate Research Program

10 weeks

$3000 + room and board

NY

http://www.cshl.org/URPsite/URP.html

 

 

 

Undergraduate Research Opportunity

8-10 weeks

$3200 + housing

NY

http://www.nysep.cornell.edu

 

 

 

Hughes Scholars Program for Juniors

10 weeks: June-

$2,600

NY

http://www.bio.cornell.edu/research/hughes.cfm

 

 

 

Sackler Institute's Summer Undergraduate Research Program

3 June - 2 August

$2500 + roundtrip travel expenses

NY

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Sackler/HomePage.html

 

to NYC + housing

 

REU - Research Experience for Undergraduates

12 weeks:28

$3000 + discounted housing @

NY

http://www.ecostudies.org/education/reu/reu2.html

 

$250 for the summer

 

The Weill Graduate School Summer Research Program

8 weeks:10 June

$3300, housing and travel allowance

NY

http://www.med.cornell.edu/education/minority.summer.programs/avon.

 

 

 

Robert C. MacWatters Internship in the Aquatic Sciences

10 weeks

$2,000

NY

http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/biofld/intern/intern.html

 

 

 

NSF/REU Summer Student Internship

6/1/98 - 8/31/98

$4223 + transportation (max $800)

NY

www.astro.cornell.edu/REU/

 

 

 

Summer Research Program for Undergraduates In Molecular and Cellular

10 wks:early

$2500 + travel + housing + food

NY

www.wadsworth.org/educate/molcel.htm

 

allowance

 

Cold Spring Laboratory Undergraduate Research Program

10 weeks: 9 June

$3000 + room and board

NY

www.cshl.org/URPsite/URP.html

 

 

 

Shoals Marine Laboratory

24 June - 16

$3600 minus $2800 for room and

NY

http://www.sml.cornell.edu

 

board

 

The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Minority

17 June - 2

$140/week cost of living allowance

NY

http://www.med.cornell.edu/travelers

 

housing is rent free

 

Summer Interships at the Cornell Plantations - The Arboretum, Botanical

12 - 14 weeks

$6.80/hr (as of last summer)

NY

www.plantations.cornell.edu/education/summer_internships.cfm

 

 

 

GEBS Summer Scholars Program

10 weeks

$250 per week

NY

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/GEBS/summer.html

 

 

 

Summer Research Participation Program

3 June - 9 August

$2500 + room + board + travel

NY

http://www.roswellpark.org

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Graduate Biomedical Sciences

3 June, 2002 to 2

$2500 + travel + housing

NY

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Sackler

 

 

 

RUBI (Research for Undergraduates in Biomechanics and Imaging)

29 May - 7

$3600 + possible housing

NY

http://www.bme.rochester.edu/RUBI

 

 

 

Picower Institute Summer Intern Program

 

 

NY

http://www.picower.edu/education.html

 

 

 

Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program

17 June - 2

$140 per week + housing

NY

http://www.med.cornell.edu/travelers

 

 

 

Summer Research Internship

28 May - 9

$3,000

NY

http://www.ski.edu/edupage.cfm?page=15

 

 

 

Undergraduate Research in Biology/Ecology

11 weeks, starting

$2000 + housing

NY

http://dnr.cornell.edu/fieldst/cbfs.htm

 

 

 

Research Experience in Chemistry

3 June - 10

$3000 + housing

NY

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/reu/

 

 

 

Research Experience for Undergraduates

3 June - 9 August

$3750 + room and board

NY

http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/reu/contacts.shtml

 

 

 

Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

3 June - 31 July

$2500 + travel

NY

http://sonhouse.hunter.cuny.edu/genecenter/summer/summer.html

 

 

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program

10 weeks, starting

$2500 + housing

NY

http://www.mssm.edu/gradschool/surp_home.shtml