Summer ÌÇÐÄlogo
External Opportunities
*NOTE: Please check with individual programs to make sure that summer 2025 funding is continuing as originally planned.
You can apply for paid research internships at other institutions (select examples below). Please see the additional resources available at the Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections
Searchable opportunity databases and lists:
1. SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- (internship & research opportunities database)
- (typically restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- (NSF pilot test of a database to search multiple NSF programs)
- (filters available for citizenship, location, discipline, etc.)
- (Searchable database of summer opportunities)
- (searchable database of opportunities)
- (searchable database for US Federal Agencies internships)
- (Federal internship portal)
- (Central repository for opportunities with the federal government)
2. COMPREHENSIVE LISTS COMPILED BY OTHER UNIVERSITIES
- (compiled by the University of Washington)
- (compiled by Swarthmore College)
- Big 10 Academic Alliance; 1 app for 13 campuses
- (compiled by UNC Chapel Hill)
- (SR-EIP, offered by The Leadership Alliance; 20 universities)
- (Google sheet compiled by Northwestern University)
- (10 tabs of opps compiled by University of Missouri)
3. LISTS FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- - Summer undergrad research programs; pre-med
- (Internships, REU's, Co-Ops, Fellowships, & Post-Doc Experiences related to Chemistry)
- (REUs, internships, scholarships, fellowships, undergrad to grad)
- (Undergraduate ÌÇÐÄlogo Opportunities & Internships - Psychology & Neuroscience)
- (summer research opportunities organized by state)
- (pre-health summer opportunities - searchable list)
- - searchable database of NOAA opportunities
4. OPPORTUNITIES BY MAJOR: NATURAL SCIENCES
- (compiled by Tom Frederick of RIT)
- (compiled by the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscientists FUN)
- (Google doc from Tufts' University)
- (Google doc from Cornell University Office of Undergraduate Biology)
- (compiled by Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
- (Tufts Google doc)
- Fully virtual microbiology & computational immunology-related research opportunities for URM students
- (Compiled by Amherst College)
- (Compiled by UC Berkeley)
5. OPPORTUNITIES BY MAJOR: ENGINEERING & MATH
- (across 11 federal agencies)
- - (engineering REUs at a variety of ERC's)
- (various programs at 19 different universities)
6. OPPORTUNITIES BY MAJOR: ARTS & HUMANITIES
- (Google list)
- Summer Fellowship Program
- (Google list)
- (Multiple paid internships)
7. OPPORTUNITIES BY MAJOR: SOCIAL SCIENCES
- (typically restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- - American Psychological Association summer research grant
8. Select examples of other external summer opportunities
PROGRAMS: NATURAL SCIENCES | FOCUS | APPLICATION DEADLINE | ELIGIBILITY |
Advancing Cornell Career Experiences for Science Students (ACCESS) | Biomedical research in preparation for PhD programs | February 1, 2025 | U.S. citizen or permanent resident; Locations: Weill Cornell Medicine or Sloan Kettering Institute, both in NYC |
Medical research careers | Program-dependent | See programs for eligibility | |
MD-PhD-focused careers | Program-dependent | See programs for eligibility | |
MD-PhD in biomedical research and academic medicine | February 1, 2024 (2025 date TBD) | First-years and sophomores; US citizens or permanent residents | |
Northwestern University | Cancer research in biomedical sciences | January 24, 2025 | U.S. citizen, permanent resident; first-year, soph, junior, senior |
, University of Texas | Biomedical, Clinical, Oncology, Imaging, Pre-Veterinary, MD/PhD | January 15, 2025 | Multiple Programs; Over 200 summer positions; high school through early med school students; eligibility varies by individual program |
Chemistry, biochemistry, chemical biology, computational biology, intersection of engineering & biomedicine, molecular imaging, quantitative science | January 18 or February 3, 2025 - Program-dependent | Program-dependent; first-years, sophomores, juniors, seniors | |
Hands-on cancer research | Varies by specific program. (January deadlines) | U.S. citizen, permanent resident; no prior experience necessary | |
Pre-Healthcare skills, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, public health, and more. Free six-week enrichment program | February 5, 2025 | U.S. citizen, permanent resident, first-years and sophomores; 12 partner institutions | |
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City | MD focus, Pre-Med, laboratory or clinical research | February 1, 2025 | U.S. citizen, permanent resident; juniors; seniors not yet accepted into medical school in and college graduates enrolled in a pre-medical post-baccalaureate program are also eligible to apply |
Gap year (or two) of biomedical research for those planning to pursue PhD or MD/PhD | March 1, 2025 | US citizen, permanent resident; annual stipend | |
Varied | Program-dependent January through March deadlines | Program-dependent (typically requires U.S. citizenship) | |
STEM | February 1, 2025 | See specific programs for requirements | |
Physics | Program-dependent | Careers in Physics - grad & undergrad; university internships & REU's; national labs, industry, and other internships & fellowships | |
STEM | November 30, 2025 (Opens Oct. 15) | Current sophomores and juniors | |
STEM | Can be internship-dependent Summer '25: | U.S. citizen (international intern program is available) | |
NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | Focus research areas include diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; or kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases. | February 1, 2025 | U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or national; Nationwide research experience open to current undergrads |
Varied | February 6, 2025 | U.S. citizen or permanent resident | |
STEM | Spring '25: October 2, 2024 (Opens 7/10/24) Summer '25: January 8, 2025 (Opens 10/16/24) | U.S. citizen or permanent resident; GPA 3.0 or higher | |
| STEM | December 16, 2024 | U.S. citizen; GPA 3.0+; first-years through grad students |
Particle Physics | Program-dependent | Program-dependent | |
International ocean, fisheries, climate, space and weather science & policies | Varies by program | Student opportunities database: summer, multi-year, fellowships | |
Atmospheric Science | January 22, 2025 | U.S. citizen or permanent resident; current sophomores and juniors | |
Engineering, Computer Science, Science Writing | 2nd Round: February 9, 2024 | GPA 2.5 or higher | |
STEM | Program-dependent Science Undergrad Laboratory Internship (SULI) January 8, 2025 Seasonal Internship Program February 28, 2025 | Program-dependent (typically requires U.S. citizenship) | |
Training & research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs Life & physical sciences, social & behavioral sciences, & the humanities | February 3, 2025 | Rising sophomores, juniors, seniors; U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident; 20+ university locations | |
with the DOE Office of Fossil Energy | STEM | January 21, 2025 | U.S. citizen, permanent resident; sophomores, juniors; GPA 3.0+ |
Various; Internships, Co-ops, Scholarships, Fellowships | Program-dependent Typically opens Oct. 1 & due by Nov. 1 | U.S. citizens | |
Various | Varies by program. | U.S. citizens & permanent residents | |
PROGRAMS: ARTS & HUMANITIES | FOCUS | APPLICATION DEADLINE | ELIGIBILITY |
| Placements in over 40 Met departments - | January 15, 2025 | U.S. citizens & international students; sophomores, juniors, seniors |
Media career; NYC top media company experience | January 15, 2024 | All majors; junior, senior, grad | |
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PROGRAMS: SOCIAL SCIENCES | FOCUS | APPLICATION DEADLINE | ELIGIBILITY |
American Psychological Association - ÌÇÐÄlogo at your choice of US/Canada undergraduate degree-granting institution; student-mentor designed research project | March 1, 2025 | Psychology major not required; at least 1 semester left in degree program | |
Management & business research; 13 research areas | February 14, 2024 (Opens Winter 2024; 2025 deadline TBD) | First-years, sophomores, juniors | |
Supports US Foreign Policy | Various | Typically requires U.S. citizenship | |
Public Health & Minority Health | Typically the end of January | Seven universities participating in program; rising junior or senior; US citizen/national/permanent resident |