Summer Research
External Opportunities (non-Ä¢¹½´«Ã½)
*NOTE: Please check with individual programs to make sure that summer 2026 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.
Jump to opportunities by searching:
- Searchable Databases
- Lists compiled by other universities
- Lists from professional organizations
- Opportunities by major:
Searchable Databases
- - over 500 summer research programs listed
- - internship and research opportunities database
- - searchable by Zintellect
- -searchable database for US Federal Agencies internships
- (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
- - Federal internship portal
- - Central repository for opportunities with the federal government
Lists Compiled by Other Universities
- (UMichigan)
- (Google sheet, Brandeis U)
- (Google sheet, Northwestern U)
- (UWashington)
- (Swarthmore College)
- - Big 10 Academic Alliance; 1 app for 13 campuses
- (UNC Chapel Hill)
- (SR-EIP, offered by The Leadership Alliance; 20 universities)
- (10 tabs of opps, UMissouri)
Lists from Professional Organizations
- - Summer undergrad research programs; MD-focused
- - Summer undergrad research programs; MD-PhD-focused
- - Internships, REU's, Co-Ops, Fellowships, Post-Doc Experiences, Chemistry
- -REUs, internships, scholarships, fellowships, undergrad to grad
- - Physics
- - Google sheet of summer programs
- (APA) - Undergrad Research Opportunities and Internships - Psychology and Neuroscience
- - summer research grant
- - summer research opportunities organized by state
- - pre-health summer opportunities - searchable list
- - searchable database of NOAA opportunities
- - comprehensive resource list for all psychology career stages
Opportunities by Major: Natural Sciences
- Advancing Cornell Career Experiences for Science Students (ACCESS) - Biomedical research in preparation for PhD programs
- – US universities
- – STEM research
- – STEM internships in Germany
- – STEM research
- – STEM research
- - STEM
- - MD-PhD in biomedical research and academic medicine
- - STEM and healthcare research and internship programs for undergraduate students
- – Particle physics
- (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
- - STEM-related life sciences research
- - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- , UTexas; Biomedical, Clinical, Oncology, Imaging, Pre-Veterinary, MD/PhD
- - Chemistry, biochemistry, chemical biology, computational biology, intersection of engineering and biomedicine, molecular imaging, quantitative science
- – STEM research at a DOE National Lab
- – STEM research, internships
- – STEM
- Fully virtual microbiology and computational immunology-related research opportunities for URM students
- - International ocean, fisheries, climate, space and weather science and policies
- training programs – undergrad, gap year, graduate, etc.
- - biomedical, behavioral, and social science research
- – STEM internships and fellowships with DOE/federal agencies
- (Google doc, Tufts' U)
- - Northwestern U; Cancer research in biomedical sciences
- - hands-on cancer research
- - Atmospheric Science
- (Stanford U)
- (compiled by Tom Frederick, RIT)
- (Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscientists FUN)
- - Pre-Healthcare skills: medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, public health, and more. Free six-week enrichment program
- (Google doc, Cornell U, Biology)
- (Amherst College)
- (UC Berkeley)
- - Paid Physics & Astronomy fellowships
- Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC - MD focus, Pre-Med, lab or clinical research
- – various majors
- – medical research careers
- - Gap year (or two) of biomedical research for PhD or MD/PhD
Opportunities by Major: Engineering and Math
- – STEM research
- – physics, engineering
- – STEM internships in Germany
- – STEM
- – STEM research
- - STEM
- - across 11 federal agencies
- – Particle physics
- - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- – STEM research at a DOE National Lab
- – STEM research, internships
- - engineering REUs at a variety of ERC's
- -various programs at 19 universities
- – STEM
- – STEM internships and fellowships with DOE/federal agencies
- - Engineering, Computer Science, Science Writing
- – various majors
Opportunities by Major: Arts and Humanities
- (Google list)
- Summer Fellowship Program in a media career; undergrad and grad
- - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- (Multiple paid internships)
- – undergrad and grad internships in over 40 departments
- (Google list)
Opportunities by Major: Social Sciences
- – at seven universities
- - Research Assistant opportunities with federal economists
- - select "Internship Family Group" under Job Category
- - management and business research in 13 areas
- - Training and research for PhD and MD-PhD Programs in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities
- (typically restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents)
- - several lists of resources in Psychology
- - American Psychological Association summer research grant
- – various