Summer Research Opportunity Links
This is a SAMPLE of links to get you started finding research opportunities and/or internships…
- REUs: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
- Minority and Underrepresented Students Summer Research Database: http://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/mcoop.htm (Research opportunities for minority students and students from underrepresented groups in the sciences and medicine)
- Pathways to Science: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/index.asp (Pathways to Science is a great website which has a database of STEM-related resources, including summer research opportunities for undergraduates. Students can select a discipline and geographical area to identify possible research opportunities)
- MD/ PhD your goal?
- See whether the Short Term Training Program for Minority Students, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, is a good fit: https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/short_training/index.php
- Leadership Alliance: http://www.theleadershipalliance.org
- Webguru database: tons of information and how, what why… including more resources for finding funding. http://www.webguru.neu.edu/
- NOAA: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/internships_opps.html
- NASA: scan for the programs for “Higher Education”: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Students-rd.html
- NASA -- Langley Space Center (organized differently): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/education/forstudents.html
- Department of Homeland Security – STEM internships: http://www.orau.gov/dhsinternships/
- Geoscience leads: http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/programs/internship_opportunities.html
- Texas State maintains a website with links to numerous programs where students in science and medicine can locate summer research opportunities/internships. http://hlsamp.science.txstate.edu/resources/research-experiences-for-undergraduates.html
- Department of Energy (National Laboratories): http://diversity.doe.gov/minority/mei_links.htm
- Smithsonian Institute Internships: http://www.si.edu/ofg/intern.htm#iofg – some have opportunities to craft your own research project.
- International Programs! http://reu.chem.ufl.edu/index.html (and search for others)