Internal Opportunities
- Rutgers Scarlet Service Internship Program/Career Exploration and Success: President Jonathan Holloway sees civic engagement as a critical component of a Rutgers education and a path toward appreciating our differences, restoring civil discourse, and working in service to the common good. At his inauguration, he announced his vision for Scarlet Service.
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Aresty): The Undergraduate Research Fellowships are intended to defray research costs for students conducting independent research projects under the guidance of a professor. Any advanced undergraduate researcher--typically juniors or seniors--at Rutgers-New Brunswick pursuing independent research projects with faculty guidance is eligible to apply.
- Summer Science Program (Aresty): An intensive, full-time, on-campus research experience for Rutgers-New Brunswick rising sophomores only. Participants learn about the process of research by working with their mentors in the laboratory and by participating in library workshops, seminars, trips to local research laboratories in industry and medicine, and social events.
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience:Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience: 10 week program, where 12 students will engage in hands-on experimentation. They will be expected to implement individual research projects during this period. This involves helping to formulate a hypothesis based on the mentor's previous studies, and learning laboratory skills, data collection and documentation.
- Rutgers RiSE: 10 weeks of cutting-edge research in the biological, physical, and social/ behavioral sciences, math, engineering, and exciting interdisciplinary areas under the guidance of carefully matched faculty mentors. A comprehensive professional development component, including GRE preparation, complements the research.
- Summer Research Programs for Pre-Med Students (Rutgers-Camden): Career Center provides pre-med students with links to access research programs and apply directly on the websites.
External Internships
- Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience: The Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience provides a number of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate neuroscientists!
- CIA Labs: CIA Labs conducts multidisciplinary research, development, testing, and engineering to address new challenges; adapt, improve, or accelerate the production of existing solutions; and solve persistent scientific and technological problems in new ways. For more information, please click here.
- FBIJOBS: It’s the job of the FBI Academy to get New Agent Trainees (NATs) ready to serve. During training, you spend 18 weeks with your peers building the foundation of becoming an agent and learning four major concentrations: academics, case exercises, firearms training, and operational skills. For more information, please click here.
- NSF/REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Injury Prevention Internship: Translating research into action to keep children, teens, and young adults safe from injury. Together, we work to translate rigorous scientific research into practical tools and guidelines for families, professionals, and policymakers to ensure research results extend to make a real-world impact.
- Johnson & Johnson: We’re looking for motivated candidates who are ready to make an immediate, measurable impact on the world and bring innovative ideas, products and services to life. We’re working to improve the lives and health of people around the world—and we need your help to do it. For more information, please click here.
- ACME Lab Internship at Yale University: We're looking for bright, motivated research assistants interested in getting hands-on experience in psychological research.
- The Ohio State University Science of Language Research Internship (REU): 8-week PAID summer research program for undergraduate students interested in language.
- Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship Program at Vanderbilt: This program is designed for students who are interested in a career in medicine. Participants will complete a research project under the directorship of a research mentor and also directly observe clinical patient care while spending time with residents and attending physicians.
- SPAM Lab at NYU Summer Internship: Undergraduates interested in gaining comprehensive research experience in areas spanning perception, social cognition, motivation and self-regulation. Interns will be part of designing study materials, conducting research studies, entering and analyzing data, and presenting their findings. Interns will attend weekly lab meetings to discuss the latest research developments.
- St. Lawrence Summer Internship postings:
- Casa de Esperanza- Hands of Hope Internship: These interns (college grads) have a desire to help abused, neglected and HIV positive children through work with our agency.
- MARIST Albany Summer Internship Program: Internship placements include policy advocacy and political communications positions in a variety of policy areas, as well as in lobbying firms.
- Research internship at Massachusetts General Hospital: Each summer, twenty students are selected from a nationwide competition to join SRTP. Each student is assigned to a specific MGH laboratory, clinical site, health policy, or health services research area where they undertake an original research project under the mentorship and guidance of a Mass General Hospital (MGH) investigator.
- SPUR (Social and Personality Psychology): An intensive summer internship in the methods of social and personality psychology for undergraduates from underrepresented ethnic/racial groups.
- UC San Diego Summer Research Opportunities: View this list to see other Internship opportunities.
Summer Research Opportunities
- Princeton Undergraduate Summer research program in AI and machine learning: This paid, 9-week summer program offers students hands-on research experience in AI and ML, with support from graduate student mentors and exposure to cutting-edge projects in the field. Students will receive $700 per week, along with free housing and a meal plan. The program also includes skill-building workshops and relevant off-campus trips to provide students with a holistic research and professional development experience.
- AMGEN Scholars Program: During the program, students work full-time on independent research projects under the guidance of a research scientist. Amgen Scholars have opportunities to conduct research, analyze data, present research results, and network with other undergraduates with similar research interests, and develop working relationships with faculty mentors and other research staff.
- Washington University: 10-week intensive summer laboratory experience in biomedical research for undergraduate students in order to become acquainted with the culture of training for and implementation of biomedical research.
- Stanford: Participants are matched with a PI and work in a lab for the duration of the program. Each scholar works with both a faculty member and a designated Lab Mentor to craft and/or work on a research project that is both challenging and feasible for the nine-week period.
- Harvard: Conduct novel biotechnology-focused research with world-leading scientific scholars over the course of a 10-week residential summer research program.
- The University of Tokyo (Japan): Provide undergraduates who are committed to or who are considering a career in biology or related sciences, from different countries (including some from Japan), with biomedical research experience in the basic and translational sciences.
- Kyoto University (Japan): Provide scholars with a focused, intellectually stimulating summer research program and equip them with real-world skills and techniques that will be transferable to their future careers in science.
- Karolinska Institutet (Sweden): Throughout the programme, students will be part of a research group and participate in lab work, scientific discussions, journal clubs, seminars, and other topics.
- Institut Pasteur (France): Each scholar works with a lab-mentor (a postdoctoral fellow, a senior graduate student or a staff scientist) and the Head of Unit on an individual project as part of the research performed by the host-lab.
- ETH Zurich (Switzerland): In addition to conducting hands-on research, as an Amgen Scholars at ETH you will attend lectures and workshops offering both insights into state-of-the art research and the opportunity to learn cross-cutting skills such as communication, scientific writing and intercultural skills.
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE): Programs across the country that offer summer research experiences for various degrees of time and across different fields of study.
- Lehigh Valley Summer Research Scholar Program: Research or quality improvement projects, submitted by LVHN departments, allow students to make the link between their academic preparation and the world of work.
- NYU Center for Neural Science: The research interests of the faculty span a broad range of topics in neural science, including mechanisms of perception, cognition, and action. Techniques in use in our laboratories include molecular and cell biology, neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, brain imaging, and human and animal behavior.
- Boston University Undergraduate Summer Program in Neuroscience: An onsite, 8-week intensive program in neuroscience offered by the Departments of Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine.
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.
- Colorado State University Summer Program on Mind and Brain Research: The centerpiece of the program is a research experience under the close mentorship of a faculty member in which students actively participate in developing, running, analyzing, and presenting a research project.
- UVA Educational Psychology and Applied Developmental Science Summer Research Program: This internship program is designed to encourage undergraduate students to pursue graduate study and consider careers in academic, policy, or research organizations. Interns will work on research focusing on schools, classrooms, and other settings as contexts critical to child and adolescent development.
- Yale University School of Management: Research assistants will collaborate with faculty and graduate students on day-to-day research being conducted, which includes: programming surveys on Qualtrics, data collection in the lab, field, and online environments, analyzing and summarizing data, revising/editing manuscripts, assisting with literature reviews, IRB proposals, and presentations, and attending research meetings and workshops.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Psychology Research Experience Program: The Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP) provides intensive mentoring and experience in scientific research and professional development to undergraduates from historically underrepresented populations who have expressed and demonstrated an interest in a career in scientific psychology.
- UCLA Brain Research Institute Summer Undergrad Research Experience: The programs are designed for students who wish to learn more about the graduate school experience and possibly pursue an academic career in teaching and research. Opportunities are available in virtually all academic fields (e.g., arts, humanities, social sciences, life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, etc.).
- Indiana University Summer Research Experience for Undergrads in Animal Behavior: Engage in animal behavior research that involves neuroscience, cognitive science, and molecular approaches as well as traditional fieldwork and behavioral analysis.
- The Ohio State University Science of Language Research Internship (REU): 10-week PAID summer research program for undergraduate students interested in language.
- Psychology Labs at Penn State (need to email faculty advisor): These ads are for undergraduate research assistants; compensation is research experience credit or work-study pay based on a financial aid award. These positions are not available to graduate students seeking stipend support.
- Summer Research in Social Psychology at the University of Oregon: The University of Oregon (UO) Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) provides fellowship opportunities for undergraduate students from other Universities and Colleges to participate in ongoing research in Life Sciences laboratories at UO during the summer months.
- Research in Diversity and Inclusion at Columbia University: Undergraduates with a demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion. Participants conduct graduate-level research under the supervision of a Columbia faculty mentor, approximating the graduate experience through exposure to the mentor/advisee relationship, scholarly research opportunities, and independent living.
- University of Maryland Summer Research Institute: Provide rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn about graduate studies and the range of research and scholarship in the social, behavioral and economic sciences at the University of Maryland.
- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, Summer Research Experience for undergraduate students from underrepresented minority groups. It provides research opportunities to members of underrepresented groups (Alaska Natives, Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; first-generation college students; economically disadvantaged students; veterans; and students with disabilities) who are considering graduate training in the field of learning science, cognitive science, or related fields.
