Summer Internships & Job Listings

The Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) ENDURE summer research program prepares undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for neuroscience PhD programs. Accepted students are funded for up to two years. The program combines independent research, a rigorous academic and professional development curriculum, and an empowering support system so participants thrive on their path to graduate school and beyond. Benefits include a $7000 stipend per summer, travel to and from the program, housing, eligibility for academic year research stipend ($2000 per semester for up to two academic years) and funds to attend up to two scientific conferences annually. Applications are due by Feb. 3, 2025.

Details about eligibility and the program are available online (https://endure.wustl.edu/apply/<https://endure.wustl.edu/apply/>) or by contacting endure@wustl.edu<mailto:endure@wustl.edu>.

NSF REU Summer Internship Program at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025, 11:59PM ET
Program Dates: May 27, 2025 – August 1, 2025
Estimated Stipend: $7,550.

Students in the program have really appreciated the exposure they get to research outside of academia and the opportunities for interaction with scientists at all levels of experience, and from a variety of countries. We feel strongly that our program is an excellent steppingstone to a future career in research, or research support fields.

Eligibility: Our internships are available to undergraduate students who will not have graduated by May 2025.

To apply for the Danforth Center’s REU opportunity, the undergraduate will need an account on the NSF ETAP website. 

Once you have created an account, you can then apply to our program’s opportunity by simply searching “Danforth” or by visiting the following link:https://etap.nsf.gov/award/2777/opportunity/9936

The Center for the Environment is excited to host our annual undergraduate summer research program. This 10-week program offers an incredible opportunity for students to engage in hands-on environmental research alongside faculty and graduate student mentors. We aim to create an accessible environmental research program for all undergrads, regardless of prior experience. Spend your summer conducting research that works to address societal and environmental challenges. Learn from project mentors as well as each other in an interdisciplinary cohort of undergraduate researchers. LEARN MORE

The Missouri Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the 2025 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, which will provide research training for 10 students for 10 weeks during the summer. Students will work on independent mentored projects in botany and conservation biology. Subjects of available projects include taxonomy of tropical plants, population genetics and speciation, biodiversity modeling, conservation biology, restoration ecology, and crop development.

Dates: June 2 – August 8, 2025

Benefits: Weekly stipend of $600, housing and food allowances, transportation, and supplies for research are provided.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

Position: Avian Nursery Intern
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Who: Open to undergraduate students, graduate students and post-graduates; must by 18 years or older
What: Gain hands-on experience working with wild songbirds. Learn wildlife species-specific care requirements for around 30 distinct songbird species. In addition to caring for common backyard favorites like American Robins and Northern Cardinals, you’ll have experiences like teaching Barn Swallows to swoop down and catch insects mid-flight, keeping clever American Crows occupied with enrichment, witness a Carolina Wren pile in action and learn how to create a forage wonderland for Woodpeckers. Wild Bird Rehabilitation is the only frontline organization in the state of Missouri providing direct medical care and support to our native wild songbirds. We also provide public education regarding the humane treatment of wild songbirds and the conservation of their habitat.
More information: bit.ly/wbrinternship

Are you a WashU undergraduate looking for a paid summer research opportunity? Apply to the Office of Undergraduate Research’s SURGE program to work alongside a Living Earth Collaborative (LEC) Biodiversity Fellow this summer!
The SURGE program provides financial support and programming for students to pursue biodiversity research with leading faculty and researchers from WashU, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Saint Louis Zoo.
Program Highlights:
• Flexible dates between May 13 - August 24, 2025
• Stipends: $2,700–$5,400 based on project length
• Explore potential projects on the LEC Research Mentor Page
• Be inspired by previous student projects!
Apply by March 1, 2025; Visit the SURGE website to learn more and apply.
If you have questions about LEC SURGE projects, email livingearth@wustl.edu

Position: Year-long postbaccalaureate fellowship with Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Location: Panamá
Program Dates: July 27, 2025 - July 26, 2026
Who: U.S. citizens who have completed their degree within the past four years including 2025
What: RaMP-UP Fellows spend a year engaged in biodiversity studies with Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) scientists. Fellows are embedded in the tropical landscapes of Panamá, practicing cutting-edge and rigorous methodologies to make a lasting impact on tropical biodiversity. Fellows come away with a robust research experience, scientific products, an international professional network, a peer network, and strong mentors to advocate for your career. Program provides a stipend, paid roundtrip travel to Panama, and housing at STRI Panamá.
Applications are open and are due March 16, 2025.
More information: https://www.gsscholar.org/rampup-fellows-program

The SURP is an intensive, 9-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for rising-senior undergraduate students who are interested in biomedical research. Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students will:

• Complete an independent research project;
• Attend weekly research seminars;
• Participate in professional development workshops designed to facilitate the preparation of competitive applications for graduate/medical school; and
• Present their findings at a competitive poster session.

The program will run from Monday, June 16 – Friday, August 15, 2025. An online application for the 2025 SURP is now available on the SURP website.

The application deadline is midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Friday, January 10, 2025. Letters of recommendation for up to two references are due by midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Friday, January 17, 2025.

Caltech's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is but one manifestation of our commitment to institutional excellence. Diversity is essential to achieving and maintaining scientific excellence.

The WAVE Fellows program supports this goal by increasing visibility and accessibility to Caltech's PhD programs to undergraduates in STEM fields who are seriously considering attending graduate school. WAVE Fellows is a 10-week undergraduate research program that provides robust programming in the areas of academic and professional development.

Eligibility: Students must be current sophomores through non-graduating seniors and must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or students with DACA status. A minimum GPA of 3.4 is required.

Competitive applicants will have completed sophomore-level courses in desired research field, have demonstrated through academic and/or co-curricular activities a passion for research, and can articulate how their research interests align with Caltech's research areas. The most competitive applicants will have prior research experience.

Support: WAVE Fellows will receive a $6,000 award for the 10-week period, plus campus housing and a dining and travel supplement of ~$1,000.

Application: Online applications are due January10, 2025.

Program information sessions will be held throughout November. Register now!

Going to SACNAS (#305) or ABRCMS (#738)? Be sure to visit our booths!

Click here for more information or reach out to Carol Casey, casey@caltech.edu, with questions.

The Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (SURP) will continue offering 6 programs next summer. The SURP applications will opened October 1st with a deadline of January 22nd, 2025. More information about our summer programs can be found at the SURP website or by contacting us at SURP@ouhsc.edu.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• $5,000 Compensation
•Weekly Enrichment Sessions
• One-on-One Mentorship
• No Application Fee

ADMISSIONS
• Undergraduate Pursuing a Degree in a
Relevant Major
• 3.0 GPA
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Official Transcripts

The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) is offering a 10-week Summer Research Program in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine for Undergraduate and Medical students. Summer research students will have the opportunity to work on an independent research project in the labs of Stanford faculty. No prior research experience is required. In addition to research in a faculty mentor’s lab, students will have the opportunity to meet scientists and health professionals in other industries, learn about different career paths, and present their work to the Stanford cardiovascular and pulmonary science community. For more information and to view previous awardees and mentors, please visit our program's website. 

Stanford CVI’s Summer Research Program will run for 10 weeks between June and August 2025, with the exact dates yet to be determined. On campus housing is a requirement of the CVI Summer Research program unless alternative housing arrangements outside the program have been verified. Students are offered three options to devote their stipend to either six, eight weeks or ten weeks of on-campus housing and board. Option one is six weeks of on-campus housing and board with ~$2,800 of stipend, option two is eight weeks of on-campus housing and board with ~$1,900 of stipend, and option three is ten weeks of on-campus housing and board with ~$500.

Submit your application here! Deadline – January 10th, 2025

Individuals from groups underrepresented in academia (including but not limited to racial /ethnic minorities, gender/sexual minorities, first-generation college students, disabled individuals, individuals from low-income households) are particularly encouraged to apply! 

Eligibility for Undergraduate Students:

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, DACA recipient, or foreign national holding a student, exchange, or permanent resident visa, including an F-1, H1, H1B, J1, PR, TC, or TN.
• To qualify for the program, you must be entering at least your second year of an undergraduate degree program in Fall 2023. Fall 2023 sophomores, juniors, and seniors are invited to apply. Individuals graduating from an undergraduate degree program in Spring/Summer2023 are also eligible.
• Students who are foreign nationals or DACA recipients are only eligible if they are entering at least their third year of undergraduate study following the program end.

Eligibility for Medical Students:

• U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible for our program. To qualify for the program as a medical student, you must be enrolled in medical school at a US institution.

For any questions, please feel free to contact cvi_outreach@stanford.edu

Program Overview
The program goal is to expose college science students (who will be juniors or seniors in the fall of 2025) to the rewards of laboratory research directed toward solving important public health problems. The overall mission of our program is to recruit qualified students for graduate-level training leading to research careers in the biological sciences. Interns apply state-of-the art technology in their own research projects under the direction of a Harvard faculty member. Research projects focus on biological science questions that are important to the prevention of disease. Disease areas include infections (tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas disease), cancer, lung diseases, multifactorial, multigenic and common diseases of aging, diabetes, obesity, etc.  Scientific approaches include regulation of cell growth and gene regulation, cellular metabolism, DNA modification, cellular signaling, structure-function analyses, etc.

Program Dates:

The 2025 Summer Intern Program runs from Monday, June 2 to Friday, July 25, 2025.

Eligibility:

To qualify for this Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health sponsored program, applicants must meet the criteria below:

• Applicants must be 18 years or older
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S. (proof of permanent residency must be provided)
• Applicants must be from an underrepresented group in graduate research, which includes: first generation college students (neither parent nor legal guardian has a bachelor’s degree) or students from an economically disadvantaged background as defined by the U.S. Department of Education (requires additional supportive documentation). Eligibility is not restricted on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, and race, ethnicity and national origin are not considered in the selection process.
• Applicants must be undergraduate students in their sophomore or junior years when applying
• Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Applicants must have a basic science background and have taken several classes beyond intro level courses
• Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in public health, specifically laboratory research

Funding:

Financial support over the course of 8 weeks includes a stipend of $3,600, a travel allowance of up to $600 and free dormitory housing at Massachusetts College or Art (located a short walk away from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health).

Application Deadline:

The deadline to apply for the 2025 Summer Internship Program is Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11:59 (EST). All application materials must submitted by this date and time.

For additional information about our Summer Internship Program, please contact us at bph@hsph.harvard.edu

The Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience maintains a list of Neuroscience Internship Opportunities for Undergraduates on its website. There are many different types of summer research opportunities all over the United States. You can see the list at the FUN website: https://www.funfaculty.org/.

Undergraduate Students
Paid Summer Research Programs -- deadlines are fast approaching!  
PathwaysToScience.org has a searchable database of 600+ summer research programs in all STEM disciplines. These are all FULLY FUNDED opportunities including programs sponsored by NSF, NASA, NIH, etc. We also have a selection of resources to help you strengthen your applications:
https://pathwaystoscience.org/Undergrads.aspx

If you are considering graduate school, search FULLY FUNDED graduate programs in a variety of disciplines, and view resources on applying:
https://pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.aspx

If you need help finding a program that’s a good fit, please feel free to email me at ldetrick@ibparticipation.org for assistance. You can also follow us on Facebook for program deadlines and updates.

Starting in 2025, undergraduate students are invited to join Pfizer Futures (formerly Summer Growth Experience). Pfizer Futures provides meaningful real-world experience for early talent interested in pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Pfizer Futures participants will be deployed to Pfizer sites across the United States and will support their division’s goals and initiatives while building relationships, connecting with leadership, and learning how Pfizer lives its purpose, creating “Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives”. Eligible applicants must be current Freshmen – Seniors at an accredited college or university at time of application.

The 2025 Pfizer Futures application portal(s) will be open from October 15, 2024, to December 15, 2024. Click here to view the available opportunities.

10-week summer undergraduate research fellowship where students will be matched to a laboratory led by an Frankel CVC faculty member and participate in nationally recognized, basic science research in areas such as atherosclerosis, genetic cardiomyopathies, blood clotting disorders, cardiac arrhythmias, vascular biology, and heart failure. 

Now accepting applications through January 10, 2025! Applicants can click here to apply OR visit our website to learn more. 

The Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP) is accepting applications for funded Summer Research Scholar positions in our Summer 2025 program.  NSURP is a 10-week, full-time program that offers opportunities consisting of laboratory-based, translational, and clinical biomedical research projects. The available positions are located at four Nemours sites:

• Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware in Wilmington, DE
• Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL
• Nemours Children’s Health, Florida in Orlando, FL

The location of each project is specified in the Project Abstracts, available in the NSURP application.

Online applications: Accepted December 1, 2024, through January 15, 2025.  All letters of reference must be received by 11:59 PM EST on January 31, 2025, for consideration by the selection committee; applications lacking letters of reference after January 31st will be considered incomplete. 

Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students at the time of application, a US citizen or legal permanent resident, and have a minimum 3.2 college GPA (4.0 scale).  Applicants should also have interest in research, medicine, healthcare, science, public health, or related fields.

Program information: Program dates are May 27 through August 1, 2025. During the program, Nemours clinical and research faculty will guide students through the process of formulating and testing hypotheses, interpreting data, and communicating results, while working on active research projects.  Available projects vary each year. Training is provided on human subjects’ protection, animal welfare, responsible conduct of research, and research ethics.  Program activities include a student-focused seminar series, undergraduate-oriented journal club, clinical shadowing, and engagement in other educational programs.  All students present their research project and findings to the community via a poster session and a two-day symposium. Family and friends are invited to attend these events.

Click here for additional information and the online application.

Our program, CAMP, specializes in native freshwater mussel conservation. We propagate native freshwater mussels at our lab in Lake City, MN, with the goal of reintroducing them into streams and rivers in Minnesota and restoring their populations in their historic range. We also use scuba to monitor existing populations of mussels across the state of Minnesota. Both our propagation lab and our field team have internship positions available for students pursuing a degree in biology or other fields related to the environment (ecology, GIS, etc.). 

For those who don’t know, native freshwater mussels are essential in maintaining the health and resilience of our freshwater ecosystems. We often call them the “livers of the river” because they filter feed particles like algae, E.coli, and even fungi out of the water column and clean our water. They also provide habitat for other invertebrates and fish, and they deposit nutrients into the benthic layer for other animals to eat. Unfortunately, native freshwater mussel populations are threatened due to a multitude of anthropogenic stressors including poor water quality, stream fragmentation, and the colonization of invasive species. Freshwater mussels have only been studied for ~20 years and there are many things unknown about them, making malacology (the study of freshwater mussels) a great research and career opportunity!

This internship has the potential to be an independent study for your students and it is incredibly fun and educational! I myself was an intern for two summers and I fell in love with mussels! Interns will learn about native freshwater mussels and their importance in our freshwater ecosystems. They will also learn about mussel propagation strategies, mussel and fish identification, factors that are threatening mussel populations, and practicing safe scuba diving in unique diving conditions. Our lab often works with other state and national agencies, and there are many opportunities for interns to network and get a foot-in-the-door in the world of conservation. Many of our past interns have pursued higher education related to mussels or go on to work in natural resource conservation. 

The application for the internship opens January 2nd and closes January 31st. Interested candidates can apply by searching the word “mussel” on the Minnesota State Jobs website:

Search Jobs / Careers in the State of Minnesota

This is a paid internship. Learn more on Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/9506562

*as a side note, any students applying for an internship do not have to be scuba certified before they apply, but they do need to be willing to become certified before the start date of their internship (we are available to help students find the resources to do this).

The Koobi Fora Field School is the longest running field training program of its kind. For over 35 years the Koobi Fora Field School has provided world class training in diverse fields (paleontology, archaeology, geology, human biology) to over 1000 students who have later become leaders in their disciplines.

The Koobi Fora Field School began accepting applications for the 2025 field season in November 2024. These applications will need to be completed by January 9th to be considered for the first round of decisions for our fellowship program. Fellowship program positions will be very limited this year. 

For more information please see this link to apply to the program. 

https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/koobi-fora-field-school

Alumni of our program routinely get accepted to some of the top graduate programs in the country. Many of our students go on to present original research at international scientific conferences. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of our research program in the Turkana Basin, Kenya where dramatic discoveries of hominin fossils and archaeological treasures are frequently discovered.

We emphasize that students need not have extensive field or anthropology experience to be considered in this program. 

Students who wish to be considered for the fellowship program must have completed applications via George Washington University’s Passport website by January 9th 2025.

We will continue to review applications for the general application until mid-April, however due to the high number of applicants, it is likely that all places will be filled well before the April 15th deadline.

An application will be considered complete if it includes

1-A completed application on the GW Passport website

2-A digital transcript (original transcript is not necessary for initial review)

3-A completed questionnaire on the GW Passport website

4-A letter of support 

 If students are having difficulty inputting their recommendation letters or other documents in our online system they can send an email with an electronic copy of their transcript and/or letter of recommendation directly to david_braun@gwu.edu

We’re undertaking several new, exciting projects centering on early hominin ecology, behavior and morphology, human biology, as well as archaeology in East Turkana in northern Kenya.

The 2025 M-SURE program will support 16 undergraduate trainees for a summer research experience with mentors from an outstanding pool of faculty investigators engaged in cutting-edge basic and clinical research related to diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases.

The funding amount for 2025 will be $7200, pre-tax, for twelve weeks of full-time work from May 27 through August 15. The start and/or end date of the fellowship may be shifted slightly to accommodate overlap with the academic year at home institutions, if necessary. Students who are currently enrolled at any degree granting university or college are eligible to apply. Preference is given to those students interested in a career in research. Although federal funding is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, we will have a few slots available for international students.

More information including how to apply can be found at this website:

https://michmed.org/jWzzx

Each student is matched, based on their interests, to a laboratory participating in M-SURE, led by a faculty mentor of the Molecular & Integrative Physiology Department and/or the Caswell Diabetes Institute at the University of Michigan. Faculty are all committed to undergraduate training and use broad approaches to improve our understanding of obesity, diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases.

To enhance our M-SURE trainees’ experience, there will be a weekly lecture series highlighting the physiology of diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism. Additional presentations will focus on how to develop a career in biomedical research, and responsible conduct of research. Trainees will give a final oral presentation of their work at the end of summer Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. We are excited to provide training and mentorship opportunities in basic/foundational and translational research to help develop the next generation of highly accomplished biomedical scholars interested in biomedical research and discovery.

2025 - 2026 Summer Scholars Fellowship:
Apply: https://sens.org/education-opportunities/summer-scholars/
Program Duration: 10 - 12 weeks
Locations: Novato, CA; Mountain View, CA; La Jolla, CA; Davis, CA; Mountain View; Stanford, CA; Boston, MA

LRI Education sets itself apart from many other training programs with its focus on the development of scientific communication skills in addition to enhancing laboratory and critical thinking skills. Over the course of its educational programs, participants are guided through practical writing assignments that simulate documents scientists are often asked to produce, such as grant proposals. The communication training culminates in a formal presentation at a symposium where participants present the results of their work to their peers and mentors.

2025 -2026 Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship:
Apply: https://sens.org/education-opportunities/postbacc-fellowship/
Program Duration: 9 months
Locations: Novato, CA; Mountain View, CA; La Jolla, CA; Davis, CA; Mountain View; Boston, MA

The LRI Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Program offers recent graduates a gap year option where they can strengthen their research and communication skills in preparation for such opportunities as graduate programs, medical programs, and biotech positions. Like the LRI Summer Scholars Program, the goal of the Postbaccalaureate Fellowship Program includes assignments and training that hone writing and presentation skills. These training exercises are completed within the framework of a research project that the Fellow will be tasked with completing under the guidance of a scientific mentor.

Additionally, we offer a Ph.D. program partnership with the University of Toledo and a Master’s partnership with Dominican University of California. Both are fantastic opportunities to get a graduate degree while gaining research experience in the biotech industry.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at education@lifespanresearchinstiute.org.

Beginning in 2013, the University of North Florida became one of the newest host sites for the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program.  The UNF REU Program offers paid research training experiences in Coastal Biology to 10 undergraduate students during a 10-week period from late May-late July.  REU participants are paired with Coastal Biologists at UNF and the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) and conduct mentored research projects related to their advisor’s expertise.  Prior to this, students will complete a 1-week orientation on performing research in Coastal Biology to prepare them for their directed research projects.  Students will also gain experience in science communication by presenting the results of their project at a departmental-wide research poster mini-symposium.  Participants will attend research seminars and workshops on career skills in science.  Students may also have the opportunity to present their research findings at professional conferences.

To be eligible for participation in the 2025 UNF REU program, students must be:

• U.S. Citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its possessions

• Enrolled in a degree program (part-time or full-time) leading to a baccalaureate degree (or planning on enrolling in such a degree program within a year).
• Available for the full duration of the program, from May 19th to July 25th (some exceptions possible)

Freshman- and Sophomore-level science students and students from minority groups underrepresented in science (African Americans, Latinos and Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Pacific Islanders, and Alaskan Natives) are especially encouraged to apply!

Students participating in the REU program will receive:

• Stipend of $5,500 over the 10-week period
• Free housing in a UNF dormitory and meals
• Support for transportation between UNF and their home institution

Students interested in applying to the 2025 UNF REU program can acquire information on the application procedure from the program website. The deadline for applications is March 16, 2025.

See: http://www.unf.edu/coas/biology/coastal_biology/REU-Apply.aspx