Off-Campus Summer Research
Search here for Research Experiences for Undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation.
Check listings posted through the Council for Undergraduate Research to see recent offerings.
There are a wide range of summer research opportunities that accept undergraduate students in many fields. Some of these programs are REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) supported by the National Science Foundation. Additional opportunities may be added here as they are announced. These programs are not administered by UST and students must apply individually to be considered.
- REU Program in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, American Museum of Natural History; application deadline February 15, 2019.
- Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona State University, for students in math, biology, or related fields; application deadline January 31, 2019.
- REU in astronomy and planetary science, SETI Institute
- Mosaics in Science internships, National Park Service, for students underrepresented in STEM fields; application deadline February 10, 2019.
- REU Program, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center; applications for summer 2019 closed.
- REU Program in field ecology and wildlife biology, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, waived application fee deadline February 15, 2019.
- TAURUS Scholars Program in astrophysics for underrepresented students, UT-Austin; application deadline February 15, 2019.
- REU, Undergraduate Research in Educational Data Mining, George Mason University; application deadline February 15, 2019.
- REU, Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Computing Research Assn's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research; application deadline February 15, 2019 (also interested in faculty mentor applications).
- REU, Utilizing Plants for Innovative Research, Kettering University; application deadline February 15, 2019.
- REU in imaging sciences, Strobe NSF Science & Technology Center for Real-Time Functional Imaging; application deadline February 8, 2019.
- REU Program, Population Biology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, for students in biology, computer science, ecology, mathematics, and statistics; application deadline February 13, 2019.
- REU in sustainable land and water resources, National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, for students in civil engineering, ecology, geosciences, mathematics, or related fields; application deadline February 26, 2019.
- REU in physics, chemistry, and physical chemistry, the College of Wooster; application deadline February 28, 2019.
- REU in rehabilitation engineering, Human Engineering Research Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh, for students in computer science, engineering, mathematics, and science; application deadline March 1, 2019.
- REU Program, A. J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment, Drexel University; applications accepted on a rolling basis
- NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
- REU: Gulf of Maine Research Institute; app deadline Feb 15, 2019
- REU: Disturbance Ecology in Central Appalachia, Eastern Kentucky University; app deadline Feb 15, 2019
- REU: Synthesis, Assembly, and Characterization of Soft Matter, Cleveland State University; app deadline Feb 15, 2019
- REU: "Security of Smart Things," Florida International University; app deadline Feb 22, 2019
- Various summer research internships, the Brookings Institution; app deadline Mar 1, 2019
- Archives internship, Rock County [WI] Historical Society; app deadline May 1, 2019
- Various summer internships, Buffalo Bill Center of the West [WY]; app deadline Mar 1, 2019
- Archives internship, Rock County [WI] Historical Society; app deadline May 1, 2019
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center internships; app deadline February 15, 2019
- Robert Frederick Smith Internship Program, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture; informational webinar January 29, 2019; app deadline February 15, 2019
- Analytic Studies Intern Program, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute; app deadline February 25, 2019
- Internships at Old Sturbridge Village; app deadline March 15, 2019
- REU, Weather, Climate, and Society, University of South Florida. For second-year students. App deadline: Feb 1, 2019.
- REU, Physics and Engineering, Miami University of Ohio. App deadline: Feb 15, 2019.
- REU, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. App deadline: Mar 1, 2019.
- EXERCISE (Explore Emerging Computing in Science and Engineering), Salisbury University. App deadline: Mar 10, 2019.
Faculty and staff, feel free to send announcements about additional program offerings to UROP@stthomas.edu.