Research Opportunities

Discover research opportunities in FSU departments and colleges by talking to faculty and exploring their websites. Below is a list of other opportunities at FSU and around the US.

FSU Research Experiences and Internships

• Summer Research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
  An eight-week summer research experience at the Mag Lab at Florida State.
  
• Certificate Program in Marine Biology
  Available to Biological Science Majors at FSU.
  
• Florida State CompuStat Group
  Fosters interaction among Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Biological Science, Chemistry, and Medicine at FSU.
  

External Research Experiences and Internships

• Science Career Center's Summer Internship List
  This list currently has 100+ undergraduate summer research internships available to college students for the summer, and internships are being added regularly. This list has stood out in the scientific community because there are opportunities in all fields of science.

• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Internships, Scholarships and Fellowships

  ORAU (http://www.orau.org) is a consortium of 97 PhD granting institutions administering a very large portfolio of internship, fellowship, scholarship, and research experience opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students and recent degree recipients. There are over one thousand opportunities for undergraduates. Here is a short powerpoint introduction (2.3 MB).

Alphabetical listing:

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

  Deadline: February 1

• Baylor College of Medicine Biomedical Research Training Program (SMART)

  Deadline: February 1

• California Institute of Technology’s SURF

  Deadline: TBA

• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Summer ORISE Fellowship

  Deadline: TBA

• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Summer Research Fellowship

  Deadline: February 15

• Clemson Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: TBA

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Long Island, NY

  Deadline: January 15

• Columbia University IGERT on Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems (BioIGERT) Undergraduate Research Program, Long Island, NY

  Deadline: TBA

• Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships

  Deadline: February 1

• Department of Homeland Security STEM Summer Research Internships

  Deadline: January 5

• Department of State Internships

  Not all of the internships here involve research.
  Summer deadline: November 1

• Duke University Marine Laboratory Bookhout Research Scholarships

  Deadline: February 15

• Field School in Urban Archeology University of Maryland

• Foreign Policy Research Institute

  All summer internship applications must be received by the first Friday in April
  Deadline: April 3

• Genome Sciences and Policy Summer Fellowship

  Deadline: TBA

• Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues

  Deadline: TBA

• Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research in Aquatic Chemical Ecology

  Deadline TBA

• Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

  Deadline: March 27

• Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program

  Deadline: March 3

• GREAT Group Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

  Association of American Medical Colleges provides links to numerous summer research opportunities in the biomedical sciences

• Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology

  Deadline: February 6

• Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute

  Deadline: January 31

• Hooked on Photonics at The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR)

  Deadline: February 15

• Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, NY

  Deadline: February 1

• IGERT Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  Links to numerous opportunities in math, science, technology and engineering

• The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Research in Industrial Projects for Students (Hong Kong)

  Deadline: TBA

• The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Research in Industrial Projects for Students (UCLA)

  Deadline: TBA

• Janelia Farm Summer Undergraduate Scholars (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  Deadline: February 2

• Johns Hopkins Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURF)

  Deadline: February 1

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internship Opportunities

  Deadline: January 1/February 28

• Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)

  Deadline: February 1

• Loyola Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Summer Research Program

  Deadline: February 15

• Maryland Sea Grant Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: February 12

• Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

  Deadline: May 1

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship

  Deadline: TBA

• Mountain Lake Biological Station's Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: February 20

• NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program

  Deadline: January 23

• National Cancer Institute's Integrative Cancer Biology Program

  Deadline: January 21, 2009

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  Applications accepted year-round.

• The National Institute of Health

  Deadline: TBA

• The National Institute of Science and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

  Deadline: February 16. The National Institute of Science and technology offers summer programs in a variety of discipline. Students are encouraged to explore the various websites to discover the project areas and the opportunities they provide.

• The National Science Foundation

  This link offers a variety of research experiences for undergraduate students. You may search the site by state/location or by subject area. Students from any university are eligible to apply for these REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) programs

• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) REU

  Deadline: TBA

• North Carolina State’s Summer Research Experiences

  The deadlines vary with the programs.

• The Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis (NESLS) Program

  Deadline: March 1

• The Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer Schools
  The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring two INTENSIVE six-week Summer Schools in Nuclear and Radiochemistry for undergraduates. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy. Fellowships include a stipend of $3800, all tuition and fees, transportation to and from the Summer School location, housing, books, and laboratory supplies.
  http://www.nscl.msu.edu/~mantica/2010_SummerSchoolFlyer.pdf
  http://www.cofc.edu/~nuclear/nukess.html

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
  

  Deadline:  vary with programs. ORISE offers a variety of programs in numerous disciplines. Please search the programs on their website.

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Deadline: February 1

• The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)

  Deadline: January 31

• Pasteur Foundation:  The Undergraduate Internship Program

  Deadline:  December 17, 2010

• The Smithsonian Environment Research Center Internship Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Smithsonian Institution:  National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Special Olympics Health Student Grants
  Applications accepted year-round
  

• Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) @ USF
  Deadline: March 15, 2012

• The Student Conservation Association Internships

  Deadline: February 15/March 15

• Tufts Summer Research Program in the Biomedical Sciences
  Deadline: February 15

• UCSF Summer Research Opportunities

  Deadline: February 2

• UNC Chapel Hill Carolina Summer Fellowships Program in Pharmacology

  Deadline: TBA

• University of Maryland BSOS Summer Research Initiative

  Deadline: TBA

• University of Maryland Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)

  Deadline: TBA

• University of Minnesota Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

  Deadline: February 15

• University of North Carolina Summer Research Program in Molecular Biosciences for Undergraduates

  Deadline: March 1

• University of Texas Medical Branch Biomedical Research Program
  Deadline: February 18

• University of Virginia’s Blandy Experimental Farm, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

  Deadline: March 1

• University of Virginia School of Medicine Summer Research Internship Program

  Deadline: February 15

• Virginia Tech Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

  Deadline: February 1

• Virginia Tech Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program Summer Research Internships

  Deadline March 1

• Wake Forest University Summer Research Opportunities

  Deadlines vary by program, please check the website. Ranges from February 13 - March 1

• Weizmann Institute of Science

  Deadline: December 31

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship Program

  Deadline: February 1

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swashzone Processes Student Fellowships

  Deadline: March 15