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Summer research programs are held for 8 to 10 weeks at听colleges,听universities,听laboratories, hospitals, and institutes across the country and abroad. They are听usually intended for听students听after听their sophomore听or junior years of college, but听there are an increasing number of听programs that听seek students after their first year. A student鈥檚 time at a summer research program听is generally devoted to听working in small groups with other undergraduate students听on original research projects under the direction of a professional researcher.

Summer research听programs usually pay each student a stipend of听several thousand dollars听to participate. In addition, they often cover听travel听and living expenses for the duration of the program and听fund travel听to present research at听conferences.

Tips听on applying to summer research programs

• Customize your听application for each program. Indicate why you are specifically interested in that program.
• Many programs have special niches. For instance, they want to promote graduate school or they want to introduce laboratory skills to students who do not have much laboratory experience. Make sure your personal statement clearly highlights how you fit in this niche.
• Each program听has different requirements听for its participants, so pay close attention to them. For example, some programs expect听their participants to have completed certain classes and the majority require U.S. citizenship.
• Emphasize your potential by mentioning听any听undergraduate research you have completed and any outstanding projects or term papers you have completed for your classes.
• Indicate any interest in graduate school that you may have. Note that programs in biological or medical fields generally prefer students who听have an interest in graduate school rather than students who are strictly interested in medical school.
• Ask a professor in your major to read over your application materials.
• Every application will require recommendation letters. Do not wait until the last minute to request them from your professors!

Links to summer research opportunities on and off campus.听

• On Campus
  • 听(Mathematics)
• Off Campus
  • Education and Social Sciences
  • Political Science
  • Science, Technology, Mathematics, Neuroscience
    • 听at Washington University in St. Louis听(International students currently pursuing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in the United States听are encouraged to apply)
    • 听list 鈥� (if you are in a science, technology, mathematics, or neuroscience field, you should start your search for a summer program by听searching the NSF list)
    • American Mathematical Society list ()
    • American Physiological Society list ()
    • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology list ()
    • Center for Disease Control list ()
    • Department of Homeland Security list ()
    • 听list
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory list ()
    • University of Alabama at Birmingham听
    • University of Alabama at Birmingham听
    • University of Iowa 鈥� biological and medical sciences听list ()
    • Virginia Bioinformatics Institute list ()
    • 听(National Weather Center)
    • 听(Department of Energy)
    • 听(Mayo Clinic)

Click听here听for the Fall 2017 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2016 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2015 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2014 program.