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There are hundreds of summer programs hosted at other universities that may be of interest to UW students. We maintain a partial list of summer research programs around the U.S. and the world, with links to other searchable summer research program databases.
If you find any broken links, please email undergradresearch@uw.edu.
National Science Foundation Programs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds many Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in a range of academic disciplines at sites across the country. Search for an NSF REU site.
Pathways to Science search tool
The Institute for Broadening Participation’s Pathways to Science project maintains a searchable database of programs in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
= Indicates programs that are open to international students studying at U.S. institutions pursuing an undergraduate degree. Please check program sites for specific eligibility criteria and information. International students should also use the Advanced Search feature of the Pathways to Science database to limit their search to opportunities open to non-US citizens.
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Columbia Business School Summer Research Internship Program New York, NY
- DAAD EMGIP – Bundestag Internship Germany
- D.C. Internships Summer Programs Washington D.C.
- EuroScholars (European Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Various Locations – Europe
- Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
- National Air and Space Museum Summer Internship Program Washington D.C.; Chantilly, VA; Suitland, MD
- Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program Washington, D.C.
- SIT Study Abroad Various locations – International
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Internships & Fellowships Washington, D.C.
- Summer Research – Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) Various locations
- ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship Switzerland
- Travel and Study Programs at UW Tacoma (Affiliated with UW – Various locations and themes)
- UC Berkeley Summer Research Opportunity Program Berkeley, CA
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Various locations
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- UW Archaeology Study Abroad Program – Mallorca, Spain
- UW Exploration Seminars (Affiliated with UW – Various international locations and themes)
Medicine & Health
- Biomedical Research Internships (catalog maintained by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
- AAMC M.D./Ph.D. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs Various locations
- Active Minds Emerging Scholars Fellowship Various locations
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program Various locations
- American Heart Association Undergraduate Summer Student Fellowship San Diego, CA
- Behavioral Research Advancements in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Atlanta, GA
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities Cleveland, OH
- Chicago Center for Systems Biology Fellowships Chicago, IL
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute Summer Scholars Program Philadelphia, PA
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute Undergraduate Research Opportunities Cleveland, OH
- Drexel University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Philadelphia, PA
- Florida Mental Health Research Institute University of South Florida
- Four Directions Summer Research Program Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Summer Intern Program Seattle, WA
- Gateways to the Laboratory Program New York, NY
- Hackensack University Medical Center Summer Clinical Research Volunteer ProgramHackensack, NJ
- Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center Summer Internships Seattle, WA
- Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute Boston, MA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program (HIP) Boston, MA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Scholars Program Loudoun County, Virginia
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program Indianapolis, IN
- Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Various locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PHD) University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA
- UM-SMART Summer Program University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
- Minority Health Disparities Summer Research Opportunities University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
- Mount Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program New York, NY
- Multidisciplinary International Research Training Various locations – International
- National Science Foundation Science & Technology Centers Various locations
- Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program and Nemours Office of Health Equity and Inclusion’s Health Equity Summer Scholars Program Wilmington, DE
- NSF BIT SURE REU North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education Various locations
- Ohio University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine – Athens, OH
- ORISE Research Participation Programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta, Georgia
- Path Summer Fellowship Seattle, WA
- Paul W. Zuccaire Internship Program Paris, France
- Rockefeller Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Rockefeller University, NY
- Rutgers RISE Program Rutgers, New Jersey
- Seattle Children’s Research Institute Seattle, WA
- SIT Study Abroad Various locations – International
- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program Harvard University – Boston, MA
- Summer Medical and Research Training Program Baylor College of Medicine, TX
- Summer Research Internship Program in Biomedicine University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA
- Summer Research Program University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
- Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Minority Students Tufts University – Boston, MA
- Summer Program in Biostatistics and Quantitative Biology Harvard University – Boston, MA
- Summer Training Academy for Research Success University of California-San Diego – La Jolla, CA
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program RWTH Aachen University – Aachen, Germany
- University of Nebraska Medical Center MD/PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Program Omaha, NE
- University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Scholars Program Philadelphia, PA
- University of Texas Health Science Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship San Antonio, TX
- Village Reach Mozambique
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
- Amgen Scholars Japan Program Kyoto University and The University of Tokyo
- Amgen Scholars U.S. Program Various locations
- American Chemical International Research Experience for Undergraduates (IREU) Various locations
- American Mathematical Society REU Summer Programs Various locations
- Academic Fellowships and Scholarships, Research Experiences, Sabbaticals, and Internships available through ORISE and ORAU Various locations
- Albert Einstein Summer Undergraduate Research Program Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society Albuquerque, NM
- American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship Washington, D.C.
- APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women Various locations
- Baylor University CASPER’s NSF REU Program Baylor University, TX
- Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program Washington University in St. Louis, MO
- Boise State NSF-REU: Complexity Across Disciplines (CAD) Boise State University, ID
- Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program Boston, MA
- Broad Summer Research Program BROAD Institute of MIT and Harvard, MA
- Caltech Amgen Scholars Program Caltech, CA
- CalTech LIGO SURF Program CalTech, CA
- Centers for Chemical Innovation Programs Various locations
- Center for Integrated Access Networks (see: Students > Undergraduates) Various locations
- Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program Various locations
- Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
- Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship University of California, Irvine
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SURP Cold Spring Harbor, NY
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Program Champaign, IL
- Computer Vision REU University of Central Florida
- CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates Various locations
- Critical Skills Internship Opportunities Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Summer Internship Program Various Locations
- Duke University Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) Durham, NC
- Fermilab Summer Internships for Physics Majors (IPM) Fermilab, IL
- Fermilab Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST) Fermilab, IL
- GSK Summer Undergraduate Research Program Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, NY
- Hurricane REU University of South Florida, FL
- IAESTE Internship Placement Program Various Locations
- IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose, CA
- Institute for Shock Physics Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Material Under Extreme Conditions Washington State University, WA
- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) Summer Internship Seattle, WA
- Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program University of Wisconsin, WI
- Integrated Optics for Undergraduates Program Various locations
- Internet of Things REU University of Central Florida
- Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean Summer Internship Program Seattle, WA
- Keck Geology Consortium Various locations
- Lee Teng Undergraduate Fellowship in Accelerator Science and Engineering Fermilab, IL; Argonne National Lab, IL
- Lehigh University Summer Physics REU Lehigh University, PA
- Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program University of Missouri-Columbia
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM
- Marine Physical Laboratory Summer Internship Program Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
- Medical College of Wisconsin Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Medical College of Wisconsin, WI
- MIT Summer Research Program MIT, MA
- Monmouth University School of Science Summer Research Program (SRP) Monmouth University, NJ
- MSU Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (EnSURE) Michigan State University, MI
- MSU Solar Physics REU Program Montana State University, MT
- Multicultural Access to Research Training University of Colorado – Boulder, CO
- NASA Intern and Fellow Opportunities for International Students Various locations
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA
- NASA Robotics Academy Various NASA Research Centers
- National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network REU Various locations
- National Center for Toxicological Research Summer Student Research Program Jefferson, Arkansas
- National Science Foundation REU Opportunities Various locations
- Northwestern University Summer Research Opportunity Program Evanston, IL
- NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Gaithersburg, MD
- NSF REU at K-State: Laser-matter Interactions at the Atomic and Nanoscales Kansas State University, KS
- NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program New York University School of Medicine, NY
- Paul W. Zuccaire Internship Program Paris, France
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars through Community Geographic Information Systems and Citizen Science Belize and University of Central Florida
- Quantitative and Physical Science SURF Program at UT Southwestern University of Texas Southwestern Modeical Center, TX
- Research at NASA’s Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH
- Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Solar and Space Physics University of Colorado – Boulder, Colorado
- Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Sustainability Northern Illinois University – DeKalb, IL
- Research in Science and Engineering Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ
- Research Internships in Science and Engineering Various locations within Germany
- Resources for the Future Summer Research Internship Program Various locations
- Science Education Programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Multiple locations
- SCI Scholars Summer Internship Program Multiple locations
- Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA
- Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science Boulder, CO
- SIT Study Abroad Various locations – International
- Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Space Astronomy Summer Program Baltimore, MD
- Stanford Summer Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) Stanford University, CA
- Summer Internships in Science and Technology Batavia, Illinois
- Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Various locations
- Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Lausanne, Switzerland
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience U.S. Department of Energy, Various locations
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Caltech, CA
- Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in Computational Biology Farmington, CT
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular and Quantitative & Computational Biology Princeton, NJ
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center Summer Research Program Brooklyn, NY
- SURF Program University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, TX
- UCI’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program University of California-Irvine
- UCLA Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate Pipeline Network Biomedical Summer Research Program University of New Mexico
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program RWTH Aachen University – Aachen, Germany
- University of California, San Fransisco Summer Research Program San Francisco, CA
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Cincinnati, OH
- University of Colorado SMART Program Boulder, CO
- University of Tokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP) Tokyo, Japan
- University of Michigan Molecular & Integrative Physiology Summer Fellowship University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Missouri Summer Research Programs University of Missouri – Columbia, MO
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas Research Experience for Undergraduates in Environmental Microbiology Las Vegas, NV
- University of Oregon NIH R25 Summer Research Program Eugene, OR
- University of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research Eugene, OR
- University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering SURE Program Los Angeles, CA
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville Summer REU Knoxville, TN
- U.S. Department of Energy Scholars Program Various locations
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Various locations
- Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Nashville, TN
- Village Reach Mozambique
- Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Summer Program New York, NY
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship Woods Hole, MA
Pre-College Students
- Camp BIOmed, National Association for Biomedical Research
- Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease (CIIID) Scholars Summer Internship Program