Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
All physics majors are encouraged to conduct research
during the summers after their sophomore and junior years. More
than two-thirds of the students entering graduate school in physics
have participated in some type of summer research activity. An
effective way to find summer research opportunities is by searching the
web. The
deadlines
for many summer programs are in
February,
so you should start the application process no later than January.
To get you started, some programs are listed below.
1.
NSF
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Application deadlines: February through
Mid March
2.
Research Experiences for
Undergraduates at Cornell University
Topic: Nanoscale Systems
Application deadline: early
February
(for early consideration)
3.
NSF
Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Northwestern University
Topic: Material Science
Application deadline: early February
4.
The NIST Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Topic: Information Technologies
Application deadline: early February
5.
Undergraduate Summer Institute at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: Applied Science
Application deadline: early February
6.
For Undergraduate
Women : APS and APS & IBM Summer Research
Topic: Physics, Science and Engineering
7.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
Application deadline: December 14
8.
Research Internships in Science and Engineering (organized by the German academic exchange service DAAD
Topic: sScience, and Engineering)
Application deadline: Jan 31
9.
The North Carolina Space Grant
Topic: Science and Engineering
Application deadline: February 15
10.
IBB Summer Undergraduate Internship Programs, Rice university
Topic: Bioscience, and Bioengineering
Application deadline: early February
11.
UROP International Summer Scholarship in Germany
Topic: Science,IT, Engineering
Application deadline: January 15
12.
Penn State BBSI program
Topic: Physical, Life, Engineering, and Clinical sciences
Application deadline: Feb 22
13.
SULI program at National Labs - U.S. citizens and permanent residents
SULI program at Jefferson Lab - for Non-US citizens
Topic: Engineering, and sciences
Application deadline: Feb 29
14.
Duke University Dean's Summer Research Felloship
Deans' Summer Research Fellowships of up
to $2500 will be awarded to 20 or more Trinity College students
in Summer 2008 for reasonable expenses associated with research
projects planned for the summer. Priority will be given to applicants
whose summer projects are preparatory to fall semester research
independent study courses or extensions of ongoing research conducted
within research courses in the spring semester.
Application deadline: March 7
15.
Summer research opportunities maintained by Duke University
Topic: all disciplines