The Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Database includes a list of primarily off-campus summer research opportunities available for undergraduate students.
Please note - This is not an exhaustive list of all summer opportunities. Though we actively manage and update this database, there are likely many opportunities, both on-campus and external, that our office has missed.
This database is maintained by the Illinois Office of Undergraduate Research. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or would like to add an opportunity to our database, please email ugresearch@illinois.edu.
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| Research Opportunity | Research Area | Opportunity Timing | Deadline Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program at Augusta University The Summer STAR (Student Training And Research) Program provides opportunities for highly motivated and talented undergraduate students to develop skills as young scientists and to further explore their interest in biomedical research. STAR participants are matched to a biomedical research laboratory and engage in a research project under the guidance of a Augusta University faculty member and their lab team. The Summer STAR program provides excellent preparation and relevant experience for students planning to pursue a PhD or MD/PhD in the biomedical sciences. |
Medicine & Health | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Mechanistic Biology Summer Program (MBSP) Explore biology research through hands-on experience in cutting-edge laboratories, faculty seminars, workshops, and culminate your findings at a symposium! |
Medicine & Health, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Chemical Biology Summer Program (ChBSP) The 10-week Chemical Biology Summer Program (ChBSP) offers undergraduates a research experience intersecting chemistry and biomedicine. Accepted students adapt chemistry skills, attend seminars, workshops, and present a concluding poster. |
Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) SR-EIP is a 10-week fully paid summer internship that provides undergraduates with mentored research experiences in life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and humanities. Students will receive professional development mentoring on applying to graduate programs and create an oral or poster presentation to be presented at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium. |
Education, Humanities & Arts, Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences & Behavior | Summer | 2/3/26 |
| Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE) Dartmouth's ASURE provides summer research experience to undergraduates. Focusing on academic research, networking, and mentoring, ASURE prepares students for future graduate research training. |
Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences & Behavior | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program (SUMR) This summer internship introduces talented undergraduate students, with a demonstrated commitment in advancing the needs of underrepresented groups in health services, population health, and clinical epidemiology, to research in this field. |
Medicine & Health | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Artificial Intelligence for Computational Creativity REU The Brown Computer Science REU Site is a fully-funded summer program offering students the opportunity to conduct research on creative AI applications under the mentorship of Brown faculty and graduate students. Participants will have opportunities to engage in hands-on research, career development activities, and social events, fostering skills in AI, machine learning, and personal expression through technology. |
Data Science, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/3/26 |
| Promoting Research Opportunities in Engineering Labs (PROPEL) PROPEL at Johns Hopkins is an eight-week residential summer program designed to increase exposure to research careers and graduate education for promising undergraduate students. |
Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/4/26 |
| Summer Undergraduate Research in Acoustics The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will be running a 12-week PAID summer undergraduate research program for students interested in the area of Acoustics. This intensive summer program in acoustics is designed for under-represented undergraduate students from across the country. |
Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/5/26 |
| Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology (SURB) The Pepperdine University SURB seeks students who are interested in pursuing a career in biological research, science education, environmental science, biomathematics or biotechnology to apply to their program. |
Education, Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/5/26 |
| WHOI Summer Student Fellowship The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship provides research opportunities in oceanography, marine biology, and related disciplines. It is a prestigious program where undergraduate students can engage in hands-on research experiences and work alongside leading scientists at the renowned institution. |
Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/5/26 |
| Institute of Science and Technology Austria Summer Fellowship (ISTernship) ISTA invites students from around the world to participate in natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, physics, chemistry, and related interdisciplinary research for 2 to 3 months each summer. Participants will benefit from the supervision and collaboration of ISTA’s research groups and take part in a tailored program with a series of events to make the most of their experience. |
Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/5/26 |
| Meharry Cancer Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SuRP) The Meharry Cancer SuRP is a 10-week intensive, hands-on research experience for undergraduate students. The overall goals of the program are to expose students to different types of cancer research (clinical, biomedical, and community-based) and increase their awareness of cancer health disparities. |
Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences | Summer | Anticipated 2/5/26 |
| Superior Energy-efficient Materials and Devices (SUPREME) REU The SUPREME REU provides students the opportunity to work on a broad range of nanoscale science and technology projects supported by the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility. |
Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/6/26 |
| Community-Academic Scholars Program The Community-Academic Scholars Initiative provides undergraduates from all disciplines with an immersive 10-week community-based summer research experience with guidance from a faculty mentor and community partner. Each scholar will contribute to a research project designed to directly benefit community members addressing critical issues related to health, poverty, and/or social inequality. |
Education, Humanities & Arts, Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences & Behavior | Summer | Anticipated 2/6/26 |
| Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) REU CNF REU offers interns hands-on experience with nanofabrication, collaboration with academia and industry researchers, training on diverse nanofab tools, and the chance to become independent nanoscale researchers. |
Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/6/26 |
| Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP) Marshfield Clinic Research Institute's (MCRI) SRIP is a research opportunity for students to expand their technical skills and develop their professional abilities in the areas of cancer care, epidemiology, precision medicine & genetics, farm medicine, clinical & rare disease, and laboratory. |
Data Science, Medicine & Health | Summer | Anticipated 2/7/26 |
| National Deep Inference Fabric (NDIF) Engineering Fellowship NDIF is awarding Summer Engineering Fellowships to participate in a high-priority summer project to develop and rapidly scale AI research infrastructure to keep pace with the precipitous increase in scale of state-of-the art AI. Fellowship tracks include full stack tool development, site reliability engineering, and outreach. |
Data Science, Science & Technology | Summer | 2/7/26 |
| Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) Summer Undergraduate Research Program Students will learn the process of research: reading literature, formulating questions and hypotheses, designing a study, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting your results as a research poster and presentation. Disciplines include biochemistry, plant biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, and crop sciences. |
Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences | Summer | Anticipated 2/7/26 |
| Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology at Harvard The Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology offers undergraduate students a unique opportunity to learn about the use of quantitative methods for biological, environmental, and medical research alongside Harvard faculty, researchers, and graduate students. |
Data Science, Medicine & Health, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/7/26 |
| UC San Diego Health's Summer Internship Program UC San Diego Health's summer internship program covers a range of topic areas including predictive modeling for personalized medicine; privacy technology; natural language processing; image processing and retrieval; integration of genotypic, phenotypic, and behavioral patient data for discovery; informed consent ontology/tools; and blockchain technology. |
Data Science, Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences | Spring | Anticipated 2/7/26 |
| American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE) Program The Human Engineering Research Laboratories offer a summer research program focused on rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology, where participants engage in research, develop presentations, and compete in professional development activities, culminating in a symposium recognizing outstanding work. |
Medicine & Health, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/8/26 |
| Entry Point! Program for Students with Disabilities Entry Point! is the signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology, and Disability. Entry Point! provides a wide, national recruitment and screening effort to discover outstanding students with disabilities. |
Medicine & Health, Natural Sciences, Science & Technology | Summer | Anticipated 2/9/26 |
| The Henry G. Steinbrenner Scholars Program The Henry G. Steinbrenner Scholars Program is a prestigious 10-week in-person summer internship focused on topics in neurotrauma. Students will work in stat-of-the-art facilities as part of a multidisciplinary team. |
Medicine & Health | Summer | 2/9/26 |
| Chalmers Astrophysics & Space Science Summer (CASSUM) Research Fellowships The CASSUM research fellowship program invites students interested in conducting research on cosmic origins and astronomy to apply to this 10-week summer program. |
Natural Sciences | Summer | Anticipated 2/10/26 |