Summer Internships in Biology
Internship programs in biology. Some information here has been updated.
Internships in New York City | Biomedical
laboratory research - elsewhere | Ecology and environmental
sciences | Marine biology | Other biology | For minorities
| Summer coursework | Summer jobs
Additional lists of summer programs may be found at these sites:
Harvard Medical School's BCMP Summer Internship Program
Yale University A
Guide to Summer Research Opportunities For Undergraduate Students In Science
And Engineering.
National
Science Foundation Research Experience for
Undergraduates Program.
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Science Opportunities.
Syracuse University. Summer programs for pre-health professions, listed by
state.
Internship database, Michigan
State University.
Search by area of biology.
Columbia
University's Career Services has additional
information on internships. You can also visit their walk-in resource center on
East Campus.
Internships in New York City
(Those limited to minorities are listed separately, below.)
Biomedical laboratory research - elsewhere
(Those limited to minorities are listed separately, below.)
- California Institute of
Technology: Pasadena,
CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- Howard University: Washington, DC.
Amgen Scholars Program.
- Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: Cambridge,
MA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- University of California:
Berkeley, CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- University
of California: Los Angeles,
CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- University of California: San Diego, CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- University
of California: San Francisco,
CA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- University
of Washington: Seattle,
WA. Amgen Scholars Program.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Long Island, NY.
Biology. .
- UMDNJ - Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences: Stratford,
NJ. Molecular/cellular biology.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory: Long Island, NY.
Biology and chemistry.
- Rutgers University: Piscataway, NJ.
Neuroscience.
- University of
Connecticut Health Center: Quantitative cell biology.
- National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Research Triangle Park, NC.
- Emory University: Atlanta, GA.
All areas of biology, primate behavior.
- Children's
Hospital Medical Center: Cincinnati,
OH. Developmental biology.
- Loyola
University - Stritch School of Medicine: Chicago IL.
Microbiology and immunology.
- Indiana University: Bloomington IN.
Animal Behavior.
- Indiana
University: Bloomington
IN. Several programs.
- Mayo Clinic:
Rochester,
Minnesota. Biomedical
sciences.
- University
of Minnesota: St. Paul,
MN. All areas of biology
- Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Biomedical
Research Apprenticeship.
- Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, TX.
All areas of biomedical sciences.
- University
of Texas: Houston, TX. Summer Research Program
- University of Texas:
San Antonio,
TX. Biomedical lab
research and clinical activity.
- University of Texas: Galveston, TX.
Biomedical sciences.
- W.M.
Keck Center for Computational Biology: Houston, TX.
Computational biology.
- U.S.
Department of Energy. Energy research undergraduate laboratory
fellowship.
- Pasteur Foundation: Paris, France. Undergraduate Summer Internships at
the Institut Pasteur
- Cornell
Medical School: Gateways to the laboratory summer program
- Humboldt State University:
10-week Summer program in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology.
- Conservation
International & University of Virginia: internship program
- UCSF: Nine week summer
research opportunties in biological, biomedical,
and behavioral sciences.
- Thomas
Jefferson University: Summer undergraduate research program
- RISE (Research Internships in
Science and Engineering): Undergraduate research in biology in Germany
- Northwestern University
Institute for Nanotechnology: Summer internships in nanomedicine and bionanotechnology
- Keck Graduate Institute: Claremont, CA. Summer REU Program in
biotechnology & bioengineering.
- Virginia Tech:
Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute
- University of Chicago:
10 week summer research program at the Chicago Center
for Systems Biology
- University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Summer fellowships in biological
research
- AHA
Founders Affiliate Summer Student Fellowship: 10 week research
internship in cardiovascular research.
- University of Nebraska:
Summer undergraduate research program
Ecology and environmental studies
- The Student Conservation Association
- Institute of Ecosystem Studies,
Milbrook
NY. Ecology.
- University of Colorado
Boulder, CO. Behavior, ecology, evolution.
- Rocky Mountain
Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO. Field ecology..
- Point
Reyes Bird Observatory, CA. Ornithology & field
biology. No deadline, but best to apply early.
- Organization
of Biological Field Stations. Lists field stations in US and overseas
that are members of OBFS, many have summer programs (internships, courses,
or volunteer work) in ecology and environmental studies.
- Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center, Chesapeake
Bay, MD.
Environmental research and education.
- Environmental
Careers Organization. Postings of nationwide internships in
environmental fields.
- School for Field Studies. Summer
internship after completion of BA/BS degree.
- Operation Wallacea
Biodiversity, forest biology, marine sciences in Indonesia.
- Mote
Marine Laboratories Research experience for undergraduates (REU)
- ACEER Foundation. An exploration
of plant based medicines from the Amazon and Andes.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. Summer student fellowships.
- SEE-U Black Rock
Forest: 2.5 week long immersive introduction to ecology and field biology
- Steer
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Marine biology - internships and courses
- Mote
Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
Estuarine science in Charlotte
Harbor.
- Boston University/Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Coastal bays of New
England.
- Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole,
MA. Marine biology.
- Marine Biological
Laboratory, Summer interships.
Woods Hole, MA. Marine biology.
- Marine Science Center (Northeastern U),
Summer courses, near Boston.
- Shannon Point Marine Center,
Puget Sound,
WA. Marine sciences. Note additional
Jan-June internship for minorities.
- Virginia Institute of
Marine Science, Gloucester
Point, VA.
Marine biology.
- Mount Desert Island
Biological Laboratory, ME. Marine biology.
- Center for
Great Lakes Studies - UW-Milwaukee. Aquatic environments.
- Bermuda Biological
Research Station. Marine biology courses and volunteer
internships.
- Southampton
College, Long Island,
NY. Courses in whale and
dolphin behavior in Australia.
- Blakely Island Field
Station, (Seattle Pacific University). Courses in marine biology
and ecology.
- SeaCamp, Big
Pine Key, FL. Staff/intern positions may be available.
- Whitney Laboratory
Marine Biology at the U. Florida.
Summer research internships in cell, molecular & neurobiology
- Marineland
Dolphin Conservation Center Internships.
- Marine Biomedicine Sciences
Center and Environmental Sciences Center. Summer fellowships for
undergraduates in marine biology.
Other areas of biology
- Harvard Medical School. Undergraduate Summer Internship in Systems Biology
- Primate
behavior. A listing of internships and volunteer positions, around the
world.
- Hartford
Hospital. Premed internship, clinical research and patient treatment.
- Summerbridge.
Sites around the country, including Manhattan
and Bronx. Get teaching experience.
- Advanced
Studies Program - St. Paul's School, Concord, NH.
Science teaching internship, field and lab work.
- National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC. Systematics, evolution.
- University of
Minnesota - Supercomputing Institute, Minneapolis, MN.
Scientific computing, graphics and medicine.
- California
Academy of Sciences, San
Francisco, CA.
Biological illustration.
- National
Zoological Park, Washington
DC. Zoo research. December deadline.
- Smithsonian InstitutionOther opportunities.
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy
Internships; clean and maintain NYCs waterways; summer and fall
- Astrobiology Summer Program at Penn
State: 10 week internships for undergraduates.
- Computational &
Systems Biology at Iowa State University: 8 week program for
undergrads and first-year grad students
- GHEI
Summer Serve & Learn: help the Ghana Health & Education
Initiative implement its programs.
- University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 10 week summer internship in
quantitative science and basic biomedical research
- Learn How to Become - Internships and career opportunities in the green sector
For students from disadvantaged backgrounds or
minorities
- Summer Medical & Dental Education Program . free, six-week summer medical &
dental school preparatory program
- National Institute of Health,
Bethesda, MD.
Undergraduate Scholarship Program
- New York University
School of Medicine. Includes lab or clinical research.
- UNCF-MerckTwo summers of lab research at Merck, in Rhway, NJ
or West Point PA, plus academic scholarship.
- University of
Pennsylvania, School
of Medicine. Pre-med enrichment
program, includes lab or clinical research.
- BioMed RAPWashington
University in St. Louis.
- University
of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Molecular and organismal biology,
genetics, biochemistry.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Minority Fellowships in Oceanography for Undergraduates
- Harvard
Medical School, Boston,
MA. Biomedical research.
- Harvard-MIT HST Summer Institute, Boston, MA. Biomedical
optics or bioinformatics.
- Boston
University, Boston,
MA.
- Tufts University, Boston, MA.
- Caltech, Pasadena, CA. Biology, physics, math,
earth sciences, chemistry.
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Biology.
- Centers for Disease Control.
Various programs, various deadlines.
- University of
Pennsylvania, Center of Excellence on Minority Health. Pre-med enrichment,
includes research.
- Leadership Alliance.
Minority Internation Research Training Program.
- Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Biomedical
Research Apprenticeship.
- Mit Summer
Research Program (MSRP) Sophomores and Juniors interested in
Science & Engineering
- MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowship,
Pasadena,
CA. Ten-week summer research opportunity.
- NASA
Science and Technology Institute Summer Scholars: via UNCF Special
Programs. Ten week program for undergrads in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.
- Mentorship
for Environmental Scholars: via UNCF Special Programs. 9 week paid
internship; lab research in biotechnology, computer science, environmental
science and engineering.
- MUST
Program: via UNCF Special Programs. Awards scholarships and
internships to undergraduate students pursuing Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math degrees
- National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases: research opportunities geared toward students
with strong academic standing who are from populations underrepresented in
biomedical research
Summer courses - Tuition is charged
- Columbia University - SEE-U.
Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates, at Black Rock Forest, NY,
Brazil.
- La Suerte and Ometepe Biological Field Stations, Costa Rica & Nicaragua. Variety of
courses
- School for
Field Studies. Hands-on environmental courses Canada, Australia,
Costa Rica, Mexico, Kenya,
West Indies.
- Institute for Field Education, Northwest
Territories, Canada,
Arctic field ecology.
- Wolf Park, Indiana.
Wolf behavior, environmental education.
- Wildland
Studies (San Francisco State U) Field explorations in remote
environments to protect wildlife and wildands.
- Health care delivery in
the US and the UK. England
and Scotland.
- University
of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine: VMD/Ph.D. program;
biomedical research in zoonotic infectious diseases.
Summer jobs
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