Resources (SNS)
Kean Programs:
Non-Kean Programs:
Lists/Directories of Programs
- National Science Foundation Biology Website - Info for Students
- National Science Foundation List of REU sites--Note: this list is typically one year out of date, but most sites are funded for multiple years so the list provides contacts for many active programs.
- Organization of Biological Field Stations - links to over 200 stations for research, internships, etc.
Plant Science
- Blandy Experimental Farm, University of Virginia
- Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva Summer Research Scholars Program
- Plant Genomics REU at Michigan State
- Noble summer research scholars- internships in plant science (Oklahoma)
- Jobs in Horticulture and more jobs in horticulture
- Chicago Botanic Garden Internships
Biomedical Sciences/Biotechnology
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Program
- Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics REU
- Summer Urological Research Experience at Johns Hopkins
- University of Michigan SMART program for students interested in MD/Ph.D. programs
- CLIMB-UP at University at Buffalo
- Thomas Jefferson University-Research Program
- Eastern Virginia Medical School Summer Scholars Program
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Summer Undergrad Research Program
- The Jackson Lab-Summer Biomedical Research, Bar Harbor, ME
- Baylor College of Medicine - SMART Program
- Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, NYU School of Medicine,Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Summer Research Internship, University of Cincinnati, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins Summer Research Internship Program
- University of Maryland Baltimore County (Honors College) Summer Biomedical Training Program
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program,University of Texas Medical Branch
- Mayo Summer Research
- University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Summer Research at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware
- The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) summer research program
- Amgen Summer Scholars at Columbia University
- Amgen Summer Scholars at Berkeley
- Amgen Summer Scholars at MIT
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education Program: POE program
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program at U of Pittsburgh
- University of Iowa Summer REU in Microbiology
- STEP UP program - Short Term REU for Underrepresented Persons
Ecology & Environmental Sciences
- Summer REU in Field Ecology in Costa Rica through Organization of Tropical Studies
- Environmental Health Research Experience Program at University of Washington
- Internships in Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, eastern NC
- Smithsonian Internships, Environmental Sciences
- Sea Turtle Field Research Internships, Bald Head Island Conservancy
- Mountain Lake Biological Station
- Summer Independent Research in Ecology, Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY
- National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS)
- University of Colorado at Boulder Mountain Research Center
- Ecological Research Summer Internship, Cedar Creek Natural History Area, University of Minnesota
- University of Michigan Biological Station, Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Student Conservation Association, Inc.
- Summer exchange in Siberia and the Sierra Nevada: Tahoe-Baikal Institute
- Wetlands Institute, New Jersey
- REU in the Ecology of Human-Dominated Landscapes at Miami U (Ohio)
- REU in Conservation of the Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem, Kansas State
- University of Notre Dame Field Biology Program
General Research in the Biological Sciences
- REU in Animal Behavior, Indiana University
- Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology REU (TECBio) at Pitt
- Biological Basis of Human and Animal Behavior program at Oklahoma State
- Harvard University Summer Internship Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health
- Cornell University REU: Microbial Friends and Foes
- Chicago Center for Systems Biology Summer REU
- Stowers Scholars Program in Kansas City, Missouri
- University of Michigan Summer Fellowship in Molecular and Integrative Physiology
- Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Argonne National Laboratory
- University of North Carolina - SURE Program
- Summer Programs in Undergraduate Research, Case Western Reserve University
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF) Program, California Institute of Technology
- University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- University of California San Francisco Summer Research Training Program
- Summer Research Program in Biology at University of Wisconsin
- Research Internships with EDEN: Evo-Devo-Eco Network
- Howard Hughes Janelia Undergraduate Scholars
- MIT Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
- University of Illinois Summer Research Opportunities Program
- Rockerfeller University Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship Program
- Univ of Colorado Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
- Summer research in Germany- RISE program
Marine Biology
- Shoals Marine Lab
- University of Maryland Sea Grant College
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Summer Research Fellowship Program
- Pacific Whale Internship
- Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Summer Programs
- Bamfield Marine Station
- Newfound Harbor Marine Institute Internships in Marine Environmental Education
- Mote Marine Lab REU in Sarasota, Florida
Other
- Columbia University IGERT on Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems (BioIGERT)
- Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels REU
- US Department of Homeland Security
Abroad
- Summer research in Germany- RISE program
- The John Innes Centre and Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich (U.K.) summer undergraduate research programme
- Summer exchange in Siberia and the Sierra Nevada: Tahoe-Baikal Institute
- Summer REU in Costa Rica through Organization of Tropical Studies
- Bamfield Marine Station, British Columbia, Canada
- Pacific Whale Internship
- Denmark's International Study Program (Biology, Arctic Biology, Geology, Medical Practice & Policy)
- School for International Training
- Institut Pasteur, Paris
Misc. Opportunities and Scholarships
- National Institutes of Health
- US Department of Homeland Security
- The National Journal of Young Investigators
- Organization of Biological Field Stations
- Student Conservation Association, Inc.
- Peace Corps
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowships and additional link
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Science Education Award)
- Ferrell's Jobs in Horticulture - Website Listing of Internships & Summer Employment
- The Explorer's Club (Grants and Assistance for Field Research)
- Teaching opportunities through Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
- School for International Training (runs study abroad programs)
- National Security Education Program, David L. Boren Scholarship to study abroad
- Institute for International Cooperation & Development
- Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge: Volunteer Positions to work with Big Cats
- Alaska State Parks Volunteers Program, Internships and Field Experience
- The Academy of Natural Sciences
Graduate Research/Fellowships
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowships
- AACR Science Education Awards for Students
- The Explorer's Club (Grants and Assistance for Field Research)