Fellowships and Summer Research
DUKE PROGRAMS- Research Fellows Program (rising sophmores)
- Vertically Integrated Partners Program
- Trinity College Research Forum (juniors & seniors)
- Summer Research Opportunities Program for Underrepresented Minorities
- Mechanisms of Behavior Summer Research Program
- Summer Fellowships in Genome Sciences (through Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy)
- Trinity College Undergraduate Research Office
- URS - Undergraduate Research Support Programs
- Bookhout Summer Research Internships- Duke Marine Lab
- Visible Thinking, Undergraduate Research Days
- Dean's Summer Research Fellowship
- Duke University Office of Research Support Undergraduate Funding Page
- Undergraduate Environmental Research Forum (UERF) through NSOE
PROGRAMS AWAY FROM DUKE:
BOTANY
- Blandy Experimental Farm, University of Virginia
- Noble summer research scholars- internships in plant science (Oklahoma)
- Internships in Education, Horticulture and Research, Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (Belmont, N.C.)
- Jobs in Horticulture
- Chicago Botanic Garden Internships
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
- Duke's SROP program for Underrepresented minority students
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Program
- Thomas Jefferson University-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
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Summer Research Fellowship Program (SURF)
- Summer Research Internship, University of Cincinnati, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program,University of Texas Medical Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Mayo Summer Research
- University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
- Summer Undergrad Research Program for Minority Students offered by University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon
- Amgen/UCSF Summer Research Training Program
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- Summer REU in Field Ecology in Costa Rica through Organization of Tropical Studies
- Internsips 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
- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Summer Research and Enhancing Linkages between Math and Ecology Program
- 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
- EcoAccess Internships - Using Technology to Broaden Environmental Awareness; local to Triangle Area, NC
- Newfound Harbor Marine Institute Internships in Marine Environmental Education
- Wetlands Institute, New Jersey
- REU in Conservation of the Tallgrass Prarie Ecosystem, Kansas State
BIOINFORMATICS, GENETICS, GENOMICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- REU in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Indiana University
- REU in Melecular and Cellular Biosciecnes, Wadsworth Center, NY State Department oF Health/University of Albany Biomedica Sciences
- Stowers Scholars Program in Kansas City, Missouri
- Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute at U of Pittsburgh
GENERAL RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- REU in Animal Behavior, Indiana University
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Research Training Program
- Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Howard Hughes Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of North Carolina - SURE Program
- Summer Program in Undergraduate Research, Case Western Reserve University
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- California Academy of Sciences
- 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
- Summer research in Germany- RISE program
MARINE BIOLOGY
- Shoals Marine Lab
- Bookhout Summer Research Internships- Duke Marine Lab
- University of Maryland Sea Grant College
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Summer Research Fellowship Program
- Marine Science Institute (go to academic programs)
- East/West Marine Biology Program, Northeastern University, Marine Science Center
- Pacific Whale Internship
- Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Summer Programs
- Dolphin Internship Program, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Lab, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
- Bamfield Marine Station
- Newfound Harbor Marine Institute Internships in Marine Environmental Education
- Mote Marine Lab REU in Sarasota, Florida
- Whitney lab for Marine Bioscience REU, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL
OTHER
- Boston University, College of Engineering, NSF REU in Biomedical Engineering
- Summer research in Germany- RISE program
- Overseas Summer Research Awards Competition at Duke
- 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
- National Security Education Program, David L. Boren Scholarship to study abroad
- East/West Marine Biology Program, Northeastern University, Marine Science Center
- Pacific Whale Internship
- Institute for International Cooperation and Development or e-mail for info
- La Suerte and Ometepe Biology Field Stations
- Denmark's International Study Program (Biology, Arctic Biology, Geology, Medical Practice & Policy)
- School for International Training
- Institut Pasteur, Paris
MISC OPPORTUNITIES
- National Institutes of Health
- United Negro College Fund/Merck Scholarship
- 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
- Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships, U.S. Department of Energy
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Science Education Award)
- Ferrell's Jobs in Horticulture - Website Listing of Internships & Summer Employment
- Ford Foundation: Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
- 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
- United States Office of Personnel Management, Summer Job Listings Throughout the United States
- 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
- Post B.S. Research Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Duke University Office of Research Support Undergraduate Funding Page
- Undergraduate Research Support Office
- Duke Chemistry Department (Includes biochemistry)
- 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.
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowships
- United Negro College Fund/Merck Scholarship
- Ford Foundation: Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
- Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs-Fellowship
- AACR Science Education Awards for Students
- The Explorer's Club (Grants and Assistance for Field Research)
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