Resources - Summer Internships

Many organizations fund research opportunities for undergraduate students (National Science Foundation programs are called REUs-Research Experience for Undergraduates). The programs usually consist of a group of ten undergraduates who work in the research programs of the host institution. Each student works closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are given stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel.

NSF REU Program

NSF REU  For Students

NSF REU Site to Search - Astronomical Sciences

NSF REU Site to Search - Physics

Summer Research Programs

American Musuem of Natural History (New York)

Arecibo Observatory/REU Summer Research Assistantships

Cornell University Astronomy Department

Kitt Peak National Observatory

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Maria Mitchell Observatory

MIT Haystack Observatory

Northen Arizona University

NRAO Summer Student Research Assistantship

National Solar Observatory

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Harvard)

STSci Space Astronomy Summer Program

University of Colorado - Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics

University of Hawaii - Institute for Astronomy

• NSF site for ALL REU PHYSICS programs

• University of Chicago Physics Department :
  • Minorities & Women in Physics REU Program
  • Materials Research REU Program

• Los Alamos National Laboratory -- Los Alamos, NM Undergraduate Student Research Program

• IBM/American Physical Society Research Internship for female students
• JILA (Joint lab for interdisplinary physical sciences) at the University of Colorado - Boulder, CO Summer Research Program
• National Institute of Standards and Technology - Summer Research Program
• University of Washington Institute for Nuclear Theory - Summer Research Program

• Department of Energy's SULI Programs - Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
  • Large Labs (internships available during academic year as well as summer)
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven, NY)
    • The Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
      
  • Smaller Labs (summer internships only)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

    Source:  Special thanks to the University of Iowa Physics Department for providing information and links found on this page.