Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

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Listing of summer programs for undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in medical research. Please contact programs directly regarding summer research opportunities.

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Augusta University -The Graduate School & Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
Summer Student Training and Research (STAR)

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program

Big Ten Academic Alliance
Champaign, IL
Summer Research Opportunities Program

Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS)

Brigham and Women's Hospital (in collaboration with Harvard-affiliated hospitals)
Boston, MA
Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine

Brown University
Providence, RI
Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Heart, Lung and Blood (HLB) Summer Research Program
Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) Program

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP)

Children's Hospital Research Foundation of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Division of Developmental Biology
Undergraduate Summer Student Program

City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute
Duarte, CA
Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy

Cohen Children's Medical Center
Queens, NY
Summer Internship Programs

Creighton University
Omaha, NE
Undergraduate Biomedical Research Training Program

Dell Medical School - The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Dell Medical School’s LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes’ Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Biomedical Graduate Studies-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
STAR SCHOLARS Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
Biomedical PhD Programs

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
Summer Biomedical Research Program

Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA
Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

Georgia State University, Neuroscience Institute
Atlanta, GA
B&B Summer Scholars Program

George Washington University
Washington, DC
GW Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer GW SPARC

Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School
New York, NY
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center- Summer at MSK

Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)

Hofstra North Shore/LIJ School of Medicine 
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Student Intern Program

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University School of Medicine Student Research Programs

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Summer Internship Program (SIP)

Keck Graduate Institute
Claremont, CA
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Bridging the Gaps

Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, School of Graduate Studies
New Orleans, LA
LSUHSC New Orleans, Summer Research Internship Program

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Shreveport, LA
LSUHSC New Orleans, Summer Research Internship Program

Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Summer Undergraduate Research program, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Huntington, WV
Summer Research Internship for Minority Students

Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Scarborough, ME
Summer Student Research Program at Main Medical Center Research Institute

Massachusetts General Hospital Multicultural Affairs Office
Boston, MA
Summer Research Trainee Program

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
Student-centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC)

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
MUSC Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, N.Y.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Medical Student Summer Fellowship Research Program
Molecular Imaging Summer Program (MISP)

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
Summer Research Internships in Clinical Cardiology

Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research

New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Evanston, IL
Summer Research Opportunity Program
Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience

Cancer-Focused Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
Pre-Med Undergraduate Intern Program

Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Summer Research Programs

Penn State University, College of Medicine
Hershey, PA
SURIP – Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
STEP-UP - Short-Term Educational Program for Underrepresented Persons
SURF – American Heart Association Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology

Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)/Amgen Scholars

Stanford CARE Scholars 

State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Physician Scientist Program (SURF-PS)

Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program

Texas A&M University College of Medicine
Bryan, TX
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lubbock, TX
Summer Accelerated Biomedical Research Program
Amarillo Biomedical Research Internship

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Summer Research Programs

The George Washington University
Washington, DC
GW Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (GW SPARC)

The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Farmington, CT
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The Rockefeller University
New York, NY
The Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Jefferson College of Life Sciences-Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Tufts University
Boston, MA
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Summer Research Programs for Undergraduates

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
BLAISER Program

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR
INBRE Mentored Summer Research Program
SURP: Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research

University at Buffalo (SUNY) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Buffalo, NY
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Irvine, CA
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
SURF- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
UCSD Academic Enrichment Programs Summer Research Program (SRP)

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Summer Research Training Program

University of Chicago
Chicago. IL
The Leadership Alliance & The University of Chicago Summer Research Early Identification Program
The Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO
Summer Research Programs

University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Undergraduate Summer Research

University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
UF Center for Undergraduate Research

University of Georgia
Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
Summer Undergraduate Fellows

University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Honolulu, HI
High School and Undergraduate Opportunities in Research

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, KS
Summer Research Training Program (SRTP)
Summer Training Option in Rural Medicine (STORM)

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
NSF-REU: Summer Program in the Biomedical Sciences

University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Cancer Biology Training Program

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland Scholars Summer Research Program (UM Scholars)

University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
UM-SMART Undergrad Summer Program

Rogel Cancer Center Cancer Research Summer Internship Program
Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases (M-SURE)

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities, MN
Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP)

University of Mississippi
Jackson, MS
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Summer Research Internship in Medical Sciences

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Undergraduate Summer Research Program

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
Undergraduate Pipeline Network Summer Research Program
UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center C-STEPS Program

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Summer of Learning and Research (SOLAR)
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE-REU)

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Native American Center for Health Research Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
Undergraduate Clinical Scholars Program
Undergraduate Translational Research Internship Program

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program
MIDAS Summer Research Opportunity
Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY
Strong Children’s Research Center Summer Program
Summer Scholars Program
MSTP Summer Scholars Program

University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Mobile, AL
Office of Undergraduate Research

University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine
Vermillion, SD
University of South Dakota, CBBRE

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Memphis, TN
Summer Research Scholars Program

University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston
Houston, TX
Summer Undergraduate Research Program

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Smithville, TX
Summer Program in Cancer Research
Summer Research Program

University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Computational Cancer Biology Training Program
Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Summer Internship in Tropical Diseases Research

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Summer Programs

Greehey CCRI Donald G McEwen, Memorial Summer Undergraduate Research & High School Program

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Amgen Scholars Program

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Native American Summer Research Internship (NARI)
Genomics Summer Research for Minorities (GSRM) Internship

University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
Minority Health International Research Training Program (MHIRT)
Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP)

University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
University of Washington Summer Undergraduate Research Program

University of Washington School of Medicine: Harborview Injury and Prevention Center
Seattle, WA
INSIGHT Summer Research Program

University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program
Summer Research Opportunity Programs

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN.
Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN.
Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship Program (UCRIP)

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, VA
Student Research Programs

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, VA
NeuroSURF Translational Neurobiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Molecular Visualization Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Summer Research Opportunities Program

Wake Forest University Biomedical Engineering REU Summer Program

Washington University
St. Louis, MO
BioMedRAP

Leah Menshouse Springer Summer Opportunities Program

Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
SURE Programs

Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
New York, NY
Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program
Weill Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program
Computational Biology Summer Program (CBSP)
Chemical Biology Summer Program (ChBSP)
Engineering Summer Program (ESP)
ACCESS Summer Internship Program

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Underrepresented Students

Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
NIH-NIDDK/KUH Yale Summer Undergraduate Medical Research (SUMR)
Yale BioMed Amgen Scholars Program

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