Internship Opportunities

This page is maintained by Dr. Jared Young (thanks Jared!).

If you have updates, additions, or corrections, please contact Dr. Young.

Attempts are made to keep this information fresh, but these types of programs often begin/end without tons of notice, so please be aware of that while browsing.


Links to other lists/resources:
List from C. Aizenman, Brown U.
List from Amherst College
List from Rochester Institute of Technology
Advice on Psychology Internships from Psychology.org

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Biomedical Sciences - Application due February 1st, 2024

Allen Institute: Internship in Bioscience - Application due January 17, 2024

Baylor College of Medicine: Biomedical research - Application due January 15, 2024

Carnegie Mellon Neural Computation - February 15, 2024

Case Western Reserve University: Pharmacology - Application due January 15, 2024

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Dept. of Pediatrics  Application due February 1, 2024

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program- Application due January 15th, 2024

Colorado State University:Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biosciences - Application due February 1, 2024

Columbia Neuroscience and Aging (STAR U) - Application due Jan 17, 2024

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle: Biomedical research - Application due January 5, 2024

Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Janelia Farm - Not active in 2024

Indiana University: REU in Animal Behavior- On hiatus for 2024, returning 2025

Jackson Labs (Bar Harbor, Maine) - Application due January 29, 2024

Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard- Application due January 31, 2024

Marquette University Biomedical Sciences - Application due February 1, 2024

Mayo Clinic Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Application due February 1, 2024

Medical College of Wisconsin Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Application due February 1, 2024

Medical University of South Carolina: Biomedical sciences - Application due January 31, 2024

New York University Center for Neural Science - currently on hold

New York University, Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences - Biomedical Sciences - Application due February 1, 2024

NIH – multiple programs - Application due February 16, 2024

Oregon Health & Sciences University/Vollum Institute: Neuroscience - Application due January 15, 2024

Oregon Health & Sciences University Equity Research Program: various fields - Application due January 22, 2024

Pepperdine University – Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology - Application due February 7, 2024

Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship   - Various fields - Application due February 1st, 2024

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Neuroscience - Application due February 16, 2024

Sanford Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) MCB and Pediatric Biomedical - Application due January 31, 2024

Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Biomedical - Application due February 1, 2024

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse Biomedical - Application due Febraury 28, 2024

Tufts Building Diversity in Biomedical Studies - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Neuroscience - Application due February 28, 2023

University of Arizona URBrain Program - Neuroscience research for American Indian Undergraduates. Application due date unknown

University of California, Los Angeles  Various Programs - Due dates vary

University of California at San Francisco Health Sciences - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Cincinatti, REU in Sensory Ecology - Application due Feb 16, 2024

University of Cincinatti College of Medicine Research Innovation in NeuroScience Education for Underserved Populations (RISE UP) - Application due Feb 1, 2024

University of Colorado Boulder: SMART Program STEM Research for students from underrepresented groups - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Connecticut Health Center Biological and Biomedical Sciences  - Application due February 16, 2024

University of Connecticut Neuroscience Study Abroad in Spain - Application due February 15, 2024? (not sure if this is happening in 2024)

University of Florida Neuroscience - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Research Program - Application due February 1, 2024

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Biological Mechanisms. Application due February 17, 2024

University of Pennsylvania Biomedical SUIP - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience - Application due January 26, 2024

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences - Application due March 1 2024

University of Rochester Medical Center: Biological/Biomedical - Application due February 28, 2024

University of Texas Southwestern Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program: Biomedical - Application due February 1, 2024

University of Virginia Health System: Biomedical - Application due February 1, 2024

Vanderbilt University, multiple programs in basic and clinical science - Most applications due February 1, 2024 

Washington University, St. Louis Amgen Scholars - Biology and Biomedical - Application due February 1, 2024 

Washington University, St. Louis ENDURE (Neuroscience) - Application due February 2, 2024

Weizmann Institute of Science Summer Work for Foreign Science Students (Israel) Mathematics, physics, chemistry and the life sciences - Applications due date unknown

West Virgina University Center for Neuroscience Summer Internships - currently on hold for 2024

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory REU: Life sciences - Applications due March 10 2024, Priority Deadline February 15, 2024