Internship Opportunities - Summer 2026
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 Amherst College
List from Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Advice on Psychology Internships from Psychology.org
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Biomedical Sciences - Application due February 1st, 2026
Allen Institute: Internship in Bioscience - deadline unknown
Baylor College of Medicine: SMART Program in Biomedical research - Application due Jan 30, 2026
Brown: Carney Summer Scholars in Computational Neuroscience - Application due Feb 3, 2026
Brown, UPenn, Johns Hopkins: Dana Foundation Neuroscience and Society Scholars - Application due Feb 3, 2026
Carnegie Mellon Neural Computation - deadline unknown
Case Western Reserve University: Pharmacology - Application due Jan 15, 2026
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Dept. of Pediatrics SURF Program Application due Feb 1, 2026
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program- Application due Jan 15th, 2026
Colorado State University:Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biosciences - Application due Feb 2, 2026
Columbia Neuroscience and Aging (STAR U) -
Emory: LGS-SOAR - Broad range of fields. Application due Feb 2, 2026.
Emory: REU in Mind, Brain, Body and Behavior: Application due Dec 1, 2025.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle: Biomedical research for undergraduates entering the summer before their final year, semester, or quarter - Application due Jan 9, 2026
Georgia Tech: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) - Good for students interested in intersection of Engineering and Neuroscience and considering grad school. Application due Feb 15, 2026
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Cech Fellows Program - Application due Dec 22, 2025
Indiana University: REU in Animal Behavior - Priority deadline Feb 10, 2026
Jackson Labs (Bar Harbor, Maine) - Application due Jan 26, 2026
Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard- Application due Jan 30, 2026
Marquette University Biomedical Sciences
Mayo Clinic Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Application due Feb 3, 2026
Medical College of Wisconsin Summer Program for Undergraduate Research - Application due Feb 1, 2026
Medical University of South Carolina Biomedical sciences - Application due Jan 31, 2026
New York University Langone Department of Neuroscience - Application due Jan 16, 2026
New York University, Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences - Biomedical Sciences - Application due Feb 2, 2026
NIH – multiple programs - Info will be posted on their link by Dec 1, 2025
Oregon Health & Sciences University/Vollum Institute: Neuroscience - Application due Feb 1, 2026
Oregon Health & Sciences University Equity Research Program: various fields - Application due Feb 6, 2026
Pepperdine University – Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
Rockefeller University Chemers Neustein Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Various fields - Application due Feb 1st, 2026
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in Neuroscience - Application due Feb 16, 2026
Sanford Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) MCB and Pediatric Biomedical - Application due Jan 31, 2026
Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Biomedical - Application due Feb 2, 2026
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse Biomedical - Application due Feb 1, 2026
Tufts Building Diversity in Biomedical Studies
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Neuroscience Blazer BRAIN Program - Application due Feb 28, 2026
University of Arizona URBrain Program
University of California, Los Angeles Various Programs - Due dates vary, Mar 31, 2026 is the standard deadline, but individual programs may have other deadlines
University of California at San Francisco Health Sciences - Application due Feb 25, 2026
University of Colorado Boulder: SMART Program STEM Research for students from underrepresented groups - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Connecticut Health Center Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Connecticut Neuroscience Study Abroad in Spain - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Florida Neuroscience - Application due Feb 13, 2026
University of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Research Program - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Pennsylvania Biomedical SUIP - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Pittsburgh Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Application due Feb 15, 2026
University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Application due Jan 24, 2026
University of Rochester Medical Center: Biological/Biomedical - Application due Feb 28, 2026
University of Texas Southwestern Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program: Biomedical - Application due Feb 1, 2026
University of Virginia Health System: Biomedical - Application due Feb 1, 2026
Vanderbilt University, multiple programs in basic and clinical science - Most applications due Feb 1, 2026
Washington University, St. Louis Amgen Scholars - Biology and Biomedical - Application due Feb 2, 2026
Washington University, St. Louis ENDURE (Neuroscience) - Application due Feb 2, 2026
Weizmann Institute of Science Summer Work for Foreign Science Students (Israel) Mathematics, physics, chemistry and the life sciences
West Virgina University Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Opportunity (NURO) - Application due Jan 30, 2026
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory REU: Life sciences - Applications deadline unknown