This page contains links to summer research opportunities for undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy. These programs are often called "REUs" because the National Science Foundation has a program to sponsor "Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students). I hope this page will make it a little easier for our undergraduates to find out about the many research opportunities available to them. Please see me if there is a program missing here that you would like to see added.
Application Deadline
(for Winter 2014 or Summer 2015) | List | Who is it For? |
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| 1 October 2014 | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory CTIO REU Program | Students interested in doing astronomy research in the Southern Hemisphere. These programs run during the Chilean summer, January through March. |
| 7 October 2014 | DOE Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internships SULI Program | This program places students in paid internships in Science and Engineering at any of several Department of Energy facilities. Check a site for a link to specific labs and their specific projects. [Deadline is for Spring 2015 placement.] |
| 1 November 2014 | Minnesota High Tech Association SciTechsperience Internship | NOTE: Deadline is actually a rolling deadline with internship opportunities possible throughout the academic year. Students who are Minnesota residents attending school in Minnesota counts as residency, citizenship doesn't appear to be a requirement and in good academic standing 2.5 GPA or above who are interested in interships with Minnesota Employers in STEM fields. |
| 15 December 2014 | International REU Site for Gravitational Physics | Students interested in "research projects in some of the best gravitational physics labs in Europe and Australasia". |
| 22 December 2014 | U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS HS-STEM Summer Internships | These are 10-week research experiences at a variety of national labs focused on "engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological/life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management,social sciences, and more." U.S. Citizenship Required |
| 31 December 2014 | University of Michigan, CERN | Students interested in going to Switzerland to do a little particle physics. |
| 2 January 2015 | Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program | The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship MLEF Program, sponsored by the Office of Fossil Energy FE, U.S. Department of Energy, offers a 10-week summer internship. MLEF's mission is to improve opportunities for women and minority students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics STEM disciplines, but all eligible candidates are encouraged to apply. |
| 7 January 2015 | MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships at Caltech | Underrepresented students such as African American, Hispanic, and Native American, females who are underrepresented in their discipline, or first-generation college students interested in science and engineering Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. |
| 7 January 2015 | WAVE Fellows Program at Caltech | Caltech's WAVE Fellows program aims to foster diversity by increasing the participation of underrepresented students in science and engineering Ph.D. programs and to make Caltech's programs more visible and accessible to students not traditionally exposed to Caltech. The program is extended, but not limited, to underrepresented minorities, women, first-generation college students, geographically underrepresented students, and educationally and financially disadvantaged students. |
| 9 January 2015 | Fermilab Internship for Physics Majors | This deadline is the first of several deadlines, depending on where in Fermilab you want to work This program is open only to foreign nationals who are physics majors interested in particle or high-energy physics. U.S. citizen students should apply to the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Interns SULI. |
| 9 January 2015 | LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science | Students interested in planetary sciences. |
| 9 January 2015 | Student Undergraduate Laboratory Internships SULI | Students interested in STEM careers and interested in an internship at one of 15 participating DOE laboratories. Only open to U.S. Citizens. |
| 15 January 2015 | AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program | Students interested in translating the importance of science to the public by working at media organizations for the summer. |
| 16 January 2015 | Rice Quantum Institute | For students interested in cutting-edge research in advanced materials, quantum magnetism, plasmonics and photonics, biophysics, ultracold atom physics, condensed matter and chemical physics, and all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology. |
| 20 January 2015 | University of Minnesota Physics REU | Students interested in biophysics, elementary particle physics, cosmology and astrophysics, physics, education, condensed matter physics, and space physics. |
| 23 January 2015 | NanoJapan: International REU Program | For students with an interest in nanosciences, especially those from underrepresented groups. Applications are accepted from eligible freshman and sophomore undergraduates from universities nationwide. Involves orientation at Rice University, then travel to Japan for the REU. |
| 26 January 2015 | NAIC Arecibo Observatory REU Program | Students interested in radio astronomy and related instrumentation at the largest single-dish radio observatory in the world. [Applications typically open December 15] |
| 29 January 2015 | North Dakota State University Physics Education Research REU | Students interested in Physics Education Research. |
| 30 January 2015 | National Solar Observatory REU Program | Students interested in solar physics or observational astronomy |
| 30 January 2015 | Jicamarca Radio Observatory Peru International Experience Program | Students interested in atmospheric and ionospheric science, radar techniques, electronics, RF, instrumentation and computer science. |
| 30 January 2015 | Kitt Peak National Observatory REU Program | Students interested in observational astronomy. |
| 31 January 2015 | Renewable Energy Research at the Colorado School of Mines | Students interested in fundamental materials issues related to the science and technology of renewable energy. |
| 1 February 2015 | Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials_ Research Experience for Undergraduates_ | For students interested in hands-on research experience__in nanophotonics, nanomaterials, or nanophysics. |
| 1 February 2015 | Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena REU Program | For Students interested in working on atomic scale physics and chemistry- related projects. It requires students to apply both to the Yale SURF Program through the Leaderhsip Alliance and to complete the supplemental application at the CRISP website. |
| 1 February 2015 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer Research Opportunity Program SROP | Some disciplines in this program starts reviewing candidates January 15! Students interested in astrophysics, engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology of a variety of flavors. |
| 1 February 2015 | Boston University REU in Magnetic Fields on Planetary to Cosmic Scales | Students interested in magnetic fields in astrophysical contexts. |
| 1 February 2015 | Cornell Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics REU | Students interested in particle accelerator related physics including particle physics and engineering. |
| 1 February 2015 | Maria Mitchell Observatory MMO REU Program | Students interested in observational astronomy on a small island off the coast of Massachusetts. Ask Dr. Cabanela about it, he was a REU student there years ago. |
| 1 February 2015 | Summer Program for Undergraduate Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin | Students interested in the potential of the biomedical sciences as an interesting and fulfilling career. Could overlap with medical physics emphasis. This program is OPEN for international students. |
| 1 February 2015 | Northern Arizona University REU Program in Astronomy | Students interested in observational astronomy |
| 1 February 2015 | The UNC CAP Computational Astronomy and Physics Program: UNCCAPing Enthusiasm for Computational Careers | Students interested in computational physics and astrophysics. |
| 1 February 2015 | SETI Institute REU Program | Students interested in research spanning the field of astrobiology from microbiology to planetary geology to observational astronomy. |
| 1 February 2015 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program | Students interested in applied mathematics, bioenergy systems, miomedical engineering, nanotechnology, and physics. Rolling deadline, early applications encouraged. |
| 1 February 2015 | NASA Summer Internships funded by MN Space Grant | For students interested in working on research conducted at NASA in a variety of fields. The MN Space Grant Consortium MnSGC expects to fund NASA summer internships for 5-6 undergraduate students who are attending college in Minnesota. MSUM Students have done this program in the past, leading to summer jobs a JPL in California. |
| 2 February 2015 | University of Southern California REU Program in Engineering | For highly-qualified students interested in some area of the engineering disciplines aerospace, astronautical, biomedical, cehmical, Civil, computer, electrical, and industrial engineeting. [They provide an ability to sign up to be notified when they open their applications.] |
| 2 February 2015 | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Summer Intern Program | Students interested in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and related physical sciences encouraged to apply. |
| 2 February 2015 | American Association of Physicists in Medicine AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program | Students interested in a summer internship in medical physics |
| 2 February 2015 | American Association of Physicists in Medicine AAPM Diversity Recruitment through Education and Mentoring Program "DREAM" | Undergraduates form underrepresented populations interested in the field of medical physics. |
| 2 February 2015 | Amgen Scholars Program | Amgen Scholars Program is geared towards students in biology, chemistry, and biotechnology fields. Some of these fields include biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and chemistry. |
| 2 February 2015 | MIT Haystack Observatory REU program | Students interested in radio astronomy and engineering and computer science. |
| 2 February 2015 | National Radio Astronomy Observatory REU Program | Students interested in radio astronomy and related fields. |
| 6 February 2015 | Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships | Students interested in civil space research policy at the National Academies. |
| 6 February 2015 | Undergraduate Research in Physics & Astronomy at UCLA | Students interested in plasma and beam physics, solid state physics, biophysics, astrophysics, and high-energy physics. |
| 6 February 2015 | Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke University | Students applying to this program have a choice of selecting to participate in one of two research components: 1 nuclear and particle physics at TUNL or 2 high-energy particle physics with the Duke High-Energy Physics HEP group. |
| 7 February 2015 | Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics CIERA REU | Students interested in a wide variety of astrophysical research projects. |
| 8 February 2015 | American Museum of Natural History REU Program in Earth Sciences and Astrophysics | Students interested in astrophysics and geology. |
| 9 February 2015 | Cornell University Observational Astronomy REU Program | Students interested in observational astronomy. |
| 9 February 2015 | SRI REU in Atomic, Molecular, and Biological Physics | Students interested in atmospheric chemistry, energy transfer in molecular collisions, materials science, trace species detection, ion physics, laser diagnostics, biomedical optics, and biophysics. |
| 11 February 2015 | Rochester Institute of Technology REU Program Imaging in the Physical Sciences | Students interested in optical systems, electronics, sensors, image processing algorithms, and integrated imaging systems including Freshmen!. |
| 13 February 2015 | Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium REU Program | Students interested in a wide variety of astrophysics research should look at this program. Talk to Dr. Cabanela as he participated in this program as a faculty host in the past. |
| 13 February 2015 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics REU Program | Students interested in Quantum, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter, High Energy, Nuclear Physics or Physics Education |
| 13 February 2015 | Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power REU Program | Students interested in fluid power engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, North Caroline A&T State University in Greensboro, Purdue University in West Lafayette and Vanderbilt University in Nashville. |
| 13 February 2015 | NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Students interested in research at any one of the six NIST laboratories at Gaithersburg, MD: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology CNST, Engineering EL, Information Technology ITL , Material Measurement MML, Center for Neutron Research NCNR, Physical Measurement PML. |
| 13 February 2015 | University of Wyoming Astronomy Department REU Program | Students interested in Astronomy, especially galaxy evolution. |
| 13 February 2015 | University of Michigan Physics Department REU Program | Students interested in Astrophysics, Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics Theoretical or Experimental, High Energy Physics Theoretical or Experimental, Nonlinear Dynamics/Complex Systems, and Nuclear/Medical Physics |
| 15 February 2015 | Texas A&M University Astronomy REU | Students interested in astronomical research including supernova, cosmology, the high-redshift Universe, Dark Energy, the cosmic distance scale, the Milky Way galaxy, and extrasolar planets |
| 15 February 2015 | Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Colorado at Boulder and JILA | Students interested in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Geophysics, Physics Education Research, and Plasma Physics. |
| 15 February 2015 | Bucknell Summer Research Program in Physics & Astronomy | Students interested in Pattern Formation and Chaos, Theoretical Quantum Optics, Theoretical and Computational Statistical Mechanics, and Astronomy & Astrophysics. |
| 15 February 2015 | Hope College Summer Research Program | [This program will not be hiring students from outside of Hope College in 2015!!] Summer research opportunities in Astrophysics, Catalytic Nanostructured Materials, Interdisciplinary Nuclear Science, Materials for Nanoscale Magnetism, Nanoscale Ferroelectric Oxides, Superconductivity, Nuclear Physics, and Plasma Physics. |
| 15 February 2015 | University of Oklahoma Physics and Astronomy REU Program | Students interested in Physics or Astronomy careers requiring graduate studies. |
| 15 February 2015 | University of Rochester Physics and Astronomy REU Program | Students interested in research in including Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biological Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Plasma and Laser Physics, Quantum Optics, and Physics Education. Rolling application deadline. |
| 15 February 2015 | Louisiana State University Physics and Astronomy REU Program | Undergrads interested in astrophysics, computational physics, theoretical nuclear and quantum, applied health physics, and more. |
| 15 February 2015 | REU in Physics at Indiana University | Students interested in experimental and theoretical biophysics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, nuclear physics, accelerator and medical physics, and nuclear chemistry. |
| 15 February 2015 | The LAKES Linking Applied Knowledge in Environmental Sustainability REU Program | For students interested in water quality and phosphorus mitigation idone n an interdisciplinary manner projects in sociology, biology, economics, geology, and anthropology. Hosted at U of Wisconsin-Stout. |
| 15 February 2015 | Vanderbilt University REU Program in Physics and Astronomy | Students interested in astrophysics observational and theoretical, biological physics, condensed matter, atomic, molecular, optical, and nanoscale physics, and particle/high-energy nuclear physics. |
| 16 February 2015 | Physics Research at Brigham Young University | Students interested in a wide variety of physics and astronomy related research topics. NOTE Brigham Young University has an "Honor Code" and participants in this REU must agree to abide by it. |
| 16 February 2015 | University of Chicago Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics for Women and Minorities | Students from underrepresented groups intersted in a wide range of physics and astrophysics might find an interesting project here. |
| 17 February 2015 | Montana State University Solar Physics REU Program | Students interested in Solar Physics. |
| 18 February 2015 | Laser-Matter Interactions on Atomic and Nanoscales REU at U Kansas | Students interested in Ultrafast lasers & attosecond physics, Nanoparticle formation & light scattering, Nonlinear fiber optics, High energy and neutrino physics, Atomic and condensed matter theory, and Physics Education |
| 19 February 2015 | Physics REU at the University of Notre Dame | Students interested in Astronomy/Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Condensed Matter Physics/Biophysics. |
| 20 February 2015 | Central Washington University CUR Physics and Astronomy REU program | Students interested in astrophysics, high energy physics, materials science, and optics. |
| 20 February 2015 | University of Maryland Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics TREND | For students interested in the broad area of nonlinear dynamics. |
| 20 February 2015 | Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities in Biophysics at University of Michigan | Students interested in biophysics. |
| 20 February 2015 | REU at Nevis Labs at Columbia University | Students at Nevis work on efforts to investigate the most pressing issues in HEP and astroparticle physics |
| 20 February 2015 | Physics and Astrophysics at TCU | Undergrads interested in Atomic & Molecular Physics, Bio-physics, Chemical Physics, Observational Astronomy, Planetary Science, Laboratory Astrophysics, Theoretical Modeling and Computer Simulation, and Materials Science. |
| 24 February 2015 | Baylor University Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research CASPER REU | This program covers a wide range of disciplines related to astronomy and space physics including engineering. |
| 28 February 2015 | Carnegie Institution of Washington Summer Scholars Program | Students interested in the geosciences experimental petrology, mineralogy, mineral physics, seismology, planetary sciences and astronomy, and related chemical sciences inorganic and organic geochemistry, cosmochemistry encouraged to apply. |
| 28 February 2015 | University of Washington Physics and Astronomy REU | Students interested in physics or astrophysics related research. Early applications are encouraged. |
| 28 February 2015 | Coe College Research Experience for Undergraduates | Students interested in Acoustics, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Molecular Bio, Particle Detectors, and Optics. |
| 28 February 2015 | REU in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Toledo | Students interested in astronomy/astrophysics, atomic physics, biological/Health/Medical physics, condensed matter physics, materials science, and plasma physics |
| 1 March 2015 | North Carolina Undergraduate Research in Computational Astrophysics URCA REU Program | Students interested in computational physics as applied to problems in high-energy astrophysics. [Applications accepted starting January 1.] |
| 1 March 2015 | Physics and Astronomy REU at Rutgers | Program uses a rolling deadline starting February 9. Students interested in astronomy, nuclear and high energy physics, and condensed matter physics. |
| 1 March 2015 | Wayne State REU in Astrophysics, Nuclear and Particle Physics | Students interested in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics. |
| 1 March 2015 | Cornell Center for Materials Research REU Program | This program actually has a 'rolling deadline' where faculty start picking REU students in January with final decisions made in March. Students interested in interdisciplinary materials research projects involving chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering disciplines. |
| 1 March 2015 | Purdue University Physics REU Program | Undergraduates interested in High energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Geophysics, or Biophysics. |
| 2 March 2015 | University of South Florida Physics REU Program | Undergraduate students who are interested in research opportunities in Materials Physics, Biomedical/Biophysics, Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics/Sensors, Computational & Theoretical Physics |
| 2 March 2015 | Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation at Ohio Wesleyan University | Students interested in scientific computation in astronomy, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics. |
| 7 March 2015 | Lehigh University REU Program | For students interested in astrophysics, plasma physics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, nanoscience, materials science, and/or optics. |
| 13 March 2015 | Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics at Michigan State | Students interested in physics research in a wide variety of disciplines. |
| 15 March 2015 | REU Physics and Astronomy at University of Utah | Students interested in astrophysics and observational astronomy, biophysics, condensed matter physics, and particle physics. |
| 1 April 2015 | REU Site in Physics at Howard University | Students interested in atmospherics science, computational and experimental nanophyiscs, laser spectroscopy, and superstrings. |
| 1 April 2015 | Old Dominion University and Jefferson Laboratory REU in Accelerator and Nuclear Physics | Students interested in accelerator and nuclear physics. |
No program announced
for Summer 2015 yet. | Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences | Students in chemistry, physics, biology, electrical engineering, geosciences, mechanical engineering and chemical engineering are especially encouraged to apply. |
No program announced
for Summer 2015 yet. | Physics REU at Alabama A&M University | Students interested in Optics/Lasers, Material Science, and Space Science. |
