Academics

Summer Research Experiences - Resources

The following list has links to resources where you can find more information about summer research programs.  The first link for the National Science Foundation is the largest resource for programs in all areas of study.

If you notice any errors or broken links, please contact Dr. Bill Schellhorn.  Also contact him if you have any additional information or links that you want to include.

  • National Science Foundation - numerous programs (NSF)
  • AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows Program - strengthens the connections between scientists and journalists by placing advanced science, mathematics, and engineering students in newsrooms across the country (AAAS)
  • American Chemical Society and the Department of Energy - nuclear and radiochemistry (ACS NRUSS)
  • American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • American Physical Society and IBM - women in physics (APS)
  • American Physiological Society (APS)
  • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
  • Arizona State University - Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI)
  • Carleton College - women in mathematics (CC)
  • Cornell University - mathematics - focuses on coursework rather than research projects (SMI)
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab - various fields (DISL)
  • Department of Energy - Office of Fossil Energy - Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship - women and minority students in various fields (DoE-FE)
  • Department of Energy - Office of Science - Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships - all students, including graduating seniors who have applied to graduate programs (DoE-S)
  • Department of Energy - Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists - science, technology, engineering, mathematics (DoE-WDTS)
  • Department of Homeland Security - various fields (HS-STEM)
  • Department of Homeland Security - Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science and the Center for Dynamic Data Analysis - several programs include a trip to the Czech Republic (website / website)
  • Des Moines University - various fields (DMU)
  • Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates - women and minority students in computer science and engineering (DREU)
  • EDGE Summer Program - women and minority students in mathematics - graduating seniors who have applied to graduate programs (EDGE)
  • George Washington University - women in mathematics (GWU)
  • German universities - Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
  • Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation in La Crosse - Interns/Fellows link on this webpage
  • Iowa State University - Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Emerging Interface Technologies (SPIRE-EIT)
  • Iowa State University - molecular biotechnology and genomics (MBG)
  • Medical College of Wisconsin - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (MCW)
  • Miami University in Ohio - mathematics (SUMSRI)
  • NASA - OSSI LauchPad - various fields (NASA-OSSILP
  • NASA - Student Airborne Research Program - various fields (NASA-SARP)
  • National Institutes of Health - Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award - graduating seniors (NIH-PITRA)
  • National Weather Center - motivated students from any major (NWC)
  • North Dakota State University - Center for Protease Research - lab sciences (CPR)
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory - research programs and internships in a variety of fields at different locations (ORNL)
  • Princeton University - Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
  • Rice University - statistics (RUSIS)
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute - biological and biomedical research (RPCI)
  • Simpson College - Dr. Albert H. & Greta A. Bryan Summer Research Program - mathematics (SCMath)
  • Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
  • Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City - biological and physical sciences (SIMR)
  • Texas A & M University - mathematics (MCTP)
  • University of Alabama - chemistry (UA SURP)
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Pathology - biomedical science (UAB)
  • University of California - Berkeley - computational mathematics (MSRI-UP)
  • University of California - Los Angeles - Research in Industrial Projects program at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics - accepts both U.S. and international students (RIPS)
  • University of Iowa - biosciences (UIB)
  • University of Iowa - medical sciences - combined M.D./Ph.D. training (MSTP)
  • University of Iowa - microbiology (UIM)
  • University of Iowa - VIGRE Heartland REU in Mathematics - Simpson College students have priority because we are part of the Heartland Mathematics Partnership (UI-M)
  • University of Nebraska at Lincoln - various fields (UNL)
  • University of New Mexico - Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research - biology (UNM)
  • University of North Carolina - Asheville - mathematics (UNCA)
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison - integrated biological sciences (IBSSRP)
  • Virginia Tech University - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)
  • Yale University - Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena - various fields (YU-CRISP)
Last Updated: 1/11/12