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External Summer Research and Internship Opportunities in Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
- NSF/REU Programs – Research Experience for Undergraduates, sponsored by National Science Foundation. These opportunities are available at various institutions around the country and international sites. International REU sites will sometimes hire graduated seniors. This program offers the largest single list of research opportunities available.
- IBM-Almaden Program in Materials Science – The IBM Research Internship Awards program was established to promote diversity and develop access to a larger and more diverse group of outstanding candidates.
- University of Minnesota Lando Program
Health-related Research
- NIH Summer Clinical Research
- M.D.-Ph.D. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- Mayo Clinic
- University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School
- University of Kansas, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department
- University of Iowa, Department of Biochemistsry , Department of Chemistry
Summer Research Positions That Don’t Require US Citizenship
If the summer internship includes any kind of compensation (salary, stipend, scholarship/grant, room and board, transportation, etc.) from a source other than Amherst College, the student may need to apply to the U. S. Government for “optional practical training” permission. Authorization process for obtaining permission for off-campus summer internships can take several months.
- Oak Ridge
- Baylor College of Medical Research
- Mayo
- University of Akron Summer Undergraduate Research at Upstate Medical University
- Biochemistry Summer Research Program
- University of Colorado Cancer Center: Student Research Fellowship – Student Cancer Research Fellowship
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (Ridgefield, CT) – Summer Internship
- University of Connecticut Health Center – Undergraduate Summer Research
- Medical College of Georgia – Summer Student Training and Research (STAR)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Summer Internship Program (SIP) – Basic Science Institute – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Programs
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center: Summer Opportunities at the Siteman Cancer Center – Summer Opportunities Program – Siteman Cancer Center St. Louis Missouri
- Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences – Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- The Rockefeller University – Application
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry – Summer Scholars Program
- Pennsylvania State College of Medicine: Summer Research Program – Penn State Hershey Summer Research
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) – Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Energy, Environment, Planetary Science
- National Labs – Los Alamos, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore
- Ames Laboratory Undergraduate Research Internships
- NASA – Goddard Space Center
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Related Corporate Internship Opportunities
College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University
Dr. Alicia Peterson
Chair, Chemistry Department
CSB Ardolf Science Center 123 and 246
320-363-5315