Summer Research Opportunities

There are many opportunities for undergraduates to get involved with research over the summer. Students may attend programs based at other universities throughout the country and the world.

The University of Texas at Austin also hosts a number of undergraduate research programs on campus each summer. These programs select academically talented and motivated students to participate in exciting research in a variety of disciplines. Programs may be open to UT and non-UT students. Please contact each program directly for more information about eligibility, application, and deadlines.

Many of these programs are funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. To find out more about the NSF REU and search for REU summer programs hosted by universities across the country, visit the REU program student information page.

Programs with February and March Deadlines

• Big Ten Academic Alliance Universities Summer Research Opportunities Programs
  • Applications in multiple fields; gear towards underrepresented students

• Fulbright UK Summer Institutes

• The Leadership Alliance

• University of Arizona Summer Research Institute
  • Primarily social sciences, as well as arts and humanities

• Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program at UNC
  • Eight-week program for underrepresented students—pairs students with a faculty mentor

• Sevilleta Research Expérience for Undergraduates Program
  • Artists join biologists at the University of New Mexico’s Sevilleta Field Station

• University of Arizona Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium
  • Graduate school preparation; research in over 200 fields

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Moore Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program
  • Graduate-level research in humanities, social sciences, and fine arts for undergraduate students

• Sevilleta Research Experience for Undergraduates
  • Students will observe the ecology, research, and landscape of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge through artistic creation

• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Summer Internship Program

• Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage
  • Internships that conduct research cultural anthropology, folklore, ethnomusicology, etc. are available year-round

Lists of Programs (multiple opportunities)

• NSF REU programs

• STEM, Psychology, Education

• SURE programs

• Life and Physical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Humanities

• UCLA Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research

• Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Art

• The New York Academy of Art Summer Residency Program

Psychology

• Texas State Dept. of Psychology Summer Research Opportunities

• American Psychological Association (APA) Undergraduate Research Opportunities & Internships

• American Physiological Society (APS) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships

Political Science/Economics/Social Sciences

• University of Houston Funded Opportunities in Political Science, Law & International Affairs

• American Economic Association Undergrad Research Opportunities