Summer Research Oppportunities

This page contains a number of summer research opportunities that students at UNC can take advantage of. This list is constantly being updated as opportunities arise and change. We encourage you to email us with any updates or additions.

Note that applications for some programs might not open yet, depending on when you access the links below. You can also browse Additional Undergraduate Research Programs and Fellowships as well as look at some other opportunities outside of UNC.

Remember you can always ask OUR staff and faculty liaisons, Department Liaisons, and/or Student Ambassadors to help you navigate your research path and make connections both inside and outside of the UNC research ecosphere. The OUR also maintains a rich database of research opportunities as other resources which can help you find various dynamic and engaging research programs. UNC has a variety of research centers that might also help!

Opportunities at UNC

• 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars
• Carolina Population Center’s Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
• Carolina Summer Fellowship (CSF) Program
• FERN: Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition
• IEHS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
• Karen M. Gil Internship Program
• Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) for Undergraduates
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
• Summer Award for Research Courses 
• Summer Undergraduate Pipeline (SUP)
• The Jenner Carey Bryan Award for Research
• The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP)
• The Partners Cancer Biology Program
• The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE-REU) Program in Biological Mechanisms
• Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity in Chemistry (SUROC)
• UNC—Intel Research Experience for Undergraduate Students
• WinSPIRE

Opportunities Beyond UNC

• Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• American Chemical Society Internships for Undergraduate Chemistry Students
• American Chemical Society Research, Internships, and More
• American Mathematical Society Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs
• American Psychological Association Undergraduate Research Opportunities & Internships
• Amgen Scholars
• Arcadia Abroad
• Berkeley Early Learning Lab Summer Internship Program
• California Institute of Technology Amgen Scholars
• California Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
• California Institute of Technology LIGO Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
• California Institute of Technology SURF-the-WAVE (STW)
• California Institute of Technology KAVLI Nanoscience WAVE Fellowship
• Columbia Business School 2023 Summer Research Internship Program
• Duke University, The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
• Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity)
• FAO Schwarz Fellowship Program
• “Future Physicist International Summer Camp” at University of Science and Technology of China
• Harvard Business School Program for Research in Markets & Organizations
• International Scholarships
• Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
• National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) Sciences Scholars Connect Program
• National Institute of Science (NIS) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• NCI Division of Cancer Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• NextGenPop (Next Generation of Scholars in Population Research)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• OHSU Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology Summer Research Internship
• Pathways to Science
• PIVOT Funding Database
• Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago Summer Pathway Programs
• Purdue AAMP-UP Summer Research
• Purdue CISTAR Research Experience and Mentoring (REM)
• Purdue SCALE Summer Research
• Purdue University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
• Rutgers RISE Program
• Scholarships for Development (Internationally-oriented)
• Summer Internship Program in Diabetes at the Helmholtz Munich (SIP)
• UCLA Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
• University of California — Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
• University of Missouri – Interpersonal Relationships Summer Research Program
• University of Pennsylvania MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
• US Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• U.S. National Institutes of Health
• U.S. National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates 
• U.S. National Science Foundation Summer Scholars Internship Program