Opportunities
Paid programs directory
Research programs that pay. Filter by type, or search by name. Every link goes to the program's own page.
- U.S. National Science Foundation
Search every REU site by field and location. NSF expects sites to pay a weekly stipend, and many cover housing and travel.
Paid research, Search tools nsf.gov - National Institutes of Health
Paid summer research in NIH labs for students interested in biomedical science.
Paid research, Health and medicine training.nih.gov - Amgen Foundation
Funded summer research at host universities in science and biotechnology.
Paid research, Health and medicine amgenscholars.com - The Leadership Alliance
Paid summer research at member universities, built for students who are underrepresented in research careers.
Paid research theleadershipalliance.org - Association of American Medical Colleges
A running list of biomedical summer research programs at US medical schools.
Search tools, Health and medicine students-residents.aamc.org - Institute for Broadening Participation
Searchable database of funded STEM programs, from high school through postdoc.
Search tools pathwaystoscience.org - U.S. Department of Energy
Paid internships at DOE national laboratories.
Paid research science.osti.gov - NASA
Paid internships across NASA centers, with some openings for high school students.
Paid research, High school nasa.gov - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Paid research placements at federal agencies and labs, listed through the Zintellect portal.
Paid research, Search tools orise.orau.gov - Mayo Clinic
Paid summer research in Mayo Clinic biomedical labs.
Paid research, Health and medicine college.mayo.edu - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Paid summer research alongside CSHL scientists.
Paid research cshl.edu - The Jackson Laboratory
Genetics and genomics research for high school students and undergraduates, with a stipend.
Paid research, High school, Health and medicine jax.org - Broad Institute
Paid summer research in genomics for undergraduates from groups underrepresented in science.
Paid research, Health and medicine broadinstitute.org - The Rockefeller University
Paid summer research in Rockefeller labs.
Paid research, Health and medicine rockefeller.edu - German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Summer research internships in Germany for undergraduates, with a scholarship.
Paid research daad.de Free summer program for students headed toward the health professions.
Health and medicine shpep.org- U.S. Department of Education
Federal TRIO program that prepares first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented undergraduates for doctoral study through research.
Paid research, Grants and scholarships ed.gov - Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Scholarship for sophomores and juniors who plan research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics.
Grants and scholarships goldwaterscholarship.gov - Sigma Xi
Small grants that pay research expenses for undergraduate and graduate students.
Grants and scholarships sigmaxi.org - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research and travel awards, including awards for undergraduates.
Grants and scholarships asbmb.org - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI's current programs for students and early-career scientists.
Search tools, Health and medicine hhmi.org National body for undergraduate research, with conferences, awards, and a place to present.
Search tools cur.org- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Student research and training programs at St. Jude.
Health and medicine, Search tools stjude.org - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Student research and training programs at MSK.
Health and medicine, Search tools mskcc.org - Stony Brook University
High school students spend the summer on a research project with Stony Brook faculty.
High school stonybrook.edu - Center for Excellence in Education
Cost-free summer research program for high school students, hosted at MIT.
High school cee.org - Society for Science
Research competition for high school seniors with scholarship awards.
High school, Grants and scholarships societyforscience.org - Stanford University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices undergradresearch.stanford.edu - University of Chicago
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices ccrf.uchicago.edu - Harvard University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices uraf.harvard.edu - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices urop.mit.edu - Northwestern University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices undergradresearch.northwestern.edu - University of Southern California
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices academicprograms.usc.edu - New York University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices studentresearchandfunding.nyu.edu - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices our.unc.edu - Boston University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices bu.edu - Boston College
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices bc.edu - Northeastern University
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices undergraduate.northeastern.edu - Davidson College
Campus research funding. Apply here first if you study at this school.
Campus offices davidson.edu
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A note on dates and amounts
Programs change deadlines and stipends every year, so we link to each program and leave the details to its own page. Many summer programs take applications from the fall and close between December and March. Know a program we should add? Tell us.
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