University Summer Research Programs

Many students at Berkeley who are interested in going to Graduate School in the Biological Sciences do research during the school year and/or during the summer to gain experience in a research lab. There are many summer research programs all across the United States that allow undergraduate students to participate in a research project. Some programs give stipends, housing waivers, flight waivers, etc. This is a partial list of summer research programs.

New York University Summer Research Program
Apply by Feb. 1st/includes $2,500 stipend, housing, and airfare
http://www.mssm.edu/gradschool/surp_who.shtml

Baylor College of Medicine: Summer Medical and Research Training Program
Online application/program includes $4,000 stipend for 9 weeks
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/smart/

UCSF Summer Research and Training Program
Apply by Feb. 1st/includes stipend, housing, and airfare
http://student.ucsf.edu/summerprogram/home.jsp

Stanford Summer Research Program in the Biological Sciences
Apply by Feb. 20th
http://www-med.stanford.edu/school/biosciences/ssrpbs.html

Caltech: Minority Undergrduate Research Fellowships
Apply by Feb. 1st/includes $500 stipend per week, housing, and airfare
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~murf/index.html

UC Berkeley: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Apply by April/includes $2000 stipend
http://research.berkeley.edu/surf/index.html

UC Irvine: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Apply by Feb./includes $2500 stipend and housing
http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/diversity/surf.htm