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Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) Program

Rolling Deadline

The Institue for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA offers several versions of its Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) program, a summer research experience for students of math and related disciplines. 

Quantitative Research in the Life and Social Sciences Program (QRLSSP)

Deadline: 01/31/2027 (Tentative)

The Quantitative Research in the Life and Social Sciences Program (QRLSSP) is an intensive summer research experience hosted at Arizona State University that prepares undergraduate students for the rigors of graduate level research at the interface of mathematics, statistics, and the natural and social sciences.

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

Deadline: 01/07/2027 (Tentative)

The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship provides both undergraduate and graduates students through conducting research in one of 17 participating U.S. Department of Energy laboratories/facilities for summer or for a semester-long experience.

AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Deadline: 02/09/2027 (Tentative)

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is a 10-week summer program designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate university students to gain experience in medical physics by performing research in a medical physics laboratory and shadowing at a clinical facility.

Mind Your Brain Foundation Fellowship

Deadline: 03/15/2027 (Tentative)

Traumatic brain injury research fellowship available to Penn undergraduates with career interests related to traumatic brain injury research. Do not need to have a project or mentor already established. Fellowship includes a $2,500 award.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Internship

Deadline: 10/15/2026 (Tentative)

Opportunity to conduct three months of hands-on, collaborative research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama.

Paul and Kathleen Barthmaier Award

Deadline: 03/16/2027 (Tentative)

Financial support to assist with travel expenses related to intellectually enriching undergraduate research or fellowship experiences.

Student Exhibition Internship

The Penn Museum offers paid internships to three undergraduate students at Penn to work with Museum staff and create a small exhibition. The year-long internship focuses on the planning, development, design, fabrication, and installation of a small exhibition featured in the Penn Museum. Interns will learn first-hand about the curatorial, content development, administrative, and design aspects of staging an exhibition in a large museum. After the exhibition’s opening, students will implement educational programs and events for the Museum’s public and academic audiences.

Frances Velay Fellowship

Deadline: 03/16/2027 (Tentative)

Funding for undergraduate women in science to conduct a summer research project with a Penn faculty.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Deadline: 02/01/2027 (Tentative)

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program at UT Southwestern’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is an intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research.

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