One of the most in-depth experiential opportunities available to students is independent research within a faculty member’s research lab. Students can participate in research on campus during the academic year and in the summer, either on campus, off campus or abroad. Check out our Join a Research Lab Guide for even more resources and support.
Astronomy
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Astronomy-Related Research Programs
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in mathematics, science, and engineering
Research Program Databases
Biochemistry
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Biochemistry-Related Research Programs
- Rice BioNetworks REU - 10-week REU focusing on complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature
- Texas A&M Biochemistry REU - all expenses paid biochemistry REU at Texas A&M
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship - Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities
Biology
On-Campus Research Opportunities
- Department of Molecular Biosciences Faculty
- Department of Integrative Biology Faculty
- Marine Science Institute Faculty
- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research Faculty
- Department of Neuroscience Faculty
- Dell Medical School Research Labs
- UT School of Pharmacy - Collaboration Areas of Research Excellence
- Department of Molecular Biosciences - Research Areas
- CNS Biotechnology Partnership with ACC
- Big Data in Biology Summer School
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Biology-Related Research Programs
- Princeton University Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular and Quantitative & Computational Biology (SURP)
- Rosetta Commons Research for Biomolecular Modeling
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship –Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- UT Marine Science Institute Research Programs – Spend May or a full semester doing cutting-edge marine science research in Port Aransas, Texas.
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU –This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- Rice BioNetworks REU – 10-week REU focusing on complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program –intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
- Duke Department of Biology Research and Summer Opportunities
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Chemistry
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Chemistry-Related Research Programs
- Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CSURP) with CCHF
- UT Southwestern SURF in Chemistry
- Princeton SURF in Chemistry
- California Institute of Technology SURF
- Amgen Scholars Program
- Harvard Summer Research Opportunities
- Pasteur Foundation Undergraduate Research Internship
- Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) in Germany
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship - Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways To Science Programs in Chemistry
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowships related to public health
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
- ACS Database for Chemistry REUs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Computer Science
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Computer Science-Related Research Programs
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
Research Program Databases
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
Environmental Science
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Environmental Science-Related Research Programs
- Environmental Protection Agency Student Opportunites
- Texas A&M Oceanography Summer Research
- Texas State Ecological Research Group
- UT Marine Science Institute Research - Spend the summer doing cutting-edge marine science research in Port Aransas, TX.
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- USA Jobs (Federal employment)
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Human Development and Family Science
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Human Development and Family Sciences-Related Research Programs
- Research Opportunities (PennState)
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) list of summer programs
- Pathways to Sciences list of summer programs in Social Sciences
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Informatics
On-Campus Research Opportunities
- iSchool Research Institute for StoryArc Exploration (iRISE)
- iSchool Research Areas and Faculty
- Texas Advanced Computing Center - Cyberinfrastructure Research for Societal Advancement (NSF REU)
- Oden Institute for Computation Engineering and Sciences - Moncrief Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Information-Related Research Programs
- Rice University - Translating Researching the Psychological Sciences to the Real World Summer Program (NSF REU)
- University of Washington - Human-Computer Interaction Design Summer Program (NSF REU)
- Carnegie Mellon University - Human-Computer Interaction Institute Summer Program (NSF REU)
- University of Southern California - Institute for Creative Technologies Summer Program (NSF REU)
Research Program Databases
Mathematics
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Mathematics-Related Research Programs
- Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute - Held at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University. Students receive a stipend and course credit for this 7-week learning and research experience.
- Park City Math Institute Summer Program for Undergraduates - A 3-week summer program where students learn about an advanced topic and work on an individual project.
- University of Nebraska Summer IMMERSE Program - A six-week summer program to help prepare students who are about to enter graduate school in mathematics.
- Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program (FUSRP) welcomes selected undergraduate students from around the world for a rich mathematical summer research experience.
- The SMALL Undergraduate Research Project is a nine-week residential summer program at Williams College in which undergraduates investigate open research problems in mathematics.
- Summer@ICERM program at Brown University is an eight-week residential program designed for a select group of 18-22 undergraduate scholars.
- The MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP) is a comprehensive summer program designed for undergraduate students who have completed two years of university-level mathematics courses and would like to conduct research in the mathematical sciences
- RISE Research Internships in Science and Engineering - Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions.
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Mathematical Sciences
- Pathways to Sciences list of summer programs in Mathematics and Computational Sciences
- Journal of Young Investigators list of Summer Programs in Mathematics
- International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)
Medical Laboratory Science
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Medical Laboratory Science-Related Research Programs
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship - Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- Rice BioNetworks REU - 10-week REU focusing on complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Neuroscience
On-Campus Research Opportunities
- Neuroscience Research Page (sorts faculty members based on focus)
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program Faculty Page
- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research Faculty
- Dell Medical School Research Labs
- UT School of Pharmacy - Collaboration Areas of Research Excellence
- Department of Molecular Biosciences - Research Areas
- Neuroscience Directed Reading Program
- Women in Neuroscience - a non profit organization that pairs undergraduate students from underrepresented and underserved communities to UT Neuroscience faculty for a 9 week summer internship.
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Neuroscience-Related Research Programs
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute Summer Research Internship Program
- CBMM Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship - Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- Rice BioNetworks REU - 10-week REU focusing on complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Neuroscience Research Programs
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
- American Psychological Association Research Opportunities and Internships
- RIT's List of Neuroscience Research and Internship Opportunities
Nutritional Sciences
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Nutritional Sciences Related Research Programs
- US Food and Drug Administration Summer Student Research Program
- Cornell Food Science Summer Scholar Program
Research Program Databases
Physics
On-Campus Research Opportunities
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Physics-Related Research Programs
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
- Department of Energy Scholars Program
- RISE Research Internships in Science and Engineering
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
Research Program Databases
- American Physical Society list of Internships and Fellowships
- Society of Physics Students list of Summer Research and Internships
- Journal of Young Investigators list of Summer Programs in Physics
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Physics
- Pathways to Sciences list of summer programs in Physics
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Public Health
On-Campus Research Opportunities
- Human Ecology Faculty
- Dell Medical School Research Labs
- UT School of Pharmacy - Collaboration Areas of Research Excellence
- Department of Molecular Biosciences - Research Areas
- College of Education Faculty
- LBJ School of Public Affairs Faculty
- School of Social Work Faculty
- Sociology Faculty
- Psychology Faculty
- UTHealth School of Public Health – Austin Campus Faculty
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Public Health-Related Research Programs
- Fred Hutch Infectious Disease Training Program – paid summer program that develops the next generation of physicians and scientists with expertise in infectious diseases
- UT Austin American Cancer Society Undergraduate Research Internship - Undergrads from UT Austin are invited to join Dell Medical School for a yearlong experience in cancer research.
- UT Marine Science Institute offerings - Spend time doing cutting-edge marine science research in Port Aransas, Texas.
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
- Rice BioNetworks REU - 10-week REU focusing on complex interactions among biomolecules that give rise to the diverse biological phenotypes observed in nature
- UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences SURF Program - intensive summer research training experience designed for college students who are preparing for Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. careers in biomedical research
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- EduMed's Guide to Summer Healthcare Research & Internship Opportunities
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities
- AAMC MD-PhD Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
Statistics and Data Science
On-Campus Research Opportunities
- SDS Faculty
- Applied Research Laboratories
- Department of Computer Science Faculty
- Department of Mathematics Faculty by Research Area
- Dell Medical School Research Labs
- UT School of Pharmacy - Collaboration Areas of Research Excellence
- Department of Molecular Biosciences - Research Areas
- SDS Directed Reading Program
Off-campus Research Opportunities
Statistics and Data Science-Related Research Programs
- Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Camp
- Carnegie Mellon Bridges to Healthcare Technology
- Stanford SURP-Stats
- Icahn School of Medicine Biomedical Big Data Science Program
- Moncrief Summer Research Internship – UT research experience focused on modeling problems in energy, environment, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, autonomous systems and other areas
- UTHealth Cancer Prevention (CPRIT) REU - This quality cancer education and career development program offers placements with accomplished researchers at UTHealth institutions across the state of Texas.
- MD Anderson CATALYST Summer Research Programs – Collection of summer research and career programs in cancer, anesthesia, veterinary medicine, imaging, and therapeutics.
Research Program Databases
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Search
- Pathways to Science Program Search
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program
- CDC Fellowship & Training Opportunities – CDC guide to internships and fellowship related to public health
- ORISE Research Internships & Fellowships Database
