Summer Research Opportunities Outside UC Berkeley

• Bowie State University
  Summer Institute in Engineering & Computer Applications Program (SIECA)

  A ten-week research program intended for students majoring in computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics with GPAs of 3.0 or above. Students get to work with on-site mentors at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

• California Institute of Technology
  Computing Beyond Silicon Summer School (CBS³)

  An intensive four week introduction to molecular, bimolecular, and quantum computing.

• Clemson University
  Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Wireless Communications (SURE)

  The ten-week program allows undergraduates to engage in wireless communications research under the supervision of a leading faculty researcher in the field.

• Johns Hopkins University
  Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP)
  Summer Workshop on Language Engineering

  For outstanding members of the current junior class.

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Chemistry and Materials Science (CMS)
  Chemistry, Materials, and Life Sciences Directorate (CLMS)

  Successful applicants will work as Summer employees in June and participate in a workshop featuring lectures by LLNL scientists, panel discussions and Lab tours in July. Students will work on a technical project within their own specific academic discipline.

• Maryland Engineering Research Internship Teams (MERIT)

  University of Maryland Department of Computer Engineering, NSF, and the Army Research Laboratory offer exciting research opportunities for undergraduates.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Lincoln Labs Summer Undergraduate Research Program

  For qualified juniors and students in the process of completing the senior undergraduate year, MIT Lincoln Laboratory offers summer research opportunities. Participants will have unique opportunities to gain hands-on experience and to develop valuable expertise in technical areas such as digital signal processing, communications, software development and programming, computer security, electro-optics and the like.

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)

  Provides you a great opportunity to experience hands-on research along side of world-recognized scientists.

• National Science Foundation
  Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU)

  The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose.

• National Science Foundation
  Science and Technology Centers (STCs)
  Undergraduate Summer Internships

  Summer internships at each of NSF STCs's eleven centers, located at prestigious universities around the United States. These summer internships provide undergraduates an opportunity to conduct research in a "graduate school" setting in the following fields: biological sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering, geosciences, and mathematical and physical sciences.

• Purdue University
  NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing
  Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURI)

  Participants will join an ongoing cross-disciplinary research project team comprised of faculty and graduate students who have been working on research projects throughout the year. It is open to undergraduate students majoring in the Engineering disciplines, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Biology, and Pharmacy.

• Space Dynamics Laboratory
  Summer Internship Program

  For space science and engineering students.

• Stanford University
  Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA)
  Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences Program (SURE)

  Provides undergraduates with a ten-week summer research opportunity to work on independent research projects involving direct interaction with research scientists, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate students at Stanford.

• University of California, Los Angeles
  Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
  Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS)

  Summer research opportunities in applied mathematics for mathematics, engineering and computer science majors.

• University of California, Los Angeles
  Science, Engineering & Mathematics Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

  UCLA offers upper division undergraduate students with outstanding academic potential the opportunity to work with faculty mentors on research projects.

• University of California, San Francisco
  UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees(UC LEADS)

  Designed for students to embark upon a two year program of scientific research and graduate school preparation guided by individual Faculty Mentors.

• University of Pittsburgh
  Center for Neuroscience (CNUP) Summer Undergraduate Research

  Ten-week program in which undergraduate students conduct independent research under the guidance of individual faculty. Summer research projects might include neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, molecular biology, brain imaging, computer simulations, neuropsychology, or behavioral assessments. Good for Cog Sci double majors!

• U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) - Space Vehicles Directorate
  Space Scholars Program

  Invites undergraduate and graduate science and engineering students to participate in a unique summer program that could lead to graduate fellowships and full-time employment.

• U.S. Department of Energy
  Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

  This program places students in paid internships in Science and Engineering at any of several Department of Energy facilities. Students work with scientists or engineers on projects related to the laboratories' research programs. The different laboratories each offer different research opportunities.