Hello undergraduate students! Now is the time to investigate and apply for for summer undergraduate research programs. Below are some links to programs that are focused on or include plants science. These are paid opportunities and a fantastic way to explore your interest in plant research, as well as a great boost to your application if you are considering graduate school. Many are funded by grants so have eligibility restrictions, as indicated.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York), summer 2024. For undergraduate students. Students of any nationality are eligible for the program. Apply by January 15, 2024. https://www.cshl.edu/education/undergraduate-research-program/
Research Internship in Sustainbale Bioenergy (RISE), University of Illinois and other sites, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 20, 2024. https://cabbi.bio/outreach/rise-summer-internships/
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, Missouri), summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 4, 2024. https://www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/education-outreach/undergraduate-program/internship-program/
Chicago Botanic Garden, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 9, 2024. https://pbcinternships.org/
Boyce Thompson Institute (Ithaca, New York), summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by Jan 31, 2024. https://btiscience.org/education-outreach/research-internships/
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, summery 2024. For undergraduate students, must be eligible to work in the US. Apply by February 15, 2024. https://arboretum.harvard.edu/research/programs-and-opportunities/darin-butz-foundation-research-internship-program/
Morton Arboretum, Illinois, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 2, 2024. https://mortonarb.org/science/opportunities-in-science/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-program/#application-information
Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS; Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute, or University of Illinois), summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 6, 2024. https://cropps.cornell.edu/broader-impact/research-experience-for-undergrads/
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri, US, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 28, 2024. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plant-science/plant-science/resources/opportunities/undergraduate-studies
Michigan State University, Plant Genomics, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 5, 2024. https://plantgenomics.natsci.msu.edu/
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by January 31, 2024. https://www.kbs.msu.edu/education/undergraduate-program/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-reu/
STEPS: Science and technologies for sustainable phosphorus, several sites, US, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by January 31, 2024. https://steps-center.org/reu/
University of California, Riverside, Center for Plant Cell Biology, US, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 1, 2024. https://cepceb.ucr.edu/research-training/reu
Western Illinois University, Pennycress research, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 10, 2024 https://www.iprefercap.org/about/2024-iprefer-paid-internship-opportunities/
North Carolina State University, site is El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 15, 2024. https://www.ramirezlab.net/reu
North Carolina State University, Integrative and Microbial Plant Systems, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 22, 2024. https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/students/integrative-molecular-plant-systems-research-experience/
Kelman Scholars Program in plant pathology, North Carolina State University, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. Apply by February 25, 2024. https://cals.ncsu.edu/entomology-and-plant-pathology/students/undergraduate/kelman-scholars/
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Explore BiGG data (bioinformatics, genetics, genomics), summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 28, 2024. https://reeu.tennessee.edu/
Purdue University, Plant Biology and Data Science, West Lafayette, Indiana, US, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by February 29, 2024. https://ag.purdue.edu/cpb/intern.html
University of Georgia, The Plant Center, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. Apply by March 1, 2024. https://plantcenter.uga.edu/study/undergraduate-research/
University of Nebraska, US, summer 2024. Fur undergraduates, US citizenship or permanent residency required. REEU: Expanding Opportunities In Agricultural Sciences: Crop-to-Food Innovation. Apply by March 1, 2024 https://www.unl.edu/summerprogram/reeu-expanding-opportunities-agricultural-sciences-crop-food-innovation
University of California, Davis, US, summer 2024. Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change https://eerrec.ucdavis.edu/ (check back, information needs to be updated.)
Virginia Tech, Securing Our Food, summer 2024. For undergraduate students. US citizenship or permanent residency required. https://www.securingourfoodsupplysurf.org/ (Check back, information needs to be updated for 2024).
Sainsbury Lab, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, summer 2024. For undergraduate students studying in the UK or internationally. Apply by January 20, 2024. https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/undergraduates/undergraduate-summer-research-placements
In the UK, the Royal Society of Biology curates a list of summer research opportunities for undergraduates, https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/grants/undergraduate-studentships
The Vienna Biocenter has summer 2024 research opportunities for “students (BA Hons, Master, MSc) from all around the world who are undergraduates/master students, and have completed at least two years of university study in a Life Sciences related study. Apply by January 31, 2024. https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
The Louisiana Graduate Network in Applied Evolution (LAGNiAppE), is a year-long, paid postbaccalaureate research training program operating in partnership with Louisiana State University and collaborating scientists from various state universities. This initiative aims to offer recent college graduates an avenue to explore and cultivate their research skills in evolutionary biology. Apply by March 3, 2024. https://www.lsu.edu/science/biosci/programs/postbacc-research/index.php
For more summer research programs at US institutions, check out the NSF searchable datase for ETAP (education and training application) https://etap.nsf.gov/search
The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) also curates a list of summer research opportunities at https://www.pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx
Many organizations offer summer undergraduate research fellowships that are not tied to a specific institution, with various eligibility requirements. Here are a few.
American Society of Plant Biologists, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, apply by February 12, 2024. https://aspb-surf.secure-platform.com/a/
The American Phytopathological Society curates a list of research experiences for undergraduates and offerrs free membership in APS to those participating in them. https://www.apsnet.org/careers/careersinplantpathology/Pages/Internships.aspx
Drop us a link if you’d like to add your program to this list!
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