Research Opportunities

External research opportunities will be credited as BL399 Biology Internship.

Information Sessions

IRES: Montclair State University Summer Biology Research Program in Japan

• Wednesday October 8, 2025
  8:00 PM-9:00 PM
• Thursday October 30, 2025
  4:00 PM-5:00PM

Register for virtual information session

External Research Opportunities

The National Science Foundation

The University System of Maryland's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (USM LSAMP) Research Program Fall Deadline: August 27 Spring Deadline: January 4 Summer Deadline: April 11 Contact: Peter DeCrescenzo, LSAMP project coordinator, lsamp@umbc.edu

The Simons Foundation: Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

International Research Experiences for Students (IRES): Montclair State University Summer Biology Research Program in Japan Program Duration: May 10-July 11, 2026 Deadline: November 9, 2025 Contact: Carlos Molina, molinac@montclair.edu Mika Munakata, munakatam@montclair.edu

Environmental Research Opportunities

Mountain Lake Biological Station: Research Experiences for Undergraduates  Contact: mlbs-reu@virginia.edu

Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy (CMERA) Contact: info@coastalmera.com

Ecosystem Field Studes Carribean Program Duration: December 28, 2025-January 17, 2026 Colorado Program Duration: TBD Summer 2026 Deadline: Rolling Contact: steve@ecofs.org

Health Research Opportunities

Nemours Children's Health: Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP) Program Duration: May 26, 2026-July 31, 2026 Applications available: Decemeber 1, 2025 Contact: summerresearch@nemours.org

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Supporting Undergraduate Members in Microbiology and Immunology Research (SUMMIR) Contact: Ola Awad, PhD, SUMMIR program coordinator, Oawad@som.umaryland.edu

The Jackson Laboratory: Summer Student Program (SSP) Program Duration: May 30, 2026-August 7, 2026 Deadline: January 16, 2026

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP): The Summer Mentoring and Research in Transdisciplinary Methodologies in the Neuroscience of Drug-Abuse (SMARTMIND) Contact: couri-programs@utep.edu

Univerity of Florida Health Cancer Center: Summer Training in Research and Oncology for the Next Generation of Researchers (STRONGER) Contact: education@cancer.ufl.edu

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Data Science and Informatics (DSI) Scholars Program Contact: NLMDSI@nih.gov

Postgraduate Research Opportunities

American Geophysical Union Bridge Program Contact: bridge@agu.org

University of Connecticut Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP): Genomic Novelty Contact: Teisha King, program coordinator, teisha.king@uconn.edu

National Institutes of Health Postbac Program Contact: PBP@od.nih.gov