Programs
Academic Year Programs
- A&S Undergraduate Research Mentorship
- Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (ASH) Scholars Program
- CAFNR On Campus Research Internship
- Cherng Summer Scholars
- IMSD-EXPRESS
- Freshman Research in Plant Sciences (FRIPS)
- Honors College Discovery Fellows
- McNair Scholars Program
- Psychological Sciences Undergraduate Grant Program
Academic Year and Summer Programs
- College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Option
- IMSD-EXPRESS Fellows
- Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (LS UROP)
- Nutrition & Exercise Physiology (NEP) Undergraduate Research Internship Program
- Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences (PURE)—College of Human Environmental Sciences
Summer Only Programs
- Missouri Transect Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Climate, Plants, Community
- MU Alcohol Research Training Summer School (MU-ARTSS)
- MU NSF Sci-LiFT Program
- School of Nursing Ann Crowe Essig Mentorship Program
- Undergraduate Research in Consumer Networking Technologies
Summer Research Opportunities at Other Institutions for MU Students
If you are applying for a summer research or internship opportunity at another institution over the summer, let us know! if you are accepted for a program, let us know where you are going and if we may be of any assistance.
- Brigham Research Institute Musculoskeletal Research Internship Program
- Brigham & Womens Hospital Internship Program
- Caltech Agmen Scholars Program
- Caltech WAVE Fellows Program
- DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Germany
- Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program
- Goldring/Woldenberg Institute Summer Internships
- Growing Up STEM: Tracing the Roots of Undergraduate Learning through Discipline-Based Education Research, NDSU
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics – Summer REU
- International Center Study Abroad Internships*
- IES Abroad Internships*
- Leah Menshouse Springer Summer Opportunities Program
- Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona State University
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF)
- Mosaics in Science Internships, National Park Service
- National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) Summer Student Research Participation Program
- National History Research Experiences (Smithsonian Museum of Natural History)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory – Summer REU
- Regeneration Next Summer Research Fellows Program (summer research program in tissue regeneration), Duke University School of Medicine
- Restoring Cattle Ranches for Sustainable Land and Water Resources, Summer REU @ Tarleton State University
- REU in Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems (Santa Fe Institute)
- REU Program, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center
- REU Program, Population Biology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia
- REU Program, A.J Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment, Drexel University
- REU Program in field Ecology and Wildlife Biology, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
- REU Program in Mathematics @ Boise State University
- REU Program in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, American Museum of Natural History
- Solar Physics REU Program, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing, Wayne State University
- Summer REU in Animal Behavior, Indiana University
- Undergraduate Summer Research in Seismology, IRIS
- Undergraduate Trauma Research Training, Syracuse University
- University of Nebraska Summer Research Program
- University of Oregon Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
- U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research Summer Internship Program
- U.S. Army Research Lab Summer Journeyman Fellowship Program
- US-UK Fulbright Commission Summer Institutes
*Research internships available (based on interest).
Additional Resources
- Search summer research opportunities across disciplines – Pathway to Science
- Resources on summer undergraduate research and internship opportunities – Plant Science Research Network
- Federal Opportunities for Undergraduate Students – STEM