Over 75 research assistant positions from a variety of disciplines are available each summer to Wooster students. Students may also visit APEX’s Scots Career Hub for assistance with finding an internship. In addition to listing internships, APEX staff provide tools for applying and obtaining internships. Summer research gives students an opportunity to gain additional experience in a laboratory setting. Many students have worked in academic labs while others have found their way into industry.
T.R. Williams Chemistry Summer Scholars
The Department of Chemistry at The College of Wooster will host the Theodore R. Williams Chemistry Summer Scholars. This program supports four College of Wooster undergraduate students in a Mentored, Independent Research Project, funded through the T.R. Williams Summer Research Endowment fund.
Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Chester Summer Scholars Program
- Case Western Reserve University, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR)
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Kent State University, Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and the Liquid Crystal Institute (NSF-REU) (2026 Pending)
- Ohio State University REU program, Experimental and Computational Spectroscopy: Fundamental Probes of Molecules, Molecular Interactions, and Materials (2026 Pending)
- Ohio Five-OSU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Summer Research Internships in Chemistry and Biochemistry at The Ohio State University. Applications open in December 2025.
- Ohio State University Research Internship Program (ORIP), CFAES Wooster Campus, Wooster, OH (2026 Pending)
- Ohio University Summer Scholars Program
- Ohio University Diabetes Institute Summer Interprofessional Research Experience (DISIRE) Program sponsored by The National Institutes of Health
- Sherwin Williams – R&D Summer Lab Assistant Internship (Industry)
- University of Akron, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering not verified/posted for 2026
- University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- University of Cincinnati, Cancer Research Summer Scholars Program
Other Locations at Academic Sites
- Brigham Young University Talmage Research Opportunities
- California Institute of Technology, AMGEN Scholars Program, WAVE Fellows Program
- Colorado School of Mines, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), applications open in March
- Florida State University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Summer REU Program (2026 Pending)
- Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Kentucky University Chemistry REU Program
- Mayo Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Mayo Clinic: Clinical Research Internship Study Program (CRISP)
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
- Michigan State University, REU: Plant Genomics (for undergraduates interested in biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, chemistry, bioinformatics, and computational sciences)
- Michigan State University, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases (M-SURE) Clinical research related to diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases
- Mississippi State University NSF-supported REU Food, Energy, and Water Security
- North Dakota State University: Collaborations in Discipline-based Education Research
- Northwestern University, REU in Nanotechnology
- Penn State Department of Chemistry, REU in chemical research (**Check back in January or February of 2025 to see if we will have a program for Summer 2025)
- Rochester Institute of Technology REU, Models and Representations in STEM Education (2026 Pending)
- Syracuse University, Department of Chemistry
- Texas A&M University, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Center for Nanoscale Material and Biointegration REU Undergraduate Research Experience in Experimental and Computational Materials Research
- University of California, Irvine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- University of Delaware, Marine Sciences
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center’s STRONGER Program
- University of Kansas, REU Program in Chemistry
- University of Michigan, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases (M-SURE)
- University of Michigan, Frankel Cardiovascular Center (SURF)
- University of Minnesota, Chemistry Department, LANDO experience (2026 not confirmed)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- University of Pittsburgh, REU TECBio Program
- University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, i-Scholars Program for International Students (2026 not confirmed)
- University of South Alabama, Structure and Function of Proteins (2026 not confirmed)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Materials, Chemistry of Materials for Renewable Energy
- Vanderbilt University, NSF REU in Chemical Biology
- Vanderbilt University, REU program in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at Vanderbilt University.
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Biomedical Engineering and Informatics Summer Research Internship Program
- West Virginia University Summer REU Chemistry Site
Other Opportunities and Resources
- Amgen Scholars Summer Research Programs Internships in Scientific Research and Medicine
- American Chemical Society: Internships and Summer Research Programs for Undergraduate Students in chemistry
- American Chemical Society: Division of Organic Chemistry, SURF program
- Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- Boyce Thompson Institute REU program, Plant Genome, Ithaca, NY
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Corteva Agriscience, R&D Summer Internship, Indiana
- Department of Energy and American Chemical Society sponsored Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer School Program
- Department of Energy, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program Application
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Summer Internship – Earnest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
- National Science Foundation:
- National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Programs
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SURF Program
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education, Undergraduate Research Opportunities, managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities for U.S. Department of Energy
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Undergraduate Student Opportunities
- Parker Lord, Erie PA, Summer Internships
- Pathways to Science: Search Summer Research Opportunities (Browse by Institution, Start Date, and/or Discipline)
- Repperger Research Intern Program, Air Force Research Laboratory
- St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Cancer Research Opportunity, Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program
- Santa Fe Institute, SFI Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR), New Mexico
- SOARS Summer Program, Atmospheric and Related Sciences Research Mentoring Community
- U.S. Department of Energy Scholars Program Summer Internships
Updated 2/3/2025