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, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR)
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- 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 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 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
- 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)
- Mississippi State University NSF-supported REU Food, Energy, and Water Security
- Rochester Institute of Technology REU, Models and Representations in STEM Education
- 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 Kansas, REU Program in Chemistry
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
- University of Rochester School of Medicine, Summer Scholars Program
- 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
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Biomedical Engineering and Informatics Summer Research Internship Program
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
- 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
- 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 11/5/2026