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) – Pending confirmation of funding – applications are open
- Ohio State University Experimental and Computational Spectroscopy REU
- Ohio State University REU program, Experimental and Computational Spectroscopy: Fundamental Probes of Molecules, Molecular Interactions, and Materials
- Ohio Five-OSU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Summer Research Internships in Chemistry and Biochemistry at The Ohio State University. Applications open in December 2024.
- Ohio State University Research Internship Program (ORIP), CFAES Wooster Campus, Wooster, OH
- 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 2025
- 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
- Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Kentucky University Chemistry REU Program
- Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Summer Research Internships for Minority Students – not verified/posted for 2025
- Mayo Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- 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 REU in Computational Methods Applied to Materials Science
- 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
- 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 Maryland, Baltimore County – BEMORE
- University of Michigan, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases (M-SURE)
- University of Michigan, Frankel Cardiovascular Center (SURF)
- University of Minnesota, Chemistry Department, LANDO experience
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Summer Research Program
- University of Pittsburgh, REU TECBio Program
- University of Pittsburgh, NSF-REU Synthesis and Characterization of Bioactive Orbioinspired Molecules
- University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, i-Scholars Program for International Students
- University of South Alabama, Structure and Function of Proteins
- University of Southern Mississippi, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials NSF REU
- University of Tennessee Knoxville, Summer REU funded by NSF
- 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
- Wake Forest University 2025 Summer Research Internship Programs (Underrepresented minorities (i.e. African American, Alaskan Native, Native American, Asian-Pacific Islander or Hispanic), students with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds (from urban/rural areas, first-generation college student, etc.):
- Wake Forest University, Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Center for Artificial Intelligence Research at WFU School of Medicine, Summer Research Internship Program in Biomedical Engineering & Informatics
- 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 hosts two REU programs, Plant Genome and Programmable Plant Systems, Ithaca, NY
- Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (C-SURP)
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Corteva Agriscience, R&D Summer Internship, Indiana
- Department of Energy and ACS Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools (6-week paid program, includes travel/housing/stipend)
- 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
- Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer Fellowships through the US Department of Energy and Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology of the ACS
- 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
- 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