REU & Internship Listings
“The REU program continues to impact my career and my professional growth. I am very happy to be a part of this research program that collaborates with the faculty and students.The program has taught me how to analyze data, write a technical paper, [and] prepare and make both oral and poster presentations… Overall, I am very grateful for having the REU program prepare me, as an undergraduate student, for graduate school and for the STEM workforce through its many rewarding activities and events.” -Lena, REU Participant-
REU and Internship Opportunities
Below is a listing of typical REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) and summer internship programs that are regularly offered, but the actual offerings can vary from year to year depending on NSF funding.
Be sure to read each listing carefully for eligibility, application guidelines, and submission deadlines. Some of the web links are duplicates, but we’ve broken them down into subcategories to get you started. Please note that the lists are not complete, nor are they necessarily up to date, but they can provide you with a good place to start and a great way to get some ideas. We recommend also checking the National Science Foundation (NSF) REU website regularly for updates.
By Sector
National labs and federal agencies – Most National Labs have undergraduate research programs. You can work during the summer or for a semester. Here are some examples:
- Argonne National Lab
- Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
- Department of Energy Scholarships and Internships
- Geological Society of America
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) (summer internships)
- Los Alamos National Lab
- Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration and NASA Internships
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
- National Park Service GeoScientists-in-the-Park program
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Renewable Energy Lab
- National Science Foundation (NSF) REU
- National Weather Center REU
- Oak Ridge Science Semester
- ORISE: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Pacific Northwest National Lab
- Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences for Students (RESESS) by UNAVCO
- Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Sandia National Lab
- Sierra Club Internship Opportunities
- State Water Resources Research Institute Program
- US Geological Survey
Geoscience unions and scientific journals – Many undergraduate research opportunities can be found via the major geoscience unions and scientific journals:
- American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Scholarship Programs
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- The Geological Society of America (GSA)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Miscellaneous programs
- Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Research Training Program
- The Student Conservation Association
- UNAVCO Geo-Launchpad: Internship for Community College Students in Colorado
International
Current lists of opportunities with federal agencies: Science.gov and USA Jobs
University Setting – Undergraduate research opportunities are often listed by universities and sometimes include links to opportunities beyond the university. These are just a few examples:
- Caltech’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Colorado State University, REU Site in Climate Science
- Colorado State University CHILL Radar Facility
- Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Summer internships in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Duke Marine Sciences REU
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- North Carolina State University
- Northwestern University
- Penn State REU in Climate Science
- Stanford University
- Texas A&M Atmospheric Science in the Gulf Coast Region
- University of Colorado Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- University of Oklahoma/National Weather Center REU
- University of South Carolina – Space Grant
- Williams College
Private Sector – To separate full-time positions from temporary research opportunities, be sure to search for student internships.
- Chevron
- Smithsonian
- Vaisala
- Encana
- Geoscience Internships via the SimplyHired job search engine
- Geology internships via InternMatch search engine
- Schlumberger

By Discipline
Astronomy
- NSF REU page list for the Astronomical Sciences
Atmospheric or Climate Science
- NSF REU page list for the Atmospheric Sciences
- Hollings undergraduate scholarship program for NOAA labs
- University of Oklahoma/National Weather Center REU in meteorology
- SOARS at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Software engineering for data science (Unidata Program)
- Texas A&M Atmospheric Science in the Gulf Coast Region
- Penn State REU in Climate Science
Geophysics
- NSF REU page, search for ‘geophysics’
- Applied Research in Earth Sciences
Geology
- NSF REU page list for the Earth Sciences
- Keck Geology consortium summer projects
- Geocorps
- Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences for Students (RESESS) by UNAVCO
- Geology Field Camps–listings from all over the world
Oceanography
- NSF REU page list for the ocean sciences
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution student fellowship program
- Hollings undergraduate scholarship program for NOAA labs
- NOAA Chesapeake Bay Summer Internships
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
University of South Carolina has a great searchable database for opportunities all over the U.S. and abroad.
Opportunities for Under-Represented Groups
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Keck Geology consortium summer projects
- STEM Diversity Programs
- Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences for Students (RESESS) by UNAVCO
- National Science Foundation Human Resource Development
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP):