List of
undergraduate research programs and fellowships
Last update January
2010
William&Mary Charles
Center Summer Scholarship
http://www.wm.edu/scholarships/summeropps.php
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate Fellowship
(deadline - February 8, 2010)
http://www.vsgc.odu.edu/sf/index.shtml
NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP)
(deadline - January 22, 2010)
NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program
(deadline - February 1, 2010)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program
(deadline - February 17, 2010)
http://www.surf.nist.gov/surf2.htm
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship Program (SULI)
(deadline - February 1, 2010)
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SciEd/ERULF/choose.html
Several undergraduate research opportunities in Fermi Lab:
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program (deadline - February 2, 2010)
http://www.aapm.org/education/SUFP/
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Minority Undergraduate Summer Experience Program (MUSE) (deadline - February 2, 2010)
http://www.aapm.org/education/MUSE/
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Education and Research Funding Opportunities (deadline – January 5, 2010)
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducationprograms
APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm
Research Internships in Science and Engineering Program
U.S. student and faculty researchers have a unique opportunity to participate in a prestigious international research opportunity. Research locations include top national laboratories, federal research centers, academic research institutes, and private R&D laboratories in India.
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site search
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
William&Mary REU program
http://www.wm.edu/as/physics/undergrad/researchopportunities/reu/index.php
(Hint: you can maximize your chances to be accepted if you make arrangements with one of the Physics professors beforehand!)
Other local REU sites
Old Dominion University - Accelerator and Nuclear Physics
http://www.jlab.org/accel/student_outreach/reu/index.html
Hampton University - Atmospheric and Planetary Science
Norfolk State University - Center for Material Research
http://www.nsu.edu/cmr/education/undergrad/summerresearchprogram.html
Also, ARC center in Jefferson Lab routinely hires research helpers and technicians.
Their web site is http://www.jlab.org/ARC/WM/ and Amy Wilkerson is a good contact there.