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)

http://www.epo.usra.edu/usrp/

 

NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program

(deadline - February 1, 2010)

http://www.nianet.org/larss/

 

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

http://surf.boulder.nist.gov/

 

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:

https://interns.fnal.gov/

 

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.

http://rise.orau.org/

 

 

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

http://reu.hamptonu.edu/

 

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.