Undergraduate Research Programs in Astrophysics
|
Program Name |
Nominal Deadline |
Limitations |
Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Internships | Fall, Summer and Spring | US only | Click Here |
| LAMAT Program at UCSC | Early December | Currently enrolled in CC in CA (or 2 year institution elsewhere) | Click Here |
| DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Germany | December | Undergraduate students | Click Here |
| Computational Physics Summer Workshop, Los Alamos National Lab | January | Undergraduate and Graduate students | Click Here |
| NSF REU: Northen Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ) | January 31 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Harvard (Cambridge, MA) | January 31 |
US only, no post-bacs |
Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Utah (Physics & Astronomy) (Salt Lake City, UT) | January 31 |
US only, no post-bacs |
Click Here |
| Space Telescope Science Institute Space Astronomy Summer Program | January 31 | Non-US and post-bac applications accepted | Click Here |
| Carnegie Observatiors Summer Research Program | January 31 | SoCal resident or student | Click Here |
| National Astronomy Consortium (NAC): NRAO-Charlottesville, NRAO-Socorro, Princeton, STScI, or UW Madison, Michigan State | Feburary 1 |
US only, no post-bacs |
Click Here |
| NSF REU: American Museum of Natural History | Feburary 1 | US only | Click Here |
| NSF REU: Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) | Feburary 1 |
US only, no post-bacs |
Click Here |
| NSF REU: Cornell University | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: Lousiana State University | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: MIT Haystack Observatory | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click here |
| NSF REU: Maria Mitchell Observatory (Nantucket, MA) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: Northwestern University/CIERA (Chicago, IL) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: SETI Institute (Mountain View, CA) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: UC Boulder | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Institute of Astronomy (Honolulu, HI) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Michigan (Physics & Astronomy) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC Summer Research Opportunity (Dwingeloo, Netherlands) | Feburary 1 | Graduate or advanced- undergraduate | Click Here |
| CAMPARE | Feburary 1 | CA State University or CA Community College only | Click Here |
| NSF DAWN-IRES Scholars Program (Copenhagen, Denmark) | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bac (but includes PhD students) | Click Here |
| NSF REU: UT Austin | Feburary 1 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| Five-College Astronomy Undergraduate Internship Program | Mid- February | FCAD students only | Click Here |
| KNAC REU program | Mid- February | Non-US can apply, no post- bacs | Click Here |
| College of Natural Sciences William Lee Science Impact Program (Lee SIP) | Mid- February | UMass undergrad; GPA 3.0 or higher |
Click Here |
| TAURUS | February 14 | URM only | Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Wisconson, Madison | February 15 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| NSF REU: University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY) | February 15 |
US Only |
Click here |
| Bryce Canyon National Park Summer Astronomy Outreach Internship | February 15 | US only, no post-bacs | Click Here |
| The Chalmers Astrophysics and Space Science Science Summer (CASSUM) Research Fellowship program | February 22 | Undergrad Students only | Clcik Here |
| LEAPS Program, Leiden Observatory (Leiden, Netherlands) | February 28 | All students not currently in PhD program | Click Here |
| NSF REU: RIT (Rochester, NY) | March 1 (?) | US only, no post-bacs; Deaf/ hard-of-hearing students encouraged to apply |
Click Here |
| Banneker Institute | TBD | URM/POC | Click Here |
General Application Material (may vary by program):
★ Personal Statement
★ Unofficial Transcripts
★ ~2 Letters of Recommendation (request these early, at least 2 weeks before the deadline, and give friendly deadline reminders to your letter writers!)