Physics & Astronomy Summer Research Internships

Links to Astronomy & Physics Summer Internship Webpages

Frequently Asked Questions on Summer Programs in Astronomy & Physics

Tips for Applying to Summer Internship Programs

Astronomy & Astrophysics (a partial list)

NSF site for ALL REU ASTRONOMY programs
Astronomical/Astrophysical Observatory and Laboratory Programs
- Hubble Space Telescope Institute - Baltimore, MD - Summer Internships
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Summer Student Research Program
  - Socorro, NM - home of the Very Large Array
  - Green Bank, WV - home of the Byrd Single Dish Telescope
  - Charlottesville - headquarters of NRAO, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) and radio instrumentation labs
- Arecibo Observatory - Puerto Rico - Summer REU Program
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Tucson, AZ - Summer Research program
- Northern Arizona University/Lowell Observtory Summer Research Program - Flagstaff, AZ
- University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Honolulu, HI - Research Summer Program
- National Solar Observatory - Tucson, AZ & Sunspot, NM - Summer Research program
- Maria Mitchell Observatory - Nantucket Island, MA - Summer Research Program
- Cornell University Astronomy Dept. - Ithaca, NY - Summer Research Experience for Undergrads
- MIT Haystack Observatory- Westford, MA - Summer Research Program
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Sciences - Boulder, CO - Summer Undergraduate Appointments
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (at Harvard University) - Cambridge, MA - Summer Undergraduate Program
- American Museum of Natural History - New York, NY - Summer Undergraduate Program in Earth Science and Astrophysics
- LIGO Gravity Wave Observatory - Summer REU Program
NASA Centers/Space Sciences/Planetary Astronomy & Geology (a partial list)
- General Information on NASA/Space Research Opportunities
  - Jet Propulsion Lab Internship Program
- Lunar and Planetary Institute - Houston, TX - Summer Internship Program
- Carnegie Institute of Washington: Geophysical Laboratory - Washington DC - Summer Internship Program
- NASA Internships
  - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
  - NASA Ames - Mountain View, CA
- National Center for Atmospheric Research -- Boulder, CO -- SOARS Summer Research Program for Minority Students

Physics (a partial list)

NSF site for ALL REU PHYSICS programs
University of Chicago Physics Department :
- Minorities & Women in Physics REU Program
- Materials Research REU Program
Los Alamos National Laboratory -- Los Alamos, NM Undergraduate Student Research Program
IBM/American Physical Society Research Internship for female students
JILA (Joint lab for interdisplinary physical sciences) at the University of Colorado - Boulder, CO Summer Research Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Summer Research Program
University of Washington Institute for Nuclear Theory - Summer Research Program
Department of Energy's SULI Programs - Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
- Large Labs (internships available during academic year as well as summer)
  - Argonne National Laboratory
  - Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven, NY)
  - The Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
  - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Smaller Labs (summer internships only)