Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research External Opportunities Bulletin for January 2025

Please reach out to Dr. Lackey, the Director of the Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research if you have any questions about the opportunities listed below and he will do his best to help! Last updated, January 15, 2025

ugresearch@westminster.edu

Patterson Hall 314

Office Hours: All day Wednesday, Thursday afternoons

URAC Submissions are open!

URAC is April 23^rd

Funding Opportunities

Social Sciences Undergraduate Conference Awards

https://www.cur.org/membership-community/divisions/social-sciences-division/divisions-social-sciences-undergraduate-conference-awards/

Deadline: April 20, 2025

Research Opportunities

Science and Engineering Internships – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/students

Deadlines: Rolling

 

Medieval and Early Modern Orients Internships (History and English)

https://memorients.com/join

Deadline: Rolling

 

Visiting Scientist Program, Counterterrorism, and Forensic Science Research Unit, FBI 

https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/FBI-CFSRU-2021 

Deadline: Rolling

 

Various Fall Internships, American Civil Liberties Union 

https://www.aclu.org/careers/internships/ 

Deadline: Rolling

 

Various internships, US Environmental Protection Agency  

https://orise.orau.gov/epa/current-research-opportunities.html  

Deadline: Various deadlines

  

Research Experiences for Undergraduates  

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp 

Deadline: Various Deadlines 

 

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Internship Opportunities

https://www.applyweb.com/stjudepo/index.ftl

Deadline: Various Deadlines

 

Various internships, US Environmental Protection Agency 

https://orise.orau.gov/epa/current-research-opportunities.html 

Deadline: Various deadlines

 

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp

Deadline: Various Deadlines

 

UF Chemistry International Research Experience for Undergraduates

https://reu.chem.ufl.edu/the-program/

Deadline: January 20^th, 2025

 

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program

https://orise.orau.gov/mlef/

Deadline: January 21, 2025

 

Robotics Institute Summer Scholars

https://riss.ri.cmu.edu/

Deadline: January 31^st, 2025

 

Pediatric Oncology Education Program (Summer Research Program)

https://www.stjude.org/education-training/predoctoral-training/internships/pediatric-oncology-education-poe-program.html#0e910ce245cbccae05a3c23638f2175be3c4dc546088edd0e50b9b9d3fe595d8=6

Deadline: February 1, 2025

 

Undergraduates Expanding Boundaries

https://cemb.upenn.edu/programs/education-network/undergraduate-research-opportunities/

Deadline: February 3^rd, 2025

 

Summer Research Team (SRT) Program – Dept. Of Homeland Security

https://orise.orau.gov/dhseducation/srt/default.html

Deadline: February 7^th , 2025

 

Materials Science and Engineering Internship – University of Missouri

https://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/creative-approaches-to-materials-design-and-processing/

Deadline: February 11, 2025

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Food Science for Underrepresented Populations

https://www.chapman.edu/scst/graduate/ms-food-science/surrfs-up.aspx#:~:text=%C2%BB%20Summer%20Undergraduate%20Research%20Fellowships%20in,intensive%20food%20science%20research%20experience

Deadline: February 14^th ,2025

 

National Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Research Experience For Undergraduates Summer Program

https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/reu/

Deadline: February 16, 2025

 

Translational Biomedicine Summer Research Program – University of Missouri

https://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/translational-biomedicine-summer-research-program/

Deadline: February 16, 2025

 

University of Rochester Medical Center Summer Scholars Program (Biomedical Sciences)

https://summerscholars.urmc.edu

Deadline: February 28^th _, 2025

 

Language Science Research Internship – The Ohio State University-

https://u.osu.edu/blnsummer/

Deadline: August 20^th, 2025

 

Conference Opportunities / Informational Sessions

Virtual Information Session - Multidisciplinary PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences

https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3KUkcl9bMzhXVgq?Q_DL=3sGp4ShIFKWYATC_3KUkcl9bMzhXVgq_MLRP_9tyjIpmsjlfD39k&Q_CHL=email

Session Date: February 6^th , 2025

Application Submission Deadline: February 1^st, 2025

 

Lycoming College Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference

https://www.lycoming.edu/humanities-research-center/humanities-conference.aspx?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1p28BhCBARIsADP9HrNDewy0dTxhOGroUwrJ2I5j63lU-EMCcxU8galWMSk4gyEdjDt14PQaAmejEALw_wcB

Conference Date: April 5, 2025

Deadline: February 3^rd ,2025

 

Penn State Behrend-Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference

https://behrend.psu.edu/research-outreach/student-research/undergrad-research-conference

Conference Date: April 26^th ,2025

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 24^th , 2025

 

West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference

California State University San Marcos, San Marcos CA

https://www.csusm.edu/wcbsurc/index.html

Conference Date: April 12, 2025

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 10^th, 2025