Research Opportunities

Research Postings from Faculty

The OUR periodically receives postings from faculty who are looking for undergraduates to work on research projects. This is by no means an exhaustive list of opportunities on campus; and we encourage students to also check individual department websites for specific research funding opportunities, listings, and resources related to your area of interest.

Current Opportunities

WashU Summer Research Programs

A list of summer research programs at Washington University that provide funding in the form of an award, fellowship, or stipend can be found below. Please note this is not an all-inclusive list. Many students work as research assistants for faculty members and are often compensated by grants awarded to the Professor. In addition, the OUR provides funding for independent faculty-mentored research through Summer Undergraduate Research Awards. Information about other summer opportunities including stipends for unpaid internships and residential life employment opportunities are available through Student Affairs.

Natural Sciences and Engineering

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In order of application deadline:

Medical Science Training Program (MSTP) ACCESS (January 6)
(open to non-Washington University students)

ACS Diversity in Cancer Research Summer Internship (cancer research) (January 13)

Aging & Neurological Diseases Summer Research Program at the Institute for Public Health (IPH) (January 13)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Cardiovascular Disease & Hematology (RADIANCE) Summer Research Program at the Institute for Public Health (IPH) (tentative deadline January 13)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Leah Menshouse Springer Summer Opportunities Program (cancer research) (January 13)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Public & Global Health Summer Research Program at the Institute for Public Health (IPH) (January 13)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Summer Internships in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at the Institute for Informatics (BIDS@I2) (January 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Amgen Scholars (biological and biomedical sciences) (February 1)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Cardiovascular Research Summer Program (February 1)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Human Biomolecular Atlas Project (HuBMAP) (includes WashU and non-WashU research labs) (February 1)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) at the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (medical research) (February 1)
(open to non-Washington University students)

BP-ENDURE (neuroscience) (February 3)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Summer Internship Program (February 4)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB)-REU (February 8)
(open to non-Washington University students)

BioSURF (biological and biomedical sciences) (February 15)

International Student Research Internship Program (engineering) (February 15)
(open exclusively to international, non-Washington University students)

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) Summer Fellowship (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) Undergraduate Scholars Program (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Pediatric Student Research Program (PSRP) (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Summer Undergraduate Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMB) (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Tyson Undergraduate Fellows Program (environmental biology field research) (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

uSTAR Summer Scholars Program (biomedical sciences) (February 15)

Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) (February 15)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)-REU (February 17)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Advanced Summer Program for Investigation and Research Education (ASPIRE) (medical research) (February 20)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Anesthesiology Summer Research Fellowship (ASSURE) (February 20)
(open to non-Washington University students attending a university or college in the St. Louis region)

Washington University Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology (WU PCEN) (March 1)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Summer Fellowships in Physics (March 21)

Vagelos Undergraduate Research Fellowship (biology and biomedical sciences) (November 15)

Humanities and Social Sciences

In order of application deadline:

Public & Global Health Summer Research Program at the Institute for Public Health (IPH) (January 13)
(open to non-Washington University students)

Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium Reporting Fellowship (March 1)

Summer Undergraduate Research Award (March 1)

Humanities Digital Workshop Student Fellows (March 6)

Andrea Biggs Undergraduate Research Award (gender studies) (April 1)

Business

Skandalaris Center Internship Program

Non-WashU Research Opportunities

Do you want to conduct research away from WashU, either independently or through another institution or short-term program? The OUR has collected a list of a handful of national databases and specific opportunities that you can peruse. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but a good place to start your search.

Research Opportunities

Research Postings from Faculty

WashU Summer Research Programs

Natural Sciences and Engineering

Humanities and Social Sciences

Business

Non-WashU Research Opportunities

Collections of National and International Programs and Opportunities

National Summer Programs and Internships in STEM

International Programs

Summer Programs at Other Universities