Undergraduate Research
Opportunities at Other Schools
Summer Research Opportunities outside
UGA for Undergraduates
Numerous opportunities exist for undergraduates
to gain research experience each summer at various universities
throughout the United States or even in other countries. These
programs generally provide students a stipend and some living
expenses for the summer. Many of these programs target minorities
and women. Some helpful links are provided below.
> The
American Society for Microbiology Minority Undergraduate Research
Fellowship program (MURF). This program is aimed
at highly competitive minority undergraduate students who wish
to, and have demonstrated the ability to pursue graduate careers
(Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.) in microbiology.
> Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites sponsored by the National
Science Foundation. Lists REU sites that are supported
by the NSF throughout the country. Students must contact the individual
sites for application information and materials (NSF does not
have application materials and does not select student participants).
Go to: Search for an REU site (http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm).
There you will find REU site programs listed accordingly discipline
and can find information about specific REU sites.
> REU
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology. Participating undergraduate students spend nine weeks
in a laboratory conducting full-time research in microbiology,
microbial genetics and/or molecular biology.
> Loyola
University Medical Center (Department of Microbiology and Immunology)
Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
> The
Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Molecular Virology and
Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
> Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School.
>Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Laboratory
Undergraduate Research Program.
> University
of Rochester Medical Center Summer REU Program.
>Summer
Undergraduate Research Program in the Department of Biological
Sciences at Louisiana State University.
>Intramural
NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO) Program |
