Minority Internships
- American Indian Science and Enginerring Society (AISES) - Explore potential federal service careers.
- Caltech MURF Fellowships Program - Research in labs at Caltech campus.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office of Minority Health - Various internships/fellowships with the OMH. They also have a substantial list of programs at other sites.
- GEM Consortium - Nonprofit partnership between universities and employers. (website)
- Genzyme Corporation - (website)
- Harvard School of Public Health - Offers undergraduate and high school programs.
- Harvard Undergraduate Internship Program For Minority Students Summer program.
- Hire Diversity - A database for increasing diversity.
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities National Internship Program - Largest Hispanic internship program, can do a search for internships in science.
- Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. - Fosters the development of public health and research skills of Hispanic Health Professions students.
- HST Summer Scholars Program - at MIT.
- IMDiversity.com - Database of internships. Also has ethnic-specific pages for information.
- Joslin Diabetes Center - A Harvard Medical School Affiliate.
- Kaiser Family Foundation - Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program - College seniors and recent graduates work in congressional offices to learn about health policy.
- MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) Awards
- Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (MURF) - For research in microbiology.
- Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) - Provides experience in biomedical research and to encourage students with such experience to pursue further education leading to a Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. degree, and ultimately, careers in biomedical research.
- Minority Health Professions Foundation - Has several internships with different focuses.
- Minority International Research Access (MIRA) Program - In Peru, Spain, and Czech Republic.
- Minority International Research Training (MIRT) Program - Research projects in Brazil and Uganda.
- Minority International Research Training (MIRT) program - Summer biomedical research internship in international research laboratories in Italy, Jamaica, Republic of Korea, and England.
- Minority Internship Sites Listing
- Minority Scientist Development Summer Program - At California State University, Fullerton (CSUF).
- Minority Student Summer Research Opportunity Program - At Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY.
- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Minority Mentoring and Internship Program - Opportunities are available at the three NETL sites.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) - a listing of several internship (and employment) opportunities at NIH sites.
- New England Board of Higher Education NEBHE - Almost all medical schools have summer intership programs for undergraduates in such fields as Anatomy & Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Develolpmental & Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Pathology, and Physiology & Biophysics. See NIGMS for biomedical internships and career information for minority students.
- Office of Naval Research - Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program - Laboratories are in several locations across the U.S.
- Pre-Matriculation Summer Program (PMSP) - Harvard Medical School exposes entering minority students to research and its relevance to clinical medicine.
- Project Success/College - College applicants must have participated in Project Success while in High School in order to be eligible.
- PWSE Summer Intern Program - At Iowa State University.
- QEM Network - Offers health-focused and science focused internships. (website)
- Quality Education for Minorities - The program objective is to promote the professional development of minority undergraduate students through their participation in ocean, marine, and space science research.
- Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU) - General REU site for undergraduates. See Internships by Discipline to find REU sites for specific disciplines.
- Summer Enrichment Program - For health services management.
- Stanford School of Medicine - Summer Health Careers Opportunity Program - Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP) - The Program is offered for college students from under-represented groups who are seriously considering research careers in the bio-medical sciences.
- Summer Internships in Biology - A listing of internships at several universities. Good starting page!
- Summer Medical Education Program (SMEP)
- Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) - SMART interns conduct research projects in science, math, and engineering fields under the guidance of a faculty mentor and see firsthand graduate student life at a major institution.
- Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) - Open to high school and college students.
- Tech-Interns.com - Database of internships in the sciences and engineering fields.
- The Diversity Project - Research in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Indonesia.
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Services - For minority college students, located at Center for Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD.
- United Negro College Fund - Several internships for different fields of engineering and some for sciences.
- Pfizer/UNCF Corporate Scholars Program - For undergrad juniors/seniors, grad students, first year law students, work in business and research areas.
- UNCF•MERCK Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards - For African Americans.
- University of Alabama at Birminham, School of Public Health - Minority International Research Training (MIRT) Program - For minority undergrad, grad and medical students. Research includes tropical and infectious diseases, nutrition, AIDS, and reproductive health. Locations in Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago.
- University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program - 140 students accepted per year, can also work year round, but first must start in summer.
- University of Arizona Graduate College Summer Research Institute - For underrepresented undergrad juniors/seniors, 25-30 students.
- Links to Undergraduate Research Grant Programs - A list of several programs, some for underrepresented minorities.
- Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) - Sponsored by NIH. For underrepresented minorities, should have previous training in Safety and Ethics in Research.
- University of Hawaii - Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science - For first generation college students at minority-serving institutions. Undergrad sophomores/juniors.
- UMASS Medical School - 2005 NIH Research Fellowship Program for Minority College Students - For minority students.
- Charles Ross Summer Research Fellowship for Minority Undergraduate/Graduate Students - For underrepresented minorities.
- University of Minnesota - Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program - Encourage underrepresented minorities and first generation college students.
- Missouri Graduate School - The Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-MoAMP) & Summer Research Program - Research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- The University of New Mexico Minority International Research Training Program (MIRT) - Not restricted to minorities, research opportunities for undergrad/grad students to conduct biomedical/behavioral research in Nigeria.
Students have in the past several years been at:
- Harvard
- Yale
- Mayo Clinic
- Albert Einstein, Mount Sinai, and Rockefeller University
- UC San Francisco Medical School
- NSF-REU