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Biological Sciences
All students with majors or minors in sciences or mathemetics should consider participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at one of the many institutions offering them in the U.S. REU projects involve active participation by students in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose.Beginning in November, the NSF web site lists opportunities by discipline; they include Astronomical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Cyberinfrastructure, Department of Defense (DoD), Earth Sciences, Education and Human Resources, Engineering, Ethics and Values Studies, International Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Physics, Polar Programs, and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
Students with science or mathematics majors or minors are especially encouraged to apply for summer funding from the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program. Both first-year students and upperclassmen are eligible to apply. To apply to this program, check the box labeled "HHMI Summer Education Program" on the Universal Application form.
Biology and Biochemistry students are also eligible for funding from the Elaine N. Marieb Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, which is awarded to rising junior or senior to promote research. It may be used to grant stipends, provide living expenses, travel or other expenses related to student's work. Preference is given to biology or biochemistry majors but this opportunity is open to all science majors. In addition, the Department may offer funding for other projects related to biology or biochemistry. You will automatically be considered for funding from these sources when you indicate on the Universal Application Fund that you are a Biology or Biochemistry major or minor.
Biology and Biochemistry majors are encouraged to apply for summer research fellowships sponsored by the Pfizer Global Research & Development division of Pfizer Inc. Each award provides $5,000, of which at least $3,500 goes to the student. Fellowship recipients spend the summer between their junior and senior years working on their own campus with a faculty mentor. Each department (Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry) may nominate up to two undergraduate biochemistry majors to apply for this award. For more information, contact Craig Woodard. To apply for this award, be sure to indicate in your ESSAY that you are applying for funds from the Pfizer program. If you are nominted, there is no guarantee that you request will be funded; however, you will also be eligible for funds from other MHC sources.
Professors in the department may offer opportunities for summer research -- please contact them directly.
There are many summer research opportunities in the fields of biology and biochemistry. For off-campus opportunities, please consult with faculty members for more information. These programs generally have deadlines in January or February.
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Biology, Summer Internships
- Alberts Einstein College of Medicine, Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. All areas of biomedical sciences.
- Bioinformatic and Phylogenetic Approaches at Duke University.
- Bronx Zoo Enables undergraduates to participate in research and animal care of the bird collection with staff in the Ornithology Department.
- Bronx Zoo Work with children in the zoo's camp program.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY. Biology and chemistry.
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Solomons, MD) and the Horn Point Loboratory
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Developmental biology.
- Coastal Conservation Research Program.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, NY. Biology, Summer Undergraduate Research Program and Ph. D. Program
- Collaborative Biomedical Research Program (CBR) . Research Technician needed. Applicants should have a degree in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemistry or Biology. Submit a brief letter of interest, resume and transcript by April 15th, 2007.
- College of Marine Sciences at the University of South Florida has a strong summer program that may be of interest to Mount Holyoke students. For more information,please contact the Dean, Peter Betzer.
- College of William and Mary program for "interdisciplinary watershed studies".
- Columbia University. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. For Columbia undergrads only!
- Columbia University. Chemistry research, includes biochemistry.
- Conservation Internships. Expense-Paid, thousands of positions available. Live and work in National Parks, Forests and Historic Sites. Earn an education award and/or academic credit
- Cornell University, University of New Hampshire. Shoals and Marine Laboratory. Summer Programs.
- Emory University, Atlanta, GA. All areas of biology, primate behavior,.
- Iowa State University, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
- Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Several programs.
- Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Animal Behavior.
- Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME. Genetic basis of disease.
- Joslin Diabetes Center
- Loyola University - Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago IL. Microbiology and immunology.
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Biomedical sciences.
- MetroHealth Foundation, Cleveland OH. For Ohio residents only. Clinical lab research.
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Pharmacology and toxicology.
- Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biological Sciences. Biomedical sciences.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC. Health effects of environmental agents. Seniors may be eligible.
- National Institute of Health, Bethesda MD. Biomedical research. Sounds like seniors are eligible, too.
- National Physical Institute Consortium (NPSC) . Applicants needed for a six-year fellowhip program and The Dissertation Support Program.
- National Science Foundation. Graduate Research Fellowhip Program 2006-2007. Applications open. For additional information and deadlines visit the link for this program.
- New York City Department of Health. Public health. May include lab work.
- New York University - Center for Neural Science. Neuroscience.
- New York University- School of Medicine. Biomedical sciences.
- Northeast Alliance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR).
- National Physical Science Consortium. Fellowships available for students interested in the physical sciences and related engineering
- Northwestern University. Chicago, IL. Neuroscience, no formal program, though they do accept applications.
- Pfizer Biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences.
- Interested in internship/fellowship opportunities in the Phillipines? Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista '78 is Chair of the department of Economics at the University of the Philippines, and she is willing to connect MHC students with possibiliites there. She says that the institute director of their Physics Department is well-known for his research in optics, geology, and some of her friends do research on volcanoes (they are in the Pacific Ring of Fire). They also have a world-class marine science institute that does research on everything from red tide, sea grasses, medicinal properties of poisonous snails, etc. For more information, contact Jale Okay in the CGI.
- Princeton Institute for Science and Technology of Materials Research Experience for Undergraduates.
- Rockefeller University. Biomedical sciences.
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Buffalo, NY. Biomedical research.
- Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Neuroscience.
- Schering-Plough Summer InternNew Jersey and elsewhere.
- Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Education Program. Applications are now accepted. See the link for this program for additional information.
- Sloan Kettering Institute Biomedical sciences.
- State University of New York, Health Science CenterBrooklyn. Biomedical sciences.
- Student Conservation Association wildlife internships
- Summer and Semester Programs Costa Rica- Organization for Tropical Biology
- The National Defence Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) . The fellowships are for three year tenures and provide an annual stipend of over $30, 000. For additional information visit the link for this program.
- The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowhips Program. Research opportunities for students interested in joining the Navy. For additional information see the related link for this program.
- The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) . Applications are open from October 2006 - February 2007. For additional informational visit the link for this program.
- U.S. Department of Energy. Energy research undergraduate laboratory fellowship. Lots of engineering and physics, but also includes health and environmental sciences and biology. At DOE labs around the country, including Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Graduating seniors are eligible.
- UMDNJ - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Stratford, NJ. Molecular/cellular biology.
- University of California, San Francisco. Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. Biochemistry.
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Biomedical sciences.
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT. Lab research with clinical/dental experience.
- University of Mass-Boston Research Experiences for Undergraduates.
- University of Minnesota Ecological Research Internships.
- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. All areas of biology, including molecular, ecology, public health, biomedical engineering, computational neuroscience.
- University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska. Pharmacology. No deadline, till positions are filled
- University of New Hampshire Summer Internship Program in Earth Sciences.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Biomedical sciences.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Pharmacology.
- Division of Medical Genetics of the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania runs a Summer Research Program for undergraduates.
- University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA Neuroscience.
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Biochemistry, biophysics, computational biology, biomedical sciences.
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Behavioral neuroscience and psychology.
- University of Texas, Galveston, TX. Biomedical sciences.
- University of Texas Medical Branch Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
- University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
- University of Texas, San Antonio, TX. Biomedical lab research and clinical activity.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison WI. Bacteriology.
- Virginia Commonwealth University's Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute program.
- W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Houston, TX. Computational biology.
- Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Biomedical Research Apprenticeship.
- Weizmann Institute of Science. Israel.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Experience Oceanography.
- Woods Hole SEA Semester.
- Yale University Summer Medical Education Program (SMEP).
Students with an interest in a Bilogy and Biochemistry majors are encouraged to research and develop their own internship opportunity. To assist you in securing an internship, please find below a sampling of places where Biology and Biochemistry majors have completed an internship. Please note: the CDC does not promote or is in no way affiliated with the companies or institutions listed.
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Affiliate of The Rockefeller University
- Abington Heights School District
- Abington Heights School District
- Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
- Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dept. of Bioc
- American Museum of Natural History
- Analytica Environmental Laboratories, Inc.
- Aperture Foundation
- Arise for Social Justice
- Audubon Society of New Hampshire
- Aventis LimitedBassett Healthcare
- BayState Medical Center
- Bentaub and Methodist Hospitals
- Berkshire Medical Center-Office of Medical Education
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Thyroid Unit
- Biogen
- Black Lion Hospital
- Boston Biomedical Consultants, Inc.
- Boston GLASS Community Center
- Boston University Medical Center
- Boston University, Department of Biology
- Brady Alternative Middle School
- Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
- California Academy of Sciences, Summer Systematics Institute
- Case Western Reserve University
- Catholic Medical Center
- Center for International Policy
- Center for Pediatric Research (program of ChildrenChildren’s Hospital & Medical Center - University
- Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Children's Hospital Boston, Division of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Newborn Medicine Summer Student Program
- Children's Memorial Hospital
- Chung Shan Medical and Dental College
- Columbia University, Chemistry Department
- Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pediatrics
- Connecticut College (Epicenter & DNA Science Learning Center)
- Cornell Medical School
- Council for Responsible Genetics
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Davidson College, National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
- Delaware Health and Social Services, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Toxicology Laboratory
- Department of Microbiology, Inha University College of Medicine
- Digestive Disease Consultants - Kenosha Medical Center
- Division of Public Health, State of Georgia
- Dr. Adolph Harper
- Dr. John D. Campbell
- Dr. Karon Hill
- Dr. Nancy Sitarz, Equine and Food Animal Practice
- Duquesne University
- Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Emory University School of Medicine, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Emory University-S. Jinks Robertson Lab.
- Epsilon Associates, Inc.
- Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center
- Evangelismos Hospital, Critical Care Department
- Fairmont Clinic-Mayo Health System
- Fallon Minneapolis
- FDA - Food and Drug Administration
- Franklin Medical Center
- Fundacion Natura (NGO)
- General Army Hospital
- Genetics Institute, Inc.
- Genzyme Corporation
- Girl Scouts-Totem Council, Camp Robbinswold
- Goldman, Sachs & Co., Investment Management
- Greater Philadelphia Women's Medical Fund
- Greenwich Pediatrics
- Hampshire Veterinary Hospital
- Harborside Healthcare - Woods Edge
- Harris County Public Health & Environmental Service
- Harvard Medical School- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
- Harvard Medical School- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics, SH
- Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research
- Harvard Medical School, Schepens Eye Research Institute
- Harvard Medical School, Summer Health Policy Program
- Harvard University- Bauer Center for Genomics Research
- Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
- Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Harvard University-Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (SAO)
- Health Research Training Program
- Holyoke Family Practice
- Honolulu Police Department
- Hopital Lariboisiere, Department of Biochemistry
- Hubei Medical University
- IBM - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Structural Biology and Computational Biology Center
- Institute of Health Management, Pachod
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
- Johns Hopkins Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept. of Biology
- La Selva Biological Station
- Laboratory Johannes Lorber
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
- Learning Enterprises
- LEGG MASON
- Lifetime Entertainment Services
- Lisbon Road Animal Hospital
- Los Angeles Zoo
- M. Lisker Acupuncture, P.C.
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
- Mark Jewel, M.D.
- Marker Gene Technology, Inc.
- Massachusetts Audubon Society
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- MASSPIRG
- Mayo Clinic/Mayo Graduate School
- McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Scien
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cnt
- Microbiological Associates, Inc
- Middlesex Hospital, Family Practice Residency Program
- Millbrook Equine Veterinary Clinic P.C.
- Millennium Biotherapeutics
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Millennium Predictive Medicine, Inc.
- Ministry of Environment
- Monash University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Morehouse School of Medicine
- Moscow Clinic
- Mote Marine Laboratory
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
- Mount Holyoke College Health Services
- Mount Holyoke College Neuroscience Dept.
- Mount Holyoke College Summer Research Program, Chemistry Department
- Mount Holyoke College, CASCADE Summer Research Mentoring Program, Department of Chemistry
- Mount Holyoke College, Center for Environmental Literacy
- Mount Holyoke College, Department of Chemistry
- Mount Holyoke College, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
- Mystic Marine life Aquarium
- Nardin Academy High School
- NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Life Science Division
- Nathan Littauer Hospital
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Me
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- New England Aquarium
- New England Medical Center
- New York Medical College, Department of Pathology
- New York State Department of Health
- New York University Medical Center
- New York University School of Medicine
- New York University School of Medicine, Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
- Nyanga Project (REU)
- Obesity Research Center
- Office of Marilyn S. Kwolek, M.D., Dermatologist
- Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
- Orpheum Children’s Science Museum
- Park East Animal Hospital
- Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, College of Physici
- Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary
- Pfizer Inc., Global Research and Development
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
- Pine Tree Society for Handicapped Children and Adults
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
- Plant Genetic Engineering Lab, New Mexico State University
- Prime Health Care, PC
- Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Private Practice of Karen Runyon, Forensic Documentation
- Prospect Medical Offices
- Reach Out of Montgomery County
- Reginald W. Mailhot, O.D., P.A.
- Research Internship Program
- Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle A. C
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Royal Bank Canada
- Rutgers University
- Science University of Malaysia, School of Biologic
- Scottish Book Collector
- Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California
- SmartPak Equine.com
- SMBH Faculty of Medicine
- SNEHA - Indian Ladies Association
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Springhill Waldorf School
- St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Stanford University
- State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University
- Stephen J. Levine, M.D.
- Student Conservation Association, USDA Forest Service, Lassen National Forest, Almanor Ranger Station
- Sudanese English Project
- Szpital Wojewodzkiego Nr 2, Oddzial Dzieciecy (Pediatric Department of City Hospital)
- The American British Cowdray Hospital
- The Ecological Society of America
- The Ecotarium
- The Field Museum
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- The Ghana Food & Drugs Board (GFDB)
- The Massachusetts Prevention Center
- The Rockefeller University
- The Wistar Institute
- The Zoo in Forest Park
- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Pathology
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Treasure Valley Midwives
- Treasure Valley Midwives
- Triggiani & Bianchi P.A.
- U.S. Navel Medical Research Unit #3, Cairo, Egypt
- UMASS Amherst
- United States District Court, Chambers of the Honorable William K. Sessions III
- United States Senate--Senator Rick Santorum
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
- University Hospital Freiburg
- University of Arizona
- University of Cambridge, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
- University of Chicago, Howard Huges Medical Institute
- University of Connecticut Health Center, School of Medicine, Summer Fellowship Program
- University of Delaware/Delaware Biotechnology Institute
- University of Iowa Howard Hughes Summer Research Program
- University of Maine
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Summer Undergraduate Program, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
- University of Montana, Snowshoe Hare Research
- University of North Carolina Division of Neurosurgery
- University of North Carolina, School of Medicine
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Genetics
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas Medical Branch - Summer Undergraduate
- University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- University of Utah
- University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy
- University of Zimbabwe Medical School
- US Forest Service--US Dept. of Agriculture
- Vantage Human Resource Services, Inc.
- Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic
- Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary M
- Washington Department of Ecology
- Wellesley Hospital Pediatric Health Care
- Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
- Williamsville East High School
- Willow Grove Pet Clinic
- Wolf Education and Research Center
- Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological Laboratory
- Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines
- Yale New Haven Hospital
- YWCA Greater Pittsburgh, Legal Resources for WomenZoo Atlanta
To search for active internship listings, please visit the MHC Internship Connection database.
More specifically, students with interest in Biological Sciences should watch this page for additional listings of summer possibilities as they become available.
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