Participating in research as an undergraduate is an opportunity for students to work closely with faculty, graduate students, and other undergraduates from other universities on research projects.

Most undergraduate research programs are conducted in the summer and deadlines are usually during winter term, so you should think ahead if you're considering participating in a summer research program.

Some universities have opportunities year-round. Many programs offer stipends, travel support, on-campus housing and meals.

The following is a list of undergraduate research programs but is by no means comprehensive.

• National Science Foundation REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Sites Listing
• Caltech MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Undergraduate Fellowship Programs
• MIT Haystack Observatory Research Experiences for Undergraduates
• NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program
• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
• Northwestern University Summer REU in Nanotechnology
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Internship Program
• Rice University NanoJapan: Summer Nanotechnology Research Program for Undergraduates
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
• University of Colorado Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) Program
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute
• Purdue University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley Computer Science in the Interest of Society
• University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT)
• Georgia Tech Savannah Collaborative Research Experiences in Advanced Technology and Engineering (CREATE)