Students are encouraged to seek out opportunities to do summer research either with a Wheaton faculty member or with another institution. Wheaton College supports students doing summer research with a faculty member by providing housing and a stipend for 10 weeks of full time research. Students interested in this program should talk with a faculty member about potential opportunities and will need to apply to the Dean of Natural and Social Sciences. The deadline for applications is January 25, 2013.
A host of external Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs are available with deadlines ranging from late fall to early spring. Below are links to a few of these programs but students are encouraged to search more broadly for institutions and topic areas that interest them.
All NSF funded Research opportunities for undergraduates >>
American Association of Physicists in Medicine >>
Opportunities in Plasma Physics through Princeton Plasma Physics Lab >>
EAPSI- East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes >>
Application Deadline: December 6, 2012
Contact: eapsi@nsfsi.org; 866-501-2922
CERN - Geneva, Switzerland >>
Application Deadline: December 20, 2012 (but will accept until all positions are filled)
Contact: Jean at jkrisch@umich.edu
Department of Homeland Security REU >>
Application Deadline: To be announced.
Montana State University >>
Solar Physics Research
Application Process Opens in December 2012
Kitt Peak National Observatory >>
Application Deadline: January 31, 2013
Contact: 520-318-8230
NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) >>
Application Deadline: November 15, 2012 (early); February 8, 2013 (regular)
Contact: SARP2012@nserc.und.edu
MIT Haystack Observatory >>
Application Deadline: February, 2013
Contact: reuhaystack@haystack.mit.reu
APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women >>
Application Deadline: February 1, 2013
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena Yale University >>
Application Deadline: To be announced.
Additional Information >>
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Northern California>>
High-Energy-Density Physics Program
Application Deadline: February 3, 2013
Contact: awcook@llnl.gov
2013 NanoTechnology Summer Internships >>
Application Deadline:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2013:
The online application system goes offline; 8:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM PST
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 2013:
The online recommendation system goes offline; 8:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM PST
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2013:
All application materials must be RECEIVED by this date.
Contact: mallison@cnf.cornell.edu
Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science & Engineering >>
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
Contact: vinse@vanderbilt.edu; 615-322-1289
Northwestern University Materials Research Science & Engineering Center >>
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
Contact: mrc-reu@northwestern.edu; 847-467-0470
University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Research Experience at the Nano-bio Interface >>
Application deadline: To be announced.
Contact: jmcgon@seas.upenn.edu; 215-898-5151
University of Washington, Seattle >>
Research in Atomic, Biological, Computational, Nuclear, & Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter, and Physics Education
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013 (early application recommended)
Contact: uwreu@phys.washington.edu
University of Idaho Undergraduate Research Program>>
National Science Foundation and Dept. of Physics, University of Idaho
Application deadline: March 1st.
Contact: berven@uidaho.edu; 208-885-6194
Michigan State Physics and Astronomy >>
Application Deadline: To be announced.
Contact: reu@nscl.msu.edu
Oak Ridge National Laboratory >>
Application Deadline: Varies with program
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program>>
The Nebraska Summer Research Program is a consortium of NSF funded Research
Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and other summer research opportunities programs (SROP).
Accepting applications on November 14, 2012.
The priority deadline is February 1, 2013.
Complete applications are due on February 15, 2013.
Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory Undergraduate Laboratory Internships >>
Summer 2013 Program
Application deadline: January 10, 2013
Contact: sc.helpwithapplication@science.doe.gov
North Dakota State University Growing up STEM Program>>
We are excited to announce a new summer undergraduate research program in discipline-based education at North Dakota State University. Growing up STEM is an excellent opportunity for students interested in the STEM education at the undergraduate level to engage in an immersive, 10-week summer research experience.
Complete applications are due on January 15, 2013.
Contact: cider.reu@gmail.com
University of Vermont 2013 Summer Program on Complex Materials>>
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
Contact: denise.fontaine@uvm.edu
Southestern Association for Research in Astronomy Undergraduate Research Internships in Astronomy >>
Application Deadline: February 1, 2013
Contact: dbatcheldor@fit.edu
Purdue University Environmental and Ecological Engineering REU >>
Application Deadline: February 1, 2013
Contact: Dr. Stephen Hoffman srh@purdue.edu