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Biology Internships

The following are a variety of websites and organizations who list or offer summer opportunities for biology students. 

Academic Settings

• Hamilton College Summer Research in the Sciences and Mathematics (NY)
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY)
• Clarkson University Research in Environmental Science & Engineering (NY)
• Cornell Univ. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Summer Internships (NY)
• Dauphin Island Sea Lab (AL, MS)
• Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Undergraduate Biomedical Research (NY)
• Great Lakes Water Institute (WI)
• Kent State Water Resources Research Institute (OH)
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (NY)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MN)
• National Science Foundation (Multiple locations)
• Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (NJ)
• Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology (NJ)
• RISE - Research Internships in Science and Engineering (Germany)
• RIT list of University-Based Co-op/Internship Research Opportunities (Multi locations)
• SUNY Upstate Medical University (NY)
• Tufts Univ. Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences (MA)
• Univ. Cincinnati Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (OH)
• Univ. Connecticut Health Center Summer Research Internship Program (CT)
• Univ. Delaware Marine Sciences Summer Internship (DE)
• Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ (NJ)
• Univ. Rhode Island SURF in Oceanography (RI)
• Univ. Texas Southwestern Quatnitative and Phyisical SURF (TX)
• Univ. Texas Southwestern SURF (TX)
• Univ. Virginia Blandy Experimental Farm: ecology and environmental science (VA)
   

Government Settings

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (TN)
• Ames Laboratory (IA)
• Argonne National Laboratory (IL)
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY)
• Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (MD)
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY)
• U.S. Department of Energy (Multiple locations)
• Environmental Protection Agency (Multiple locations)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (NM)
• National Bioenergy Center (CO)
• National Cancer Institute (MD)
• National Institutes of Health (Multiple locations)
• National Institutes of Mental Health Internship Program in Biomedical Research (MD)
• NYS Department of Health Wadsworth Center (NY)
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (Multiple locations)
• Sandia National Laboratories (CA, NM)
• Science Internships through the Federal Government (Multiple locations)
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Multiple locations)
• Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (MA,NC,WI)
• Student Conservation Association (Multiple locations)
   

Industry Settings

• Abbott (IL)
• Amgen (Multiple locations)
• GlaxoSmithKline (NC, PA)
• Johnson & Johnson (Multiple locations)
• Merck (Multiple locations)
• Marine Biology Web (Multiple locations)
   

Nonprofit Settings

• Alaska Conservation Foundation (AK)
• American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (Multiple locations)
• American Zoo and Aquarium Association (Multiple locations)
• Blue Ocean Marine Research & Education (NH)
• CBR Institute for Biomedical Research (MA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (WA)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Multiple locations)
• Jackson Laboratory (ME)
• Mayo Clinic (MN)
• New York University's School of Medicine (NY)
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (NY)
• Stowers Institute for Medical Research (MO)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowships (MA)
   

Multiple Settings & Locations

• Cornell University Dept. of Biology Listings
• Environmental Career Opportunities
• Environmental Careers Organization
• HamNET
• Univ. of Illinois Database of Biology Opportunities
• Ubiquity Environmental Internships