Additional Research Opportunities

External Research and Funding Opportunities and Undergraduate Students 

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities are increasingly being supported by funding agencies. Grants, Fellowships, and other opportunities are available both to faculty and to students directly.  

There are many off-campus undergraduate research programs, funds, and conferences. This is not meant to be a complete list of every place that you can find opportunities. In addition to what is listed below, search for opportunities at state and federal agencies and colleges and universities. Many have programs that welcome students from other universities. Included here are also some undergraduate research conferences and grant opportunities, as well as databases with even more resources. 

If you have additional resources you would like us to add, please email us at oscar@gmu.edu. 

Follow the links below to explore the specific opportunities:

• Council on Undergraduate Research Student Resource page

• National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

• NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program

• Smithsonian Institution Internships and Research Programs

• Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

• The Amgen Scholars Program

• Institute for Field Research

• Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

• Pathways to Science

• Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research

• Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

• National Conference on Undergraduate Research

• SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science)