Research Opportunities for Undergrads

Below is a list of external funding sources and other undergraduate research-related opportunities.  This page is typically updated January-May, to advertise summer positions.

In addition to the opportunities listed below, you may wish to check these additional resources.

• UT hosts the EXPLORE database of undergraduate research opportunities at UT.
• UT has some funding for summer internships.
• UT’s undergraduate research page provides tips and strategies for applying for research funding.
• The Student Opportunity Center provides a database of thousands of events, publications, and experiential learning opportunities.

Additional places to look for research opportunities are: the Ecolog Listserv (UMD), the Wildlife Jobs board (TAMU), and the Society for Conservation Biology jobs board (ConBio).  They are called “jobs” boards, but they also have a lot of internship-type things that undergrads can apply for.

Institution	Details	More Information
2016 EXPIRED OPPORTUNITIES	Gulf Coast Summer Institute (website) US Department of Homeland Security (website) University of Missouri University of Kentucky American Conservation Experience (website) The Mohonk Preserve (website)
2015 EXPIRED OPPORTUNITIES	Conservation and Land Management Internship (website) U.S. Department of Homeland Security (website) Chicago Botanic Garden (website) Chicago Botanic Garden REU (website) Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (website) Oak Ridge National Lab: Climate Change Science (website) National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (website) Nano REU at West Virginia University (website) Mountain Lake Biological Station (website) NASA DEVELOP internship (website) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (website) Marine Biological Laboratory (website) Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research
2014 EXPIRED OPPORTUNITIES	GSMNP Vegetation Monitoring & Aquatic Sampling Chicago Botanic Garden website University of Texas, Austin Boise State University website Fordham University Franks Lab or Project Baseline Botanical Society of America website Missouri Botanical Gardens, website CANCELLED: NESCent website Conservation and Land Management Internship Program website University of Queensland website University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury website