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Research Opportunities for Undergraduates

Gain Experience in Psychology Lab Research

One of the best ways to know if a career in personality and social psychology is for you is to get first-hand experience in an active psychology research laboratory. Below, we have compiled listings for research opportunities in psychology for undergraduate students. 

Other opportunities: Planning to live near a major college or university this summer? Consider contacting psychology faculty to inquire about research positions. Even those who do not have posted summer research positions may allow you to participate in research on a volunteer basis for the summer.

Please email us know if you know of other funded opportunities for undergraduate research or research opportunities for recent graduates and those taking a gap year between undergrad and graduate school.

For tips on how to find research employment after undergraduate and before graduate school, check out this resource from a recent SPSP meeting: https://osf.io/hx8uz

Psychology Summer Research Opportunities

  • Summer Internship in Organizational Behavior at Yale School of Management: June 15 – August 7, 2020; Deadline: March 1, 2020
  • Michigan Summer Program in Cognition & Early Development (MSPICED) at University of Michigan: June 1 – August 7, 2020; Deadline: February 2020
  • Cooperation Lab Summer Research Intern at Boston College: 10-11 weeks, start date between May, 25 – June 1, 2020; Deadline: February 28, 2020
  • Yale Psychology Summer Research Opportunities – See specific lab pages
  • Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Lab Internship at UCSF: June 15 - August 9, 2020; Deadline: February 22, 2020
  • Psychology Research Experience Program at the University of Wisconsin Madison: June 1 – August 7, 2020; Deadline: February 15, 2020
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University: May 26 – July 31, 2020; Deadline: January 15, 2020
  • Summer Research Internship at Columbia Business School – Rolling decisions; Deadline: March 1, 2020
  • Science Writing Internship at Princeton  University: Paid; Eight weeks  (approx. early June to early August); Applications open January – March 2020
  • CNS Summer Undergraduate Research Program at NYU: May 26 – August 1, 2020; Rolling deadline (decisions starting February 2020)
  • Amgen Scholars Program at UCLA: June 21 – August 28, 2020; Deadline: February 3, 2020
  • PRIMO at Harvard Business School: June 8 – August 15, 2020; Deadline February 11, 2020

Others

  • Psychology Job & Internship Opportunities
  • Psychology Job & Research Opportunities
  • Job Opportunities (hosted at Johns Hopkins Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences)
  • Job Postings (hosted at Social Psychology Network)
  • PsiChi Summer Research Grants
  • EURO Scholars
  • Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (REU) National Site List

Preference to Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds e.g. ethnic minority/low-income/first-gen (see specific program descriptions)

  • Summer Research Institute at the University of Arizona; Deadline: February 1, 2020 
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Boston University; Deadline:  February 15, 2020
  • Summer Research Initiative at the University of Maryland; Deadline: February 10, 2020
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at the University of Michigan; Deadline: January 15, 2020
  • Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) at University of North Carolina; Deadline: February 7, 2020
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at Northwestern  University; Deadline: February 10, 2020
  • R25 Summer Research Program at University of Oregon; Deadline: January 31, 2020
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at University of Texas at Austin; Deadline: March 15, 2020
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Yale; Deadline: February 1, 2020
  • Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at Big 10 Alliance; Deadline: February 10, 2020
  • Research Intensive Summer Experience at Rutgers University; Rolling admissions (approx. January 15 – March 1, 2020)
  • Pathways to Science Database

Funding

  • BA Rudolph Foundation: A STEM Scholarship for female undergraduate students preparing to enter a profession in the sciences, who are applying to or have secured an unpaid or underpaid summer position (internship, fellowship, research assistantship, etc.) in a related field. Deadline: February 1, 2020
  • APA SUPRE Grant – Summer Undergraduate Psychology Research Experience; Deadline: January 15, 2020
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