Student Research and Internship Opportunities
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Flyer

Our Faculty Lightning Talks from Friday, 5/7/2021
- Faculty Research Areas
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Jennifer Apple - Arthropod Ecology
Travis Bailey - Regeneration and Stem Cells
Isidro Bosch - Aquatic Ecology
Sara Burch - Dinosaur Paleobiology
Ming-Mei Chang - Plant Molecular Biology
Robert Feissner - Cytochrome c biogenesis
Mackenzie Gerringer - Deep-Sea Biology
Kristi Hannam - Acoustic Ecology
Gregg Hartvigsen - Modeling Biological Systems
Harold Hoops - Cell Ultrastructure
Elizabeth Hutchison - Microbiology
Varuni Jamburuthugoda - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jani Lewis - Cancer Biology
Jacob McCartney - Snake evolution
Kevin Militello - Molecular Microbiology
Susan Muench - Parasitology
Hristina Nedelkovska - Immunology
Josie Reinhardt - Evolutionary Genomics
Suann Yang - Community Ecology
- How to Apply for Our Student Research Opportunities
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- It's best to begin investigating departmental research opportunities during your sophomore year and begin the research during your junior year. You, of course, can begin earlier or later. Decide whether you really want to commit to doing research. Research is generally rewarding and challenging. Speak with your advisor if you would like to learn more about graduating with Biology honors which requires completing the honors program and honors thesis.
- Determine which professor appears to be the best qualified person to supervise you and your research. Start with the information provided by faculty members. Talk to them in person or begin your search by browsing our faculty research interest areas. Speaking with students in these labs also is really helpful.
- Determine whether there is room for you in the faculty member's lab. It's possible there is no room. If you are hardworking and have demonstrated the ability to work independently, you may have better luck. Note that some professors have ongoing projects with which students are involved, while other professors support students doing fully independent projects. Sometimes there are both going on at the same time.
- Arrange a time to meet with the professor to discuss research opportunities. Offer to provide an informal research plan or proposal. A one page research plan may help convince the professor you are serious about research. The research plan might be best based on what other students have done in that professor's lab. Check the professor's website to refine your ideas.
- Complete a Google application for consideration. Be sure to regularly visit the link to departmental research opportunities. You can also reach out to professors directly regarding research opportunities.
- Plan to complete your research project by presenting the work on G.R.E.A.T Day or at a professional conference and/or publish your science in a scientific journal.
Please be aware that students who do research will earn BIOL 299 credit and will be graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis for the first semester (this S/U credit does not count toward the Biology major elective credits). Students who complete BIOL 299 with an S grade are eligible to enroll in BIOL 399. Those students who complete BIOL 399 are eligible to enroll in BIOL 396. Completion of BIOL 299, BIOL 399, and BIOL 396 in the same research lab will count towards one of the upper level lab requirements.
- External Internship/Research Opportunities
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Summer Research Programs at New York institutions
University at Buffalo CLIMB UP (STEM & Health Science, Feb 1) http://www.buffalo.edu/climb/climb-up.html
University at Buffalo iSEED Undergraduate Summer Research Program (STEM, Feb 1) http://www.buffalo.edu/iseed/undergraduate-students.html
University at Buffalo Summer Undergraduate Research Program (Biomedical Sciences, Jan 15) http://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/undergraduate/sure.html
University of Rochester Medical Center Summer Scholars Program (biomedical, Feb 28, underrepresented groups) https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate/summer-scholars.aspx
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Feb 7) https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/md/undergraduate-programs.aspx
SUNY Upstate Medical University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (Biomedical science, Feb 1) https://www.upstate.edu/grad/programs/summer.php
University at Albany Summer Research Program (UASRP) (underrepresented students) https://www.albany.edu/oaae/summer-research-program
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program (biomedical sciences, Feb 1) https://www.sloankettering.edu/gerstner/summer-undergraduate-research
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research Program (diverse fields, Jan 15) https://www.cshl.edu/education/undergraduate-research-program/
NYU Simons Foundation-NYU Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/biology/outreach/surp.html
Summer programs in the Northeast
Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (genetics and genomics, Maine and CT, Feb 2) https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/high-school-students-and-undergraduates/learn-earn-and-explore#
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Summer Student Fellowship Program (Massachusetts, Feb 5) https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/undergraduate-programs/summer-student-fellowship/
Ecology/environmental science focused summer research opportunities in the Northeast (also see NSF REUs)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center summer intern program (will take recent grads) https://serc.si.edu/interns-fellows
Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/other-tags/reu
Nationally distributed summer research programs
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sites https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5047
AmGen Scholars Program https://amgenscholars.com/us-program
NIH Summer Internship Program at NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Services) https://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/research/summers/
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Sciences https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip
CDC Undergraduate Public Health scholars program – multiple institutions https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/cups/
Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships https://science.osti.gov/wdts/suli/
Some additional compilations of nationwide summer research (and internship) opportunities:
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/great/summer-undergrad-research-programs
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) https://careers.asbmb.org/jobs/?t733=672519
Pathways to Science: https://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Discipline.aspx
From Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/ug/intern.html
From Johns Hopkins University: https://bio.jhu.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-research/summer-research-opportunities/
From Cornell University: https://biology.cornell.edu/research/summer/
From Swarthmore University: https://www.swarthmore.edu/biology/opportunities-outside-institutions#compiled+instit
From Rochester Institute of Technology: https://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/summer.htm
Internships
Ecology/conservation/zoology/botany
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation internships https://www.dec.ny.gov/about/34336.html
Conservation and Land Management internships – Chicago Botanic Garden https://www.clminternship.org/
Student Conservation Organization https://www.thesca.org/
Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute https://nationalzoo.si.edu/careers/internships
Smithsonian Institution https://ofi.si.edu/internship-opportunities/
Wildlife Conservation Society (mostly volunteer opportunities) https://www.wcs.org/about-us/careers/interns
Longwood Gardens (post-graduate) https://longwoodgardens.org/education/college-university-programs/internships-for-us-students
Public health/biomedical
Practical Learning Experiences in Public Health https://www.monroecounty.gov/health-internships-rotations
Merck https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/search-results?keywords=FTP2022
Local internship opportunities
Geneseo Chiropractic, Geneseo, NY
Lattimore Physical Therapy, Geneseo, NY https://www.lattimorept.com/geneseo-physical-therapy/