Internship Opportunities and Resources

General BME Internship Sites

• Bioengineering Internships:
http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/content/category/10/53/168/
• Bioengineering Summer Research and Internship Experiences:
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/SummerInternships.html
• Biomedical Engineering Co-op/Internships:
http://webmail.aol.com/34865/aol/en-us/Suite.aspx
• General Research Search Engine: http://www.igert.org/summer.asp

University Internships

• ASPIRE and QoLT Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University

of Pittsburgh/Human Engineering Research Laboratories:
http://www.herlpitt.org/Internships/aspire.htm
• Auburn University - REU in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics,
and Devices
http://eng.auburn.edu/programs/chen/research/micronanoreu/index.html
• Boston University - College of Engineering - Research Experience for
Undergraduates: http://www.bu.edu/eng/reu/
• Boston University - Research Experience for Undergraduates:
http://www.bu.edu/eng/reu/bme/
• Case Western Reserve University REU in biomaterials, tissue engineering,
drug delivery, imaging, and neural engineering: http://bme.case.edu/reu/
• Clarkson University - REU:
http://www.clarkson.edu/mae/reu_nano/index.html
• Clemson University - Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute:
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/bio/bbsi/
• Clemson University - Summer Space Biomedical Research:
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/bio/bbsi/
• Cornell University - REU for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering:
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/reu/research.html?pid=118
• Cornell University - REU for Nanotechnology:
http://www.cns.cornell.edu/reu/index.html
• Cornell and Other Universities Nanobiotechnology Center REU
http://www.reu.nnin.org/nnin11_login.php
• Drexel University - Sensors from design to implementation:
http://www.mse.drexel.edu/Programs/SENSORS/Research/Default.aspx
• Drexel University - Research Experience in Advanced Materials:
http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Programs/DREAM/
• Georgia Tech - Summer Undergrad Research in Engineering/Science Program:
http://www.sure.gatech.edu/index.html
• Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues:
http://www.gtec.gatech.edu/reu/

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• Harvard University - REU in Material Science and Engineering:

http://reusite.seas.harvard.edu/application/
• Illinois Institute of Technology - REU for Diabetes:
http://www.grad.iit.edu/reu/
• Illinois Institute of Technology - REU SURP:
http://www.grad.iit.edu/research/exfundingstu.html#surf
• Iowa State University - REU in Biological Materials and Processes
http://www.eng.iastate.edu/biomapreu/
• John Hopkins University - REU for Computer Integrated Surgery:
http://www.cisst.org/undergraduate-programs
• John Hopkins University - REU in NanoBio Technology:
http://inbt.jhu.edu/reu-nanobio.php
• Keck Graduate Institute - REU in Biotechnology and Bioengineering:
http://www.kgi.edu/x1748.xml
• Louisiana Tech - REU Biomedical:
http://www2.latech.edu/~sajones/REU%20Web%20Pages/Web%20Page.htm
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Biomedical Optics Summer Institute:
http://web.mit.edu/hstsummer/BiomedicalOptics.html
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - REU in Biological Engineering:
http://web.mit.edu/be/education/reu.htm
• Mayo Graduate School - Summer Undergraduate Research Program:
http://www.mayo.edu/mgs/surf.html
• Northwestern University - REU in Neural Engineering:
http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/jobs/SINE2007.htm
• Penn State Hershey Research:
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/summerresearch/index.htm
• Penn State University - Biomaterials and Bionanotechnology Summer Institute:
http://www.bbsi.psu.edu/
• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative - Summer Internships:
http://www.ptei.org/interior.php?pageID=61
• Rice University - CBEN NREU:
http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/cben/education.cfm?doc_id=5664
• Rice University - HHMI Clinical Research Program (STEPUP 2008):
http://cohesion.rice.edu/Engineering/bioe/emplibrary/STEPUP%202008%20a
pplication_Rice.pdf
• Rice University - HHMI Program in
Bionanotechnology: http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/hhmi/index.cfm
?doc_id=10945
• Rice University - IBB Undergraduate Summer Internship:
http://cohesion.rice.edu/NaturalSciences/HHMI/emplibrary/ACFEF7.pdf
• Rice University -REU in Cellular Engineering:
http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nsfreu/index.cfm?doc_id=11338
• Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences - Summer Undergraduate
Research Program (SURP): http://www.med.nyu.edu/Sackler/summer.html

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• Sloan-Kettering Institute - Summer Research Internship Program:

http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/10150.cfm
• Southern California - Bioinformatics Summer Institute:
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/jmomand2/
• University of Alabama at Birmingham - Biomaterials, Bioimaging, Biosensors,
Biomedical: http://www.phy.uab.edu/REU_Upgrade/NSF_REU.htm
• University of California Berkeley - REU in Cell, Developmental and
Evolutionary Biology: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/nsfreu/
• University of California Berkeley - Summer Undergrad Program for
Engineering Research : http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/cues/superb/index.html
• University of California Riverside - REU in Bioegineering:
http://www.engr.ucr.edu/brite/
• University of California San Diego - REU Regenerative Medicine,
Multi-Scale Bioengineering, & Systems
Biology: http://be-webapps.ucsd.edu/nsfreu (2/25/2008)
• University of California Santa Barbara - REU in Nanosystems Science,
Engineering: http://education.cnsi.ucsb.edu/inset.html
• University of Cincinnati - SURF Program in Biomedical Sciences:
http://www.med.uc.edu/surf/
• University of Cincinnati - REU in Membrane Science, Technology, and
Bio-Applications:
http://www.med.uc.edu/pharmacology/reu.membrane.science/
• University of Houston - REU in Nanotechnology:
http://www.egr.uh.edu/reu/?e=description
• University of Illinois at Chicago - Research Experience for Undergraduates:
http://vienna.bioengr.uic.edu/NSF%20REU%20Supplements/REU%20supple
ment%20webpage/NSF-REU_v6.htm
• University of Massachusetts Amhert - REU Engineering Program:
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/index.pl?iid=3629
• University of Minnesota - Bioinformatics Summer Institute:
http://www.bsi.umn.edu/
• University of Minnesota - REU in medical device design, MEMS, tissue
engineering: http://www.me.umn.edu/research/reu.shtml
• University of Notre Dame - REU in Nano/Bio Engineering:
http://www.nd.edu/~nanoreu/
• University of Pennsylvania - Biomedical Graduate Studies Summer
Undergraduate Internship Program:
http://www.med.upenn.edu/bgs/suip.shtml
• University of Pennsylvania - Undergraduate Student Scholars Program for
Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases:
http://www.med.upenn.edu/molecular/undergrad.shtml
• University of Pittsburgh - Biomaterials and Bioinformatics Summer Institute
in Computational Biology: http://www.ccbb.pitt.edu/BBSI/

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• University of Pittsburgh - Department of Pharmacology Summer

Undergraduate Program: http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/summer_surp.aspx
• University of Pittsburgh - MSRC- Summer Research Program:
http://www.pitt.edu/~msrc/summer/index.html
• University of Pittsuburgh School of Medicine - Department of Pharmacology -
Undergraduate Summer Program:
http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/summer_pspurg.aspx
• University of Texas at Austin - NSF REU: http://www.bme.utexas.edu/reu/
• University of Texas Medical Branch - Summer Undergraduate Research
Program: http://gsbs.utmb.edu/surp/
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship (SURF):
http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/education/surf/index.html
• University of Rochester - REU in Optical Science and Engineering:
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~optics/OpticsMain.html
• University of Washington - REU in BioMaterials:
http://www.uweb.engr.washington.edu/education/reu/
• University of Virginia – Internship Program
http://bme.virginia.edu/ugrad/internships/
• Virginia Commonwealth University - VCU Bioinformatics and
Bioengineering Summer Institute: http://www.vcu.edu/csbc/bbsi/
• Virginia Tech/Wave Forest - Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer
Institute: http://www.bbsi.sbes.vt.edu/
• Wayne State Univesity - REU Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems
Research: http://www.ssim.eng.wayne.edu/education/ssim_reu_program.asp

Industry Internships

• Abbott Laboratories - Summer Internships:

http://www.abbott.com/global/url/content/en_US/50.60.10:10/general_content
/General_Content_00166.htm
• Baxter Healthcare:
http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/careers/college_relations/index.html
• Bioen Idec Internship Program:
http://www.biogenidec.com/site/internships.html
• Bio Rad Summer Internship Program: http://www.bio-rad.com
• Boston Scientific Internships:
http://www.bostonscientific.com/templatedata/imports/multimedia/AboutBSC/
Careers/UniversityRelations.html
• Genentech, Inc. - Internship Program:
http://www.gene.com/gene/careers/college/internships/index.html
• Genzyme's U.S. Internship Program:
http://www.genzyme.com/corp/careers/intern_positions.asp
• Gore - Internships and Co-ops:
http://www.gore.com/en_xx/careers/internships/internships.html

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• Johnson & Johnson - Internships and Co-ops:

http://www.jnj.com/careers/global/undergraduate/internships_co-ops/index.ht
m
• LIMR The Lankenau Institute for Medical Research:
http://www.limr.org/html/intern_summer.htm
• Medtronic - Summer Associate Program (Internships):
http://www.medtronic.com/employment/summer_assoc.html
• Merck & Co., Inc. - College Opportunities:
http://www.merck.com/careers/university/internships.html
• Nike Internships:
http://www.nikebiz.com/careers/career_areas/manufacturing_engineering.html
• Novartis Scientific Research Internship:
http://nibr.novartis.com/careers/internship/index.shtml
• Pfizer, Inc. - Internships:
http://www.pfizer.com/careers/university_relations/university_relations.jsp
• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative - Summer Internship Program
http://www.ptei.org/interior.php?pageID=125
• Sigma Aldrich US Summer Intern Program:
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/homepage/Career_Opportunities/Coop_Progra
m.html
• Wyeth Genetic Institute Summer Internships:
http://www.wyeth.com/careers/pharmaresearch/university/internship

Government Internships

• AEOP-CLQ Program: http://www.usaeop.com/programs/CQL/

• BESIP Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program:
http://www.nibib1.nih.gov/Training/UndergradGrad/besip/home
• CDRH Medical Device Fellowship Program:
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mdfp/index.html
• CIA Careers: Student Opportunities:
https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/view-all-jobs/college-students-scientists-engi
neers-technology/index.html
• Intern Opportunities Within the Federal Government:
http://watt.house.gov/constituentservices.asp?ARTICLE3305=3333
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's Gaithersburg, MD SURF:
http://www.surf.nist.gov/welcome.htm
• NASA Procurement Cooperative Education Program:
http://ncip.nssc.nasa.gov/
• NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program:
http://www.epo.usra.edu/usrp/about/
• NIH National Human Genome Research Institute:
http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10000218
• NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (Undergraduate
Students): http://www.training.nih.gov/student/index.asp

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• Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships

http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ERULF/about.html
• Washington Internships for Students of Engineering: www.wise-intern.org
White House Internship Program:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html