Cornell Opportunities

Areas of research at Cornell that are of interest to physics students are listed by category in the Areas of Study page. On the Scholarships, Funding, and Awards page, we have provided resources for finding research funding.

Here is a useful undergraduate research page provided by A&S: Undergraduate Research

Domestic Summer Programs

Universities

Program	Location	Length	Paid/fee	Research Areas	Notes
Harvard SEAS REU	Cambridge, MA	10 weeks	$6500	Material Science
MIT Haystack REU	Cambridge, MA	10 weeks	$620 weekly	Astronomy, Geodesy, Geospace, Space Technology
Columbia University Engineering and Applied Science REU	New York City, NY	10 weeks	$6000	Nanoscience, Material Science
Columbia University Nevis Laboratories Particle Physics REU	New York City, NY	10 weeks	$7956	Particle Physics
UMich CERN REU	Geneva, Switzerland	9 weeks	$6000	High-energy particle physics
UIUC Physics REU	Champaign, IL	10 weeks	$7000	Varies	Intl students eligible
URochester REU	Rochester, NY	10 weeks	$7000	Varies
UCSB Physics REU	Santa Barbara, CA	9 weeks	$700 weekly	Varies
Caltech SURF	Pasadena, CA	10 weeks	$8354	Astronomy, AMO, Condensed Matter, and more
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab College Summer Intern Program	Laurel, MD	Varies	Varies	Varies
IRIS-HEP at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	10-12 weeks	$600 weekly	Software in high-energy physics
AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program	Varies	10 weeks	$6000	Medical Physics
Santa Fe Institute Undergraduate Complexity Research	Santa Fe, NM	10 weeks	$7000	Varies	Intl. students eligible
Yale SURF	New Haven, CT	8 weeks	$4000	Varies

See more REU programs here: NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Programs (REUs)

National Labs

Program	Location	Length	Paid/fee	Research Areas	Notes
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Internships at all 17 of the US Department of Energy national laboratories
Fermilab	Batavia, IL	Varies	Varies	Particle and Accelerator Physics	Includes programs such as SULI, Helen Edwards Summer Internship, and the ASC program. Intl students eligible
Los Alamos/LANL	Los Alamos, NM	Varies	Varies	Varies
Sandia National Lab	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Intl. students eligible
Argonne Lee Teng Fellowship	Lemont, IL	10 weeks	Varies	Particle accelerator science and technology
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

Government and Industry Labs

Program	Location	Length	Paid/fee	Research Areas	Notes
NASA Programs for Undergraduates	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Includes JPL internships
NIST SURF	Gaithersburg, MD or Boulder, CO	11 weeks	around $710 weekly (varies)	Research Areas
NASA Academy	Varies	10 to 12 weeks	Varies	Varies
Air Force Research Lab Internship	Varies	10 to 12 weeks	around $9000	Varies
Lockheed Martin Student Internship	Varies	10 to 12 weeks	Varies	Varies
MIT Lincoln Labs Summer Research Program	Lexington, Massachusetts	10 to 12 weeks	Varies	Varies	Intl. students eligible
NSA Director’s Summer Program	Maryland and elsewhere	12 weeks	Varies	Varies
The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program	Varies	8 to 10 weeks	Varies	Varies
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies
Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship	Varies	10 weeks	$7500	Renewable Energy and other focuses