Chemistry Research

Students present research at national meetings. Click here for photos.

2008 students and faculty in chemistry summer research program Chemistry Research WEBSITE

Project Descriptions for SUMMER 2008: (all PDF files):
Levandoski Lab; Lyons Lab, Marzluff Lab; Minelli Lab; Sharpe Lab; Sieck Lab

Application Form: Sci_Div_Summer_Res_App_08.pdf

Chemistry Summer Group Photos: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004.

Leiden Exchange: The Leiden Institute of Chemistry and Grinnell College participate in a student exchange during the summer. Click on this link and choose Research to learn more about the available projects for students at Leiden. Contact Elaine Marzluff for more information. More information about Leiden University is available at the University of Leiden (English) homepage, and about living in Holland is available at The Official Holland Website.

Science Division webpage for summer research: find the common application here, as well as links to the MAP form and picnic group photos.

ACS Directory of Graduate Research is now available on-line (a hardcopy is also available in the computational/study room)

Students conduct an experiment in one of the research labs.

NEW LISTINGS FOR 2009
ACS IREU. Deadline is 31-Jan-2009.
Amgen Scholars: Undergraduate Summer Research in Science and Biotechnology, with program locations at Caltech, Columbia University Barnard College, Howard University, MIT, Stanford, University of Washington, UC-Berkeley, UC-Los Angeles, UC-San Diego, UC- San Francisco.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, New York), biomedial sciences.
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas), Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART).
University of California San Diego, in the Pharmacology Department, but it's aimed at basic research, not pre-med/pharm. students. Bryan Leland has participated and can give more information. (Note: their on-line application links work best in Internet Explorer, not at all in Firefox.)
Caltech MURF. Deadline is 12-Jan-2009.
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)
Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia. Deadline is 1-Mar-2009.
Clemson University SURP in Chemistry. Deadline is 2-March-2009.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Macromolecular Structure, and Bioinformatics. Deadline is 15-Jan-2009.
Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
University of Iowa, Biochemistry, strong knowledge of organic chem and biology is preferred. Deadline is 1-Feb-2009.
University of Kansas, chemistry in an interdisciplinary environment. Deadline is 16-Feb-2008.
University of Kansas, pharmaceutical chemistry. Students preferably juniors, but outstanding sophomores who will have completed organic chemistry will also be considered. Deadline is 20-Feb-2009.
University of Maryland Baltimore County, biomedical.
Nanotechnology Summer Internships, various disciplines at several US locations. Deadline is 11-Feb-2009.
NanoJapan. Deadline is 12-Jan-2009.
NASA Internships.
New York University School of Medicine (New York, New York)biochemistry, bio-informatics, biomedical imaging, cellular and molecular biology, clinical investigation, computational biology, developmental genetics, forensic pathology, immunology, microbiology, molecular oncology, neuroscience and physiology, parasitology, pharmacology, structural biology and virology.
Northwestern University
North Dakota State University, Center for Protease Research, hosted by depts of chemistry and molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences, veterinary and microbiological sciences, and biological sciences. Deadline is 1-March-2009.
University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter. Deadline is 1-Mar-2009.
RISE. Deadline is 31-Jan-2009. (RISE-Professional, for recent grads; deadline 25-Jan-2009.)
Rockefeller University (New York, New York)
Rutgers/UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) RISE (Research In Science & Engineering). The research opportunities span biomedical, physical and behavioral sciences, math, and engineering.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ( Dallas, Texas), genomics, cancer biology, computational biology, developmental biology, molecular genetics, structural biology, cell biology, chemistry, systems biology, pharmacology, microbiology and infectious diseases, neurosciences, immunology, and mechanisms of disease.
University of Texas Southwestern, The Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF) program. Applicants must be enrolled in a physics, computer science, mathematics or chemistry degree program at the undergraduate level.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program.
Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri), The BioMedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMedRAP).
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (New York, NY)
University of Wyoming, Bioinformatics and Computational Molecular Biology. Deadline is 2-Feb-2009.
THESE POSTINGS FROM 2008
Department of Energy Labs: Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI), such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.
Global Change Education Program (GCEP), SURE program; research encompasses a variety of technical areas including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climate modeling, and terrestrial processes.
Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology REU Program of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN); approx. 70 positions at 12 major universities, ending with a 3-day conference with all participants gathered at one site.
NSF: List of summer chemistry-related Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs).
Stowers Institute Scholars Program, Kansas City MO. 8-week program.
University of Iowa: Biosciences programs such as biochemistry, medicinal & natural products chemistry.
University of Iowa: Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) summer program.
ITALY, UK, FRANCE: This ACS/IREU program allows US citizens or residents currently enrolled at a US institution to carry out a 10-week paid research internship at one of the following institutions: CPE-Lyon, University of Perugia, University of Strathclyde.