Tips for Requesting Recommendation Letters
Grad Schools that don’t require PGRE
Research Programs
Research Opportunities at U. Arizona
Opportunities at LPL, NOAO, Physics & Astronomy Departments
UA Undergraduate Research Engagement Experience
Arizona Space Grant Consortium contact: Susan Brew sbrew@lpl.arizona.edu
Summer Research Insitute contact: Nura Dualeh nura@email.arizona.edu
National Research Opportunities (US citizens/permanent residents)
Bryce Canyon National Park Summer Astronomy Outreach Internship
NASA Internships and Fellowships
National Research Opportunities (may require US citizenship)
List of REU programs in Astronomy
List of REU programs in Physics
SURF (JPL Positions Require Citizenship - but others don't) (if you are interested in this you’ll need to identify a potential advisor by early January).
National Research Opportunities (NO US Citzenship Requirements)
STScI Summer Internship Program
Society of Physics Intenship: Policy & Education
FermiLab Internship for Physics Majors
Yale: Dorrit Hoffleit Undergraduate Research Scholarship
International Research Opportunities (passport needed)
LEAPS: Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Programme for Summer Students
Perimeter Institute (Canada): Theoretical Physics/Astrophysics
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taipei, Taiwan)
Internships at the Max Planck Institute fur Astronomy (Heidelberg, Germany)
Astrophysics Research Center Summer Studentships (Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Research Interships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Germany
ASTRON/JIVE Summer Student Programme (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
SURE Program in Dept. of Physics & Astronomy and Space Sciences (University of Leicester, UK)
—Open to DACA and/or Undocumented Students
—Open to Women Specifically :
APS/IBM Research Undergraduate Program for Women
—Open to Under Represented Minorities Specifically:
Banneker Institute at Harvard (Juniors)
TAURUS Program at UT Austin
JPL Maximizing Student Potential in STEM
Fermi Lab Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST)
Bridge Programs
(transition from Undergrad to Grad School)
APS Bridge Program (open to DACA)
Fisk-Vanderbilt Physical Sciences Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program
UC San Diego-Morehouse Physics Bridge Program
Cal-Bridge: a California State University/University of California Astronomy and Physics Bridge Program
Wesleyan University Masters in Astronomy
Columbia University Natural Sciences Bridge to PhD Program
Princeton Post-Baccalaureate Program (Astronomy)
Princeton Bridge Program (Physics)
APS Bridge Programs:
Ohio State University Physics Masters to PhD Bridge Program
University of South Florida Physics Bridge Program