Consider doing research here at JMU.  Talk with your advisor or other faculty members about summer research opportunities at JMU for credit or for pay.  Learn more about how to get started in research.

---

Search or Browse for Programs

Many colleges and universities offer NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergrduates (REU) programs.  To find them go to the NSF  page "Search for an REU Site".

Consider attending a Biological Station summer session where you can take field classes and/or do field research.  They can lead to an amazing, memorable experience.  The Organization of Biological Field Stations maintains links to hundreds of stations.

Browse the extensive list of paid Co-op/Internship and Research opportunities in biology and biotechnology maintained by Tom Frederick in the Biology Department at Rochester Institute of Technology,  Read the pages completely and plan to spend some time at this set of pages - well worth it if you are interested in a summer opportunity away from JMU.

Columbia University maintains a large list of summer internships in Biology.

---

Individual Programs  sorted by deadline   (check back regularly as this list will grow.)

AVICULTURE interns wanted for the Hawai’i Endangered Bird Conservation Program at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) on the Big Island of Hawai’i and the Maui Bird Conservation Center (MBCC) on the island of Maui.  Application information. (posted 11/5/08)

Study abroad program through Radford College, mid May to early June.  Sutdy Darwin and the origins of evolutionary biology in England and Scotland this summer on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species. Contact Joel Hagen for more details. (posted 11/9/08)

NSF-REU: Biological Responses to the Environment from Genes to the Ecosystem at West Virginia University, Morgantown.  Review of applications begins on March 31, 2009.  posted 1/26/09

Undergraduate Research in Biology and Mathematics at JMU.  Program supported by the NSF.  Apply by April 6.  (posted 3/26/09)

Updated 3/26/09