Franklin & Marshall College

Off Campus Study, Summer Research, and More

Summer research and coursework can be part of a well-rounded education. This list is a sampling summer opportunities for research on and off campus, field courses at research stations, and internships. You can learn about more opportunities by looking at fliers posted in the Biology Department Lounge, LSP373, as well as by speaking to faculty in the Biology Department. To add a link, contact .

Quick Links: Field Biology, Ecology, Env. Studies Molecular & Cell Biology/Biochemistry Neuroscience Marine Biology

2012 Summer Opportunities (here)

Summer Research Experience, Internships, and Field Courses

• F&M's Hackman Fellowship program for on-campus research with an F&M faculty member.
• F&M Biology Dept.'s Huffnagle Scholarship for courses or research at a field research station. Contact Dr. Ardia for more information.
• Internships listed by the F&M Career Advisement Services Office.
• Internships offered by the Benjamin Rush Society (the college healing arts society)
• Summer awards and opportunities offered by Dean of the College at F&M
• REU Interdisciplinary Quantitative Science program
• Undergraduate summer research program

Field biology, ecology and environmental science

• The Organization of Biological Field Stations gives information on over 200 stations (with programs that may qualify for the Huffnagle Scholarship).
• Some excellent field stations that have summer field study courses include:
  • University of Virginia: Mountain Lake Biological Station
  • SUNY-ESF: Cranberry Lake Biological Station in the Adirondacks
  • University of Montana: Flathead Lake Biological Station
  • Shoals Marine Laboratory, ME
  • Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, CO
  • University of Michigan: Douglas Lake Biological Station
  • Michigan State University: Kellogg Biological Station
  • Highlands Biological Station, NC
  • University of Pittsburgh: Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
• "Research Experience for Undergraduates" (REU) is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with research fellowships at universities and research insitutions across the country.
• At the NSF's REU homepage, you can browse the list of REU sites in all areas of biology (ecology, physiology, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, etc.), then contact directly the programs or researchers that interest you. Some current examples:
  • University of Virginia: Mountain Lake Biological Station
  • Rocky Mountain Biological Station, CO
  • Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Miller Brook, NY
  • Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA
  • Michigan State University: Kellogg Biological Station
  • Department of Energy's Scholar's Program
  • Bradley University: Integrated Ecology
  • Ursinus College

Tropical biology

• Ceiba Foundation in Ecuador
• All over: Rainforest & Reef
• Tropical Biology in Costa Rica, Organization for Tropical Studies. See Dr. Ardia for more information
• School for Field Studies: Worldwide summer programs.
• La Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa Rica.

Field biology

• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internship Program in environmental research and education, Edgewater , MD.
• Student Conservation Association.
• The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Research Training Program gives internship experience in many fields of natural history, such as systematic biology, paleobiology, human sciences, and earth and planetary systems.
• Support your own project to improve the ecological environment of our campus with a Campus Ecology Fellowship from the National Wildlife Federation.

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

• "Research Experience for Undergraduates" (REU) is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with research fellowships at universities and research insitutions across the country.
• At the NSF's REU homepage, you can browse the list of REU sites in all areas of biology (ecology, physiology, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, etc.), then contact directly the programs or researchers that interest you. Some 2007 examples:
  • The Jackson Laboratory REU, Maine.
  • University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Ohio State University: Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
  • Colorado State University: Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
  • University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: Proteonomics and Functional Genomics
• Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellows Program supports research in all areas of biology.

Research internships in medicine, molecular biology, biochemistry, and microbiology:

• General resources:
  • Extensive list of summer programs
  • RIT's list of Pre-medical internships
• Some specific programs:
  • MIT
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Jackson Lab, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY.
  • University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
  • Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
  • Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)

Neuroscience

• "Research Experience for Undergraduates" (REU) is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with research fellowships at universities and research insitutions across the country.
• At the NSF's REU homepage, you can browse the list of REU sites in all areas of biology (ecology, physiology, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, etc.), then contact directly the programs or researchers that interest you. Some 2007 examples:
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Northwestern University
• Research internships in neuroscience:
  • General resources:
    • Internship Finder at Michigan State University
    • Extensive list maintained by Amherst College
    • Extensive list of summer programs in neuroscience
  • Specific programs:
    • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
    • MIT

Plant Science

• iPlant collaborative undergraduate research opportunities:
  • University of Arizona campus in Tucson

Marine Biology

• Research fellowships and internships in marine science:
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
  • Marine Science Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA
  • Darling Marine Center, University of Maine
  • National Aquarium in Baltimore
  • Marine Resources Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama
  • University of Georgia Marine Institute

• Field courses in marine science (may qualify for the Huffnagle Scholarship):
  • Duke University's Marine Laboratory
  • Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University
  • Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
  • Darling Marine Center, University of Maine
  • Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
  • Wrigley Marine Science Center, Catalina Island, University of Southern California
  • Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology in Dominica, Lesser Antilles