This page provides a list of some off-campus student opportunities that have in the past welcomed and/or listed on their application pages (research, mentorship, internship, volunteer, scholarships) an interest from STEM students who are non US citizens and/or permanent residents. This is not an extensive list but only a sample of opportunities. Please note that sometimes programs do make exceptions and/or do not have all information, specifically regarding a student's immigration status, clearly listed on their application pages. If you are unsure of whether you meet the eligibility requirements of any program listed below or others not listed on this page, we recommend that you reach out directly to each program and inquire about your specific eligibility.
AB540 and/or Undocumented Students*
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Entry Point Internship for Students with Disabilities (opens in new window)
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship Program for Students with Disabilities (opens in new window)
- American Physiological Society (API) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- Base 11 (opens in new window)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Connection Program) (opens in new window)
- Care Harbor (opens in new window)
- Columbia University Summer of Translational Aging Research for Undergraduates (STAR U) (opens in new window)
- Computational Research Access Network (CRANE) (opens in new window)
- FullyHacks (opens in new window)
- Getty Marrow Internship Program (opens in new window)
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program (opens in new window)
- IDEA Hacks (opens in new window)
- LA Hacks (opens in new window)
- LA Metro (opens in new window)
- LA-Tech.org (opens in new window)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Summer Research Program (MSRP) (opens in new window)
- NASA L'SPACE (opens in new window)
- Oregon Health and Science University Equity Research Program (opens in new window)
- Outreachy (opens in new window)
- Snap Inc. Summer Academies (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Community College Premedical Program (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Community College Research Program (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Science Technology and Reconstructive Surgery (STARS) Internship Program (opens in new window)
- Stanford Inclusive Mentoring in Data Science (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) Program (opens in new window)
- Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) - List of Various Programs (opens in new window)
- UC Berkeley SETI Research Center Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (opens in new window)
- UC Berkeley Transfer to Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) (opens in new window)
- UC Irvine Materials SPIRE (opens in new window)
- UC Irvine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- UCLA Break Through Tech AI (opens in new window)
- UCLA Community College Field Biology Alliance Program (opens in new window)
- UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program (opens in new window)
- UCLA Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) (opens in new window)
- UC Santa Cruz Lamat Program (opens in new window)
- University of Chicago Data Science Institute Summer Lab Program (opens in new window)
- University of Maryland Combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems (opens in new window)
- USC Diversity, Inclusion, Access (DIA) Jumpstart (opens in new window)
- USC Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) (opens in new window)
- Zed Factor Fellowship (Aerospace) (opens in new window)
* Some programs may require that you have authorization to work in the U.S. and/or
a particular immigration status. Undocumented students with or without an employment
authorization card or social security number, can contact SMC's Dream Program (opens in new window) and Dream Resource Center (opens in new window) for additional support and resources, including potential paid volunteer opportunities
through financial aid for eligible students as well as view a Life After College: A Guide for Undocumented Students (opens in new window) for more information.
F1 International Students**
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Entry Point Internship for Students with Disabilities (opens in new window)
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship Program for Students with Disabilities (opens in new window)
- American Physiological Society (API) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- Baylor College of Medicine Smart Program (opens in new window)
- Brooke Owens Fellowship (opens in new window)
- Boston University BU PHotonics Center Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (opens in new window)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Connection Program) (opens in new window)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) LIGO Program (opens in new window)
- Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- Care Harbor (opens in new window)
- Carnegie Mellon University - Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Software Engineering (REUSE) (opens in new window)
- Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) Program (opens in new window)
- C-CAS Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Students with Disabilities (opens in new window)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (opens in new window)
- Columbia Business School Summer Research Internship (opens in new window)
- Computational Research Access Network (CRANE) (opens in new window)
- Cornell Break Through Tech AI (opens in new window)
- Department of Defense Smart Program and Scholarship (opens in new window) (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or United Kingdom)
- Emory University Computational Mathematics for Data Science (opens in new window)
- FullyHacks (opens in new window)
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Mechanistic Biology Summer Program (MBSP) (opens in new window)
- Google CS Research Mentorship Program (opens in new window)
- Google Summer of Code (opens in new window)
- Harvard Medical School (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMP) Scholars (opens in new window)
- Harvard STEM Cell Institute Internship Program (HIP) (opens in new window)
- Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (opens in new window)
- Health Career Connections (opens in new window)
- IDEA Hacks (opens in new window)
- LA Metro (opens in new window)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Summer Research Program (MSRP) (opens in new window)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Summer Research Program in Biology (opens in new window)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Quantitative Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (QSUIRE) (opens in new window)
- NASA L’SPACE (opens in new window)
- Oregon Health and Sciences Institute Biomedical and Bioinformatics Research Internship and Training Experience at the Knight Cancer Institute (B-BRITE) (opens in new window)
- Outreachy (opens in new window)
- Santa Fe Institute Undergraduate Complexity Research (opens in new window)
- Snap Inc. Summer Academies (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Inclusive Mentoring in Data Science (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Science Technology and Reconstructive Surgery (STARS) Internship Program (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- Stanford University Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) Program (opens in new window)
- Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF) (opens in new window)
- Stowers Summer Scholars Program (opens in new window)
- UberSTAR (opens in new window)
- UC Berkeley SETI Research Center Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (opens in new window)
- UC Irvine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- UCLA Bruins-in-Genomics (BIG) Summer Program (opens in new window)
- UCLA Research in Industrial Projects (RIP) for Students (opens in new window)
- UCLA Undergraduate Student Summer Program (opens in new window)
- University of Minnesota Lando NSF/REU (opens in new window)
- Mayo Clinic Medicine and Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window)
- UC Irvine Materials SPIRE (opens in new window)
- UC Santa Cruz Lamat Program (opens in new window)
- UCLA Break Through Tech AI (opens in new window)
- University of Chicago Data Science Institute Summer Lab Program (opens in new window)
- University of Maryland Combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems (opens in new window)
- University of Washington eScience Institute Data Science for Social Good (opens in new window)
- Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPPS) Summer Research Fellowship Program (opens in new window)
** Students studying on F1 international visas should reach out to the International Education Center (opens in new window) to see if you qualify for off-campus experiences. For more information review F-1 Employment Options .