Below you will find not only a listing of internships available, but also helpful hints about what MAY improve your chances of landing an internship. Some links may be outdated. If so, just use a search engine to find the program by name or location.

• You may want to check with faculty members at your own institution to see if there are openings in their research laboratories. (Note: it may be easier to receive such a position if you have worked/volunteered in their laboratories in the past (i.e. for research course credit) during the Fall and/or Spring semester.)

• Apply early! Some programs that begin in June have October 31 deadlines!
• Apply for more than one. At least several are recommended
• Search the web for info. Do not wait until late January or February to do this!
• Check the bulletin boards in your department for info.
• Ask if any positions are available. Not all programs advertise.
• It is never too early in your undergraduate schooling to try to land an internship! (Unless you are a graduating senior and are trying to do an internship post-graduation!)

• Be open-minded.  Landing internships in states other than where your undergraduate school is located can actually look REALLY GOOD on your resume! It's only 10-weeks of one summer. Why not try something new and exciting? a new part of the country? an industrial environment (like in the laboratory of a pharmaceutical company)? a national laboratory?
• Be good to your references!!!  You want to have the very best references possible as a part of your internship applications. There are several things that you should do to "be good to your references":
• Give your references time.  You should give your references 2-3 weeks to complete letters for you. (This is professional courtesy.) This time frame allows your references appropriate time to put thought into the letter, making it a much more personal than a "generic" reference letter (or a rushed - meaning: sometimes a poor - letter).
• Give your references ALL the information. Provide a paragraph or two about the internship program. DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A WEB SITE THAT YOUR REFERENCE CAN LOOK AT!  Respect the time that it takes for a reference to write a kind letter - do not reduce the time for this by sending your references to web sites to find out information that you should have provided!
• Provide the correct information. Double check ALL the information that you provide to your references. They should not have to take the time to correct addresses and other information that you provided them with. ALWAYS PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FULL NAME OF THE PROGRAM!  Some places have more than one internships program and it is sometimes difficult for the reference letters to find the correct place if they simply say "I wish to recommend _______ for an internship." - Specifics are important!
• Confirm that the letters have been sent. AFTER allowing your references 2 weeks to get the letters written and mailed, sometimes it's a good idea to confirm that the letters have been sent.
• Let your references know of your progress. They took the time to write the letters for you - be sure to let them know of your progress (i.e. what programs were you admitted to?)

The following list  focuses on internships in CHEMISTRY.  However, many of these programs also include programs in BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, and COMPUTER SCIENCE (as well as many interdiscplinary fields).  Please see specific program information for further details.

There are MANY, MANY internship opportunities available in the sciences around the world. Below are a few that we have come across. We will continue to post opportunities as we learn about them, so be sure to visit the site for updates.  Also, please be sure to let us know if any links are no longer valid.

Argonne National Laboratory - science and engineering

Associated Western Universities (AWU) - positions in all areas of science (including computer science) and engineering at various National Laboratories in the Western U.S. (i.e. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Kansas State University - chemistry

Lando Program, University of Minnesota - chemistry

Minnesota Supercomputer Institute - research in many areas of science using some of the most powerful computers in the world

NASA - many locations, many fields

National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - multiple locations across the country, including the University of Oklahoma (SERF program)

National Institute of Health - biomedical research, multiple locations

Sir Alexander Fleming Scholarships, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - biomedical research

SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) Program, OU Health Sciences Center - biomedical research

SURF (Summer Research Fellowships) Program, University of Oklahoma - chemistry

Undergraduate Fellowships in Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry

University of Colorado - chemistry

University of Nevada, Reno - chemistry

University of Wyoming - chemistry
 

Companies:

AT&T - choose the "internship" heading
 

Listings of MANY additional internship sites can be found at these locations:

• /www.westga.edu/~coop/joblinks/subject/interncompanies.html
• /www.life.uiuc.edu/advising/internships.html
• /www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/sbrowne/sistahs/links/chemistry.html
• /abacus.bates.edu/career/glance/intern/internmed.html
• /scholarships.kachinatech.com/scholarships/scholar2.html

There are many other opportunities - the above are merely a few!  UNT Students:  Visit Ms. Susan Brockington in the Chemistry Student Services offices, or at susanb@unt.edu to find out about more internship information.

Please note:  We are not familiar with some of these opportunities, and merely provide this list to assist you in your quest for information.  Some programs do not have web pages.