Find a summer internship in medicine! Research experience on your med school application is critical. Look into these programs while opportunities last.
A great way to boost your CV is by doing summer research programs. Plus, you can gain more experiences to talk about during med-school interviews. And you may even earn some money to pay off your student loans.
Since research is so critical to medicine overall, it is good for premeds to get early exposure to research. Although some of these research programs are more suited for those who are interested in pursuing PhD’s, they are also extremely beneficial for premeds, especially those who are interested in MD/Ph.D.
From a medical school admissions perspective, having research shows great initiative, and an ability to perform high-level hypothesis-driven academic endeavors. The AAMC, who run the AMCAS application, also has a database for clinical experiences, so be sure to check that out as well.
Below you’ll find a compiled list of schools offering summer internship programs, but you may be wondering.
How did I come up with this list?
Throughout my continuous search of the net, I specifically looked for summer internship programs from reputable schools. I searched various websites and took only the best of the best summer research programs. I also searched for programs that would give pre-med students valuable insight into the field of medicine. So without further ado, scour which program suits you best and begin applying today!
Top Summer Research Programs for Premeds
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Kidney, Urology, and non-Malignant Hematology (KUH) Undergraduate Research Experience
- Blazer BRAIN Undergraduate Summer Program
- Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Genomic Medicine (SURE-GM)
- Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
Barnard College
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
University of California, Berkeley
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California, San Francisco
The University of Chicago
- Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP) II
- Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Columbia University
- Amgen Scholars Program
- Summer Training Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science at Columbia (SIBDS@Columbia)
Drexel University College of Medicine
Duke University
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Nortthwell Health
Harvard University
- Amgen Scholars Program
- Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine (HSRPKM)
- Heart MD-PHD Summer Program
John Hopkins University
- Basic Science Institute Summer Internship Program (BSI-SIP)
- Neuro Summer Internship Program (NeuroSIP)
- Kavli Summer Internship Program (KavliSIP)
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
- Packard Scholars Program
- Career in Science and Medicine Summer Internship Program (CSM-SIP)
- Diversity Summer Internship Program at the Bloomberg School of Public Health (DSIP)
- Generation Tomorrow: Summer Health Disparity Scholars (GT-SIP)
- Institute for Cell Engineering (ICE)- The Foundation for Advanced Research in the Medical Services Internships (FARMS)
- Institute for Computational Medicine Summer Internship Program (ICM-SIP)
- Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioegineering
- John Hopkins NeuroHIV Comorbidities Scholars Program (JHNeurophytes)
- John Hopkins Neuroscience Scholars Program (JHNSP)
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Summer Internship Program (PCCM-SIP)
- Rosetta Commons Research Experience for Undergraduates (Rosetta-REU)
- Genomics & Society Mentorship Program (GSMP)
- Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement – Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP)
- Amgen Scholars Program
Keck Graduate Institute
- Bioprocessing Summer Undergraduate Internship Training and Education
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
The Leadership Alliance
Stanford University
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Available for Pre-Meds at Any University
- Global Medical Brigades – Pre-med students have a unique opportunity to gain both clinical experience and conduct research in underserved communities internationally, like Panama, enhancing their medical school applications.
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