Undergraduate opportunities
tips
- Start your applications as early as you can.
- Find out what is required and whether you are eligible to apply
- Find letter of recommendation writers (request letters a month prior to the internship deadline)
- Find out about which summer project interests you and why
- Talk about the institution and goals. Make sure you research the institution before applying
- Contact someone from the institute you are applying
- Reach out to your network of professors to see if they have contacts at the place you are applying
- Draft your essays and have someone look at it before submitting your application
- Write down deadlines
international internships
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory National and International Non-Traditional Exchange (NINE) program
- Deadline: Accepting applications until end of January, 2018
- California Institute of Technology SURF Program
- Need to write a grant. Contact faculty from Caltech. California, USA
- Deadline: February 22.
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
- Deadline: January 31st.
- Cormack Vacation Research Scholarships
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Deadline: March 30th, 5pm their time. Applications are open
- ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer Research Scholarships
- Australian National University
- Summer (Nov – Jan) deadline: around August
- Option for Winter school (June – July) deadline: around Feb?
- ASTRON/JIVE summer student programme
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
- Deadline: February 1st, 2018. Applications are open
- Australian Astronomical Observatory Student Fellowship Program
- Summer(Dec – Feb) deadline: around August.
- Winter (June – Sep) deadline: around February
- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Academia Sinia, Taiwan
- Webpage has some Mandarin? in it. Make sure you know what you are reading while translating
- Deadline: around March
- Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students
- Universiteit Leiden. LEAPS program
- Only ESA members are eligible to apply… (i.e. only most students living in Europe)
- Deadline: February 16th, 2018
- Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
- Elegible only students pursuing a masters degree…
- Deadline: around March
- European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Trainee Project
- Euopean Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
- Deadline: December 11, 2016 (sorry, passed)
- Royal Astronomical Society Undergraduate Research Bursaries
- Simons Foundation - Summer Research Assistant, CCA
- New York, USA
- Undergraduate and graduate students
- Deadline: December 1st, 2017 (passed)
U.S. citizens diversity research programs in astronomy (may accept DACA students)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory NAC program
- Dealine: February 1st, 2018
- TAURUS program
- University of Texas, Austin
- Deadline: around February - not sure if they have funding for this year
- Banneker Institute Aztlán Institute
- Harvard University
- Deadline: accepting applications until mid February, 2018 (Feb 15th?)
- Michigan State University - Summer REU program
- Non-US citizens contact me before applying
- Deadline: February 16, 2018
- CAMPARE
- California Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education
- Deadline: February 1st, 2018
If you would like to recommend an academic internship that was not listed here, please contact me!
This page was last updated on January 6, 2018