Summer Research Internship Program

Join an undergraduate community of 90+ students with access to more than 40 professional and developmental workshops, made possible by 1,000+ researchers at MU working to promote discovery for animal and human health, food, physical sciences, and the environment.

Most application deadlines are February 15, 2017.

About the program:

• 9 weeks (May 30 – July 29, 2017)
• Stipends starting from $3,600

Some programs provide:

• On-campus housing
• Meal plan
• Transportation to and from Columbia, MO for the program

Professional Development and Social Activities:

• Weekly workshops and seminars
• Small group seminars of the students’ choosing
• Intern & Mentor BBQ, trivia night, team-building challenges, and other social activities
• Graduate Program Expo
• Poster Forum to present research at the conclusion of the program

Sample of past weekly seminars:

• Dr. Tim Evans, Veterinary Pathobiology –  “Describing Your Research in 1 Minute: The Elevator Statement”
• Dr. Richard Sherwood, Pathology & Anatomical Sciences – “Adventures with the Missing ‘Link'”
• Dr. Angela Speck, Physics & Astronomy – “The Eclipse of the Century”
• Dr. Brick Johnstone, Health Psychology – “Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Merging the Sciences and Humanities”
• Dr. Lori Eggert (Biology), Dr. Kevin Middleton (Pathology & Anatomy) & Dr. Mark Hannink (Biochemistry) – “Faculty Panel – Post-Graduate Planning”
• Dr. Denis McCarthy, Psychological Sciences – “What Happens When You Drink and Why You Should Care”
• Dr. Charles Nilon, Fisheries & Wildlife – “Birds, People, and Environmental Justice”
• Dr. Gavin Conant, Animal Sciences –  “Comparative genomics as a time machine:  Reconstructing evolution after a genome duplication”

View the 2016 Summer Yearbook

Summer Research Areas for Non-MU students:

• MU Alcohol Research Training Summer School (MU-ARTSS)
• Miller Summer Program in Animal Sciences
• Summer Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biosciences
• Summer Research Internship in Biomedical Sciences
• NSF Summer Research Experience in Computational Neuroscience*

• Cell & Molecular Biology
• NSF Summer Research Experience in Physics: Materials and Modeling*
• NSF Summer Research Experience in Plant Stress Biology*
• NSF Missouri Transect: Plants, Climate, & Community +
• NSF Summer Research Experience in Comparative Biomechanics, Paleontology and Evolution
• Missouri Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MoLSAMP)

* pending funding  + coming soon

Summer Research Areas for MU Students:

View a full list of MU programs here.