Research Opportunities
Overview

Today's employers and graduate schools believe that field and research experience are among the best forms of evidence that you are prepared to excel in your career. Those students seen as experienced and prepared are the most competitive for the best job positions and graduate schools. Therefore, SEES makes the effort to disseminate information through emails about opportunities within the program, in other campus programs, and around the country. We have a strong history of student research involvement.
Academic Year Fellowships
SEES funds many of its members in the STEM fields to perform research under a faculty mentor. We have placed students in laboratories at Cal Poly Ðǿմ«Ã½, Western University of the Health Sciences, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the City of Hope Medical Center. These fellowships are typically done during the school year and tend to be competitive.
Faculty-Led Research Opportunities
Many of the faculty members at the College of Science conduct their own research, giving students the chance to get involved. Please view the Faculty Research (PDF) to see which research subjects each faculty member is interested in.
Summer Research Programs
Programs at Universities around the nation begin accepting applications to their summer research opportunities and internships. These programs provide you with salary, housing, and cutting-edge research experience in your field. The SEES Program encourages every one of its members to pursue summer positions in these fantastic programs. We send out this information each year before their deadlines and we encourage our students to apply to several.
Most deadlines are between December and March, so prepare early in the Fall!
National Summer Internships
Programs in ALL Science & Engineering Fields
Specific Discipline Programs
Biomedical & Biotechnology research
Environmental Biology
Medicine
Public Health
Chemistry
Computer Science
Engineering
Geology
Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Mathematics
Physics
