Gain Experience in Psychology Lab Research
One of the best ways to know if a career in personality and social psychology is for you is to get first-hand experience in an active psychology research laboratory. SPSP offers a Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) that is for students from under-represented backgrounds. Below, we have also compiled listings for other research opportunities in psychology for undergraduate students.
Please email us know if you know of other funded opportunities for undergraduate research or research opportunities for recent graduates and those taking a gap year between undergrad and graduate school.
SPSP Members
- Yale Psychology Summer Research Opportunities – See specific lab pages
- Yale Summer Internship in Organizational Behavior – Applications reviewed beginning 3/1
- Judgment and Belief Lab Internship at Cornell University – Rolling but priority given to earlier applications (ideally by 3/15/18)
- Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Lab Internship at UCSF – Deadline 3/3/18
- Columbia Business School – Deadline 3/1/18
- University of Pittsburgh Psychology SUPRE Program - Deadline 4/13/18
Others
- Psychology Job & Internship Opportunities
- Psychology Job & Research Opportunities
- Job Opportunities (hosted at Johns Hopkins Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences)
- Job Postings (hosted at Social Psychology Network)
- PsiChi /APS Summer Research Grants
- EURO Scholars
- Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (REU) National Site List
- Ukraine/Dordt Research Experience for Undergraduates at Dordt College and the Ukraine – Deadline 1/31/18
Lists of Programs
Preference to Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds e.g. ethnic minority/low-income/first-gen (see specific program descriptions)
- Summer Research Institute at the University of Arizona – Deadline 2/1/18
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Boston University – Deadline Mid-February 2018
- Summer Research Initiative at the University of Maryland – Deadline 2/10/18
- Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at the University of Michigan – Deadline 2/9/18
- Multicultural Summer Research Opportunity Program (MSROP) at University of Minnesota – Deadline 3/1/18
- Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) at University of North Carolina – Deadline 2/8/18
- Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at Northwestern University – Deadline 2/10/18
- R25 Summer Research Program at University of Oregon – Rolling; Offers made starting 2/18
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at University of Texas at Austin – Deadline 2/15/18
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Yale – Deadline 2/1/18
- Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at Big 10 Alliance – Deadline 2/10/18
- Pathways to Science Database
- 2018 Paid Social Policy Research Internship at MDRC (New York, NY) – Deadline 3/1/18
Funding
- BA Rudolph Foundation: A STEM Scholarship for female undergraduate students preparing to enter a profession in the sciences, who are applying to or have secured an unpaid or underpaid summer position (internship, fellowship, research assistantship, etc.) in a related field. Applications accepted: 2/1-4/4/1
