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At Lafayette College in the EXCEL Program:

Nanoparticle Research with Prof. Boekelheide Crystal Growth with Prof. Dougherty Stellar rotation with Prof. Douglas Pulsars with Prof. Nice Elementary Particle Theory with Prof. Thomas

Society of Physics Students Listings

SPS-sponsored internships in a variety of career paths

National Laboratories and Observatories:

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank and VLA) Space Telescope Science Institute Department of Energy Sites National Institute of Standards and Technology Ames Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory Fermilab Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Stanford Linear Accelerator Center -- National Accelerator Laboratory Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Laser Interferometric Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) Lunar and Planetary Institute Exploration Science Summer Intern Program (Lunar and Planetary Institute) Lunar Exploration Summer Intern Program (Lunar and Planetary Institute) University of Michigan REU at CERN National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Space Policy Internship at Space Science Board Dwingeloo Observatory (The Netherlands) International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (Italy)

At other universities:

These are just a sampling of the many summer research opportunities that are available. The National Science Foundation listings below can also be a helpful starting point. Finally, internet searches of " Physics REU" (for "Research Experiences for Undergraduates") can help you find more programs.

List at NSF for Astronomical Sciences List at NSF for Physics List at NSF for other sciences Summer Undergraduate Fellowship from American Association of Physicists in Medicine Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration at University of Alabama at Birmingham Amgen Scholars in Biotechnology California Institute of Technology Materials Research Center at University of Chicago Astronomy at Cornell University University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology University of Florida Kansas State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Montana State University Solar Physics Physics Related Fields at University of Nebraska at Lincoln STEM Education at North Dakota State University Northwestern University astrophysics (CIERA) Physics & Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma Sensor Technologies at the University of Pennsylvania Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh Power Optimization of Electro-thermal Systems Princeton Center for Complex Materials Center for Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology Physics at the College of Wooster Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena at Yale University
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