Summer Research, Gap Year and Academic Enrichment Programs

Summer & Gap Year Opportunities in the Health Professions

Internships in Scientific Research and Medicine

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Virtual Pre Health Shadowing

Pre-Med Volunteer Program – University of Pennsylvania

Volunteer Match

EMT Training Sites

MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Temple University Hospital: At Your Service Volunteer Intern Program
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Volunteer Services
• Jefferson University Hospitals Volunteer Programs
• Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania College Volunteer Program
• Pennsylvania Hospital Premed Volunteer Program
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center College Volunteer Program
• Cooper University Health Care Adult Volunteer Opportunities
• St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Volunteer Services
• Einstein Healthcare Network Volunteer Services Program
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Volunteer Services

SUMMER RESEARCH & IMMERSION PROGRAMS

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• Association of Amercian Medical Colleges Comprehensive List of Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship Program Contact:soto@aecom.yu.edu

• Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: deadline February 6

• Case Western Reserve- National Institutes of Health/ National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Summer Research Program for Minorities

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP)
  

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University PULSE program
  Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment (PULSE ) is a six week summer academic enrichment program for undergraduate students interested in pursuing a healthcare profession. This program provides academic, clinical, research and service learning opportunities with a focus on urban health needs. Developed by the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), the PULSE program helps students become lifelong learners and empowers them to use their knowledge to make a difference in their communities.

• Creighton University- Summer Research Training Program

• Coriell Institute Summer Experience Program

• Cornell University- The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Minority Students

• (See Cornell Located in Pre-Professional Section)

• Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering: Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program Summer Program, Gateways to the Laboratory

• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute CURE Program

• Dartmouth’s Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE) 

• Drexel College of Medicine summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 

• Hackensack Meridian Health – Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital – Summer Clinical Research Volunteer Program 

• Harvard Medical School- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program 
  

• Jefferson College of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs 

• MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

• Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (UGSP)
  
• Maximizing Access to Research Careers
• Minority International Research Training Program (MIRT)
  

• New York University Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
  

• The Ohio State University College of Optometry IDOC Program (Improving Diversity in Optometric Careers)

• Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences- Tufts University- Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Minority Students: deadline February 15
  

• Summer Health Professions Education Program – SHPEP is a free summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions.
  

• SUNY- Downstate- Summer Research Program: Applications due March 1

• The Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program

• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Summer Clinical Internship Program – Undergraduate & Graduate Students with an interest in medicine. 
  

• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Biomedical Careers Program 
  

• Rutgers Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience (neuroSURP) 

• University of the Buffalo – The UB CLIMB UP (Undergraduate Program) for the 2020 Summer Research  

• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine- Summer Research Scholars Program (SRS) 
  

• University of Iowa- Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP): deadline February 27

• University of Minnesota:  Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP) 
  

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) 
  

• UNC-CH School of Medicine: The Medical Education Development (MED) Program
  (See UNC-CH Located in Pre-Professional Section)

• University of Pittsburgh Carnegie- Mellon MD/PhD Program- Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Minority Students (SURPMS): deadline February 1
  

• University of Pennsylvania – Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program – Paid Summer Internship in Health Services Research
  

• University of Pennsylvania – Academic Associates Program 
  The program provides premedical and pre-health post-baccalaureate students an opportunity to engage in clinical and translational research activities in the Emergency Department (ED) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Medical Center, or the Children’s Hosptial of Philadelphia.

• Yale University School of Medicine: Bio STEP (Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program)