Other Funding & Research Opportunities
Research, scholarships, and internship opportunities
The following are condensed lists of research experience and funding opportunities offered by academic institutions and research sites throughout the U.S. and world. These lists are just a sample of the opportunities available to you; there are many more opportunities to be found by searching the internet, talking to your faculty mentor, or reaching out directly to us. If you need further assistance finding a research opportunity, please contact us at lsudiscover@lsu.edu to set up an appointment to discuss your options.
This page was last updated on June 1st, 2021.
LSU College of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Grants
Wilbert's Sons Research Internship
EXPLORE (Experiential Professional Leadership Opportunities in Research and Extension
Click here to view the College of Agriculture's webpage on Undergraduate Research
Click here to view the full list of LSU College of Agriculture Scholarships.
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) through Sea Grant
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Research Opportunities and Internships
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Click here to view the full list of available School of the Coast & Environment Scholarships.
SOARS - Scholarships for College of Science Majors
Majors in the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geology and Geophysics,
Physics and Astronomy or Mathematics.
LSU Opportunities
Click here to view the list of College of Engineering Scholarships.
Click here to view the list of College of Science Scholarships.
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP) Program
LSU Center for Computation and Technology REU
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
AEOP Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program
National Opportunities
LaSpace Undergraduate Research Assistantship (LURA)
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Mount Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Ecological Society of America/US Geological Survey Cooperative Summer Fellowship
Summer Program for Undergraduate research, Medical College of Wisconsin
Undergraduate Biology Education Research
Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Partnership Scholarship Program
Center for Computation and Technology REU
Summer Research Opportunity Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Summer Research Opportunities in the Arts & Humanities
Zintellect Opportunity Database
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summer Internships (ORNL)
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Partnership Scholarship Program
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) through Sea Grant
EXPLORE (Experiential Professional Leadership Opportunities in Research and Extension
Student Airborne Research Program (SARP)
Pathways to Science Summer Research Programs Database
Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Physics & Astronomy opportunities
Undergraduate Biology Education Research
Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM)
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
LSU Center for Computation and Technology REU
The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program
Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program
Mount Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Research Internships in Science & Engineering
Summer program for Undergraduate research, Medical College of Wisconsin