Students are eligible for LHSI for only one year. What are you doing next? It’s never too early to start planning! Be mindful of dates and deadlines for funding. Summer applications often close in early spring. Your summer funding opportunities disappear if you wait until later in the semester.

• Stay at your site: You can only do LHSI once, but a lot of sites want to keep you through another program or their own funding. Not sure how to approach your supervisor about staying? We can help with that. Schedule an appointment to talk to your ambassador and we’ll practice how to bring it up. Most supervisors are really excited when you mention wanting to continue the work. There are other funding opportunities to continue where you are, your supervisor could hire you under their own budget, or you can do additional work with them for class credit. They will need time to sort out how to keep you, so start the conversation now.
• Find new opportunities: Summer programs allow you to have a new experience in a shorter amount of time. IU Indianapolis also has many opportunities and programs for the school year.
• Search in Handshake: Handshake is our campus job board for on-campus, local, and national jobs and internships.

Please note: Some links break as applications are opened and closed, but you can usually find the program/application by searching the name of the program given before the link.

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• On-Campus Opportunities Year-Round
• Summer Opportunities On-Campus
• Summer Opportunities Off-Campus
• Other Off-Campus Opportunities and Scholarship Programs
• Internships and Part-Time Jobs
• Ways to Get Credit for Experiences
• Graduate and Professional School Resources
• Scholarships.com Directory

On-Campus Opportunities Year-Round

• IU Indianapolis Center for Service & Learning Scholarships: Service-based scholarships to do work in and with the community. This includes the Community Engagement Internship program for sites with community engaged research, civic service projects, or service learning courses. The faculty or staff mentor will need to apply first, then interview students.
• IU Indianapolis Center for Research and Learning Programs: Research funding for summer and academic year. This includes UROP, DS-UROP, and MURI.
• LSAMP: Undergraduate research program for underrepresented students in STEM disciplines.
• On-Campus Internship Program: Run by the Office of Student Employment, supervisors must apply to this program first and then hire you. The program covers 40% of the intern pay and the supervisor pays the rest. Interns with a work-study award are covered by the program and work-study, with no cost to the supervisor unless the work-study award is exhausted.
• Federal Work-Study Award: Students with a work-study award may be hired directly by the supervisor. Students are paid by regular biweekly paycheck, with 75% of the funding coming from work-study and the supervisor funds the rest. If you don’t have FWS but do have loans or unmet need, talk to Financial Aid to see if you can get some of that converted to a work-study award.

Summer Opportunities

On-Campus

• Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI): CTSI provides students with the opportunity to work with Indiana CTSI faculty mentors located at IU Indianapolis on projects designed to accelerate the pace of taking medicine from the “bench to the bedside.” Due early spring.
• IUSM Undergraduate Research: If you’re interested in the intersection between clinical medicine and research science, then click the above link to find out more about the IU School of Medicine’s undergraduate summer research program for prospective physician‐scientists. Due early Spring. Check out the IUSM Training Programs for more opportunities.
• Cancer Center Summer Research: Students interested in gaining hands‐on experiences in cancer research are encouraged to apply for the Summer Research Program at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. The annual program held in partnership with the IU Indianapolis Center for Research and Learning, places students with a mentor physician or researcher for nine weeks. Additional information and an online application are available at link.
• Eskenazi Health Summer Internship Program for students with disabilities: The Initiative for Empowerment and Economic Independence (IEEI) at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis has a summer internship where they connect Indiana college students with mobility, orthopedic, visual, and hearing disabilities with internships.  Due early spring.
• Datawiz-IN Scholars Program: Summer research internship for undergraduate and graduate scholars from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic communities interested in biomedical sciences.

Off-Campus

• RIT’s Master List of Summer Research Opportunities in Life Sciences: Rochester Institute of Technology’s master list of opportunities in many different fields and specializations. Deadlines are probably anywhere from Dec – Feb or March.
• NSF-REU (Research Experiences for Undergrads): Biology, Chemistry, and other disciplines.  Sites include anywhere from IU-Bloomington to Hawaii! Deadlines vary for each opportunity. Deadlines are typically in January – early February.
• AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research Programs: Summer experiences offered at several hospitals/medical schools across the US. Deadlines vary for each opportunity.
• University of Michigan Summer Research in Medical Science: Summer experiences offer opportunities to participate in exciting projects, mentored by and working side-by-side with some of the brightest minds in science and medicine. Many programs are available not only within the Medical School but across the University of Michigan campus as well. Most of these have deadlines from Jan-March. Most seem to open in December.
• University of Michigan Future Public Health Leaders Program: A residential summer program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through field placements, skill building workshops and mentorship, Michigan FPHLP provides students with opportunities for growth, learning and awareness in the field of public health. Closes end of January.
• Biomedical Research for University Students in Health Sciences (BRUSH) Summer Research Program at Michigan State University: For undergraduate students interested in the biomedical sciences and research-related careers. Stipend and housing provided. Deadline and details on website.

• The Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at Michigan State University: Provides undergraduate students from across the United States or U.S. territory with an eleven-week summer research collective to advance their future studies in STEM and Social Sciences disciplines. While the program provides many benefits, the main goal is to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue graduate study and research careers. For more information, please consider our virtual open MSU SROP Open House Sessions on November 6, 2024, and December 11, 2024, at 6:00 EST. The official deadline is in February, however; they highly recommend applicants to apply as early as November 1st to secure a place in the next cohort.

• Cancer‐focused Summer Undergraduate Research(CanSUR): The CanSUR program is held at Case Western Reserve University. The goal of the program is to generate excitement for a future career in cancer research in highly motivated undergraduates and help them prepare for the next stage of their careers.  Undergraduates will be accepted from colleges and universities from across the country to work with Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) researchers. Deadline on Website.
• Virginia Commonwealth University Summer Academic Enrichment Program: Any current college juniors, seniors, graduates and post-baccalaureate students who are preparing to apply to a dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy health professional school or program. SAEP is a six-week summer program that simulates the first-year of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy professional school instruction. Deadline on website.
• Virginia Commonwealth University Allied Health Career Exploration: Any rising and current college freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are interested in patient counseling, clinical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse anesthesia, rehabilitation counseling, radiation sciences, health administration and gerontology as health careers. AHCE is a two-week summer program for students interested in any of the nine health career programs. Deadline on website.
• Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, Department of Energy:The Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) program goal is to help ensure that DOE has a sustained pipeline for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Opens around Oct, and seems to close early January.
• NASA Student Airborne Research Program: The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) is an eight-week summer internship program for rising senior undergraduate students to acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign using one or more NASA Airborne Science Program flying science laboratories. Opens in November.
• REU: Computational Sensing for Human‐Centered AI, Rochester Institute of Technology:The REU Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered Artificial Intelligence recognizes that as the boundaries between HCI and AI blur, and AI grows increasingly agile and pervasive, the next generation of computational scientists must be capable of responsibly and effectively leveraging a spectrum of sensing data from data-generating humans. With this focus, the REU Site will expand its trajectory as an attractor for highly diverse students who will gain experience with sensing hardware and software towards transformative advances in intelligent systems focused on human behaviors and cognitive processes. Opens very early Dec. Closes early March.
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center internships: The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s (SERC) Internship Program offers undergraduate and beginning graduate students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fields of environmental research and public engagement. Deadline is mid-February.
• STEM Summer Undergraduate Research Programs: Research experiences for undergraduates (REUs, also known as SURPs or SURFs) are paid summer internships, usually for 6-8 weeks (sometimes including housing) at research institutions. Undergraduates are paired with a lab and gain valuable research experience. These are extremely helpful for obtaining post-graduate jobs in STEM and applying to graduate or professional schools. Varying deadlines. Most seem to be in January and February.
• Smithsonian‐Wide (SI) Internship Opportunities: This is a list of all the current internship opportunities at the Smithsonian, sorted by unit. Use this list to get a better sense about where you might like to pursue an internship at the Smithsonian. Most deadlines seem to fall between January and March.
• List of Lists roundup curated by the University of Colorado Boulder. This has a bunch of listings of nationwide programs and opportunities.

Other Off-Campus Opportunities

• NSF grants: National Science Foundation programs for students. These all have a wide range of deadlines.
• NIH grants: NIH programs for students. These all have a wide range of deadlines.
• NIH SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (SIP): Spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. Available from mid-November to March 1.
• NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP): Offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. The NIH UGSP will pay up to $20,000 per academic year in tuition, educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses to scholarship recipients. Scholarships are awarded for 1 year and can be renewed up to 4 years. For each full or partial scholarship year, you are committed to two NIH service obligations. The obligations are benefits of the UGSP, providing you with invaluable research training and experience at the NIH. Opens early January. Closes late March.
• Indiana HIMMS Scholarship: Health Information Technology Scholarship. Deadline on website.
• Pivot, a comprehensive worldwide funding database: Students are encouraged to use PIVOT to find scholarships, fellowships and project funding.
• Goldwater Scholars: Undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering for college sophomores and juniors. Deadline on website.
• Gilman Scholarship for study abroad: Funding study abroad for Pell Grant recipients with financial need. Opening Date: Mid-January for programs starting between May 1 and April 30 of the following year. Deadline: Early March.
• National Student Exchange Program: The National Student Exchange (NSE) program at IU Indianapolis offers students the opportunity to study for a semester or a full year at partner campuses across the United States, U.S. Territories, and Canada—all while paying IU Indianapolis tuition and fees! Applications open in early spring.

Internships and Part-Time Jobs

• Career services office: Check with your career services office and on Handshake for internships and other jobs.
• Office of Student Employment Programs and Work‐Study: Supervisors apply for these programs and hire students. Work-study is a form of financial aid that you may have, this can be used for any on-campus job.
• FSPH Student Ambassador Position:Increase awareness of the Fairbanks School of Public Health through virtual and on-campus peer recruitment and social media presence. The FSPH Ambassador will do this through the process of storytelling; relaying accurate information about the FSPH and IU Indianapolis; and engaging guests in conversation and promoting FSPH on the school’s social media platforms.
• LabCorp Data Science Intern: At LabCorp, we provide real-world experience by working on assignments in a team atmosphere which furthers an education in STEM and Healthcare disciplines.
• Health Career Connections Paid Summer Internships:HCC connects organizations in all health sectors with talented and diverse future health professionals and leaders.
• Part-Time COVID-19 Student Worker, Indiana Department of Health:Student workers will be responsible for entering and managing the data from COVID-19 case investigations across the state of Indiana.

Credit-Bearing Courses

Many schools and departments have a research course or internship course that you can enroll in to get credit for your experiences. Talk to your academic advisor about options within your school or department to explore options for your major.

There is a new way to get an internship on the Record if it’s not part of course credit or through a program (like LHSI) that already uses the Record. Check out how to Submit an Internship Experience on Handshake.

Graduate/Professional School Resources

• Tips for applying to graduate school: Tips on the application process and a link to workshops put on by the IU Indianapolis graduate office.
• IU Indianapolis Grad School Resources: Prepare for life in grad school. Can help with many things such as health insurance, childcare, and housing options, research funding, etc.
• PhDreamers:This organization is a national community of undocumented individuals (current medical students, advisors, peers, etc.) who help undocumented pre-health students in navigating this whole process.

Scholarship.com Directory

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