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High School Students

• Research Internship in Science & Engineering for High School Students
Boston University
The high school summer Research Internship in Science & Engineering Program (RISE) provides an opportunity for academically motivated rising senio ... read more

• Summer Research Apprentice Program (SRAP) in math, engineering, statistics, and the sciences
University of Wyoming (Lead), National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Summer Research Apprentice Program (SRAP) provides a meaningful summer research experience for high school students in math, engineering, statis ... read more

• The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND)
University of Texas, El Paso (Lead)
The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND) Program allows students the opportunity to obtain a me ... read more


K-12 Educators

• The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND)
University of Texas, El Paso (Lead)
The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND) Program allows students the opportunity to obtain a me ... read more


Undergraduate Students

•  School of Information Research Experience for Undergraduates
University of Michigan (Lead), Wayne State University
The University of Michigan School of Information Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program provides a diverse group of promising students w ... read more

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) Summer Research Initiative (SRI)
University of Maryland, College Park (Lead)
The Summer Research Initiative (SRI) was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supp ... read more

• DHS Scholarship Program
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country’s strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage ... read more

• Electronic Security and Privacy: Technological, Human, Enterprise and Legal Considerations IGERT
University of Illinois, Chicago
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award aims to make scientific, technological and educational advances in Electron ... read more

• Explorations in Science Research Workshop: for Undergraduates in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of California, Berkeley (Lead)
<p>The Explorations Workshop is aimed at rising juniors or seniors. The one-week program will be held on the UC Berkeley campus from June 11-19, ... read more

• Hughes Science Pipeline Project (HSPP): Research Internships for Undergrads
Barnard College
Each year, the HSPP sponsors Research Internships for 14 Barnard undergraduates distributed among five science departments: Biology, Chemistry, Enviro ... read more

• Injury Science REU
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (Lead), University of Pennsylvania
<p>In partnership with the University of Pennsylvania, the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children’s Hospital of ... read more

• Intramural and Extramural Loan Repayment Programs
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
You do the research. NIH will repay your student loans. That is the idea behind the National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). ... read more

• IRCS/CCN Undergraduate Summer Workshop 2012
University of Pennsylvania
Each year, the cognitive science community at the University of Pennsylvania brings together the best and brightest undergraduate students from around ... read more

• National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Lead)
National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences include Summer Internship Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, Postbac ... read more

• NSF REU: "Hands-On, Minds-On" Understanding & Preventing Societal Violence
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Lead)
The "Hands-On, Minds-On" research experience for undergraduates (REU) brings together faculty and staff from a variety of different discipli ... read more

• Oklahoma State University REU Site: Biological Basis of Human and Animal Behavior
Oklahoma State University
The goal of this program is to provide 12 undergraduate students with an in-depth, hands-on research experience focused on the biological basis of hum ... read more

• Psychology Research Experience Program
University of Wisconsin, Madison (Lead)
The Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP) provides intensive mentoring and experience in scientific research and professional development to u ... read more

• Research Internships in Hojooba' bee la' nooniil, Social Psychophysiology of Compassion
Northern Arizona University (Lead)
This summer REU experience is designed to offer qualified undergraduates the opportunity to work on all stages of psychological research, including ge ... read more

• REU at the National Weather Center
University of Oklahoma (Lead), NOAA
The National Weather Center (NWC) in Norman, Oklahoma invites motivated undergraduate students from any major who are interested in a career in scient ... read more

• REU Program in Animal Behavior
Indiana University, Bloomington (Lead)
Funded by the National Science Foundation, our program offers a unique opportunity for talented undergraduates to spend the summer doing state-of-the- ... read more

• REU Site: Integrative Biology of Social Behaviors
Michigan State University (Lead)
Integrative Biology of Social Behaviors is a summer training program for undergraduate students, funded by the National Science Foundation. Social int ... read more

• REU Site: Summer Program on Mind and Brain
Colorado State University
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is for an eight-week summer program at Colorado State University. The Site pertains to the sci ... read more

• REU: Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware (Lead)
Beginning in the summer of 2005, the Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware established a Research Experience for Undergraduates ... read more

• Santa Fe Institute Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Santa Fe Institute
21st century scientists increasingly rely on computational models and strategies. The social sciences in particular are benefitting from new modeling ... read more

• School of Public Health Summer Training and Research (STAR) program
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland School of Public Health Summer Training and Research (STAR) program is designed to provide traditionally under-represented ... read more

• Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, Emerging Interface Technologies (SPIRE-EIT)
Iowa State University (Lead)
The program is a ten-week undergraduate internship where students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams, receive core training, and gain han ... read more

• Summer Research Experience- NSF Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences
University of Miami
<p>The University of Miami, the Southeast's largest private research university, is located in sunny and lush Coral Gables, Florida. This summer ... read more

• Summer Research Institute at the Florida Mental Health Institute (SRI@FMHI)
University of South Florida (Lead)
The Summer Research Institute (SRI@FMHI) is designed for students interested in building research skills within the context of mental health to help t ... read more

• Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
University of California, Berkeley
The Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at the University of California, Berkeley, was established to promote access to graduate education amon ... read more

• Summer Research Opportunity Program for undergraduates
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) offers outstanding undergraduates underrepresented in their field of study the o ... read more

• The Brooklyn College Neuroscience REU Program
City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College (Lead)
The Brooklyn College Neuroscience REU Program provides students the opportunity to immerse in rich and innovative mentored research experiences in cli ... read more

• The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND)
University of Texas, El Paso (Lead)
The Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuro-Science of Drug Abuse (SMART MIND) Program allows students the opportunity to obtain a me ... read more

• The Survey Research Center Summer Internship Program
University of Michigan
The SRC Summer Internship Program is a 10 week, 20 - 40 hour per week paid position for students with an interest in social science research. Interns ... read more

• Training for Research and Academic Careers in Communication Sciences (TRACCS)
Indiana University, Bloomington
TRACCS is a 6-week intensive research program for minorities that is run by faculty in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Indiana Univer ... read more

• Undergraduate Pipeline Network: Summer Research Experience
University of New Mexico
The Undergraduate Pipeline Network summer research experience will work to cultivate students' interest in research while helping them attain skills n ... read more


Post-Baccalaureate

• Behavioral Research Immersion to Develop Graduate Excellence (BRIDGE) Certificate
University of South Florida (Lead)
The Behavioral Research Immersion to Develop Graduate Excellence (BRIDGE) certificate is designed to prepare post-baccalaureate students for admission ... read more

• Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This program encourages students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged bac ... read more

• National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Lead)
National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences include Summer Internship Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, Postbac ... read more

• Newark Montclair Urban Teacher Residency Program
Montclair State University
The Newark-Montclair Urban Teacher Residency Program (NMUTR) is an innovative apprenticeship-based program of study for individuals with a deep commit ... read more

• The Survey Research Center Summer Internship Program
University of Michigan
The SRC Summer Internship Program is a 10 week, 20 - 40 hour per week paid position for students with an interest in social science research. Interns ... read more


Graduate Students

• Atlantic Coast Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Alliance
Howard University, University of Florida, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Miami, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Goals of the AC-SBE Alliance are to increase the number of Underrepresented Minority (URM) students receiving Ph.D.’s in SBE disciplines and ... read more

• Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity IGERT
University of Maryland, College Park (Lead), Gallaudet University
The IGERT program's main goal is to strengthen the language science community at University of Maryland by offering students and faculty venues and re ... read more

• Biological and Cultural Evolution IGERT
Washington State University (Lead), University of Washington
The IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) is an innovative Ph.D. training program in "Model-based Approaches to Biological and Cultural E ... read more

• Brain, Mind, and Society IGERT
California Institute of Technology
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the development of a multidisciplinary graduate training program i ... read more

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience IGERT
Washington University School of Medicine
Recent years have seen a blurring of the traditional lines between brain-related research in psychology, biology and engineering. To train the next ge ... read more

• Complex Scene Perception IGERT
University of Pennsylvania
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award to the University of Pennsylvania supports the development of a new training p ... read more

• CUNY MAA (the CUNY-Michigan SBE AGEP Alliance)
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center (Lead), Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Wayne State University
The City University of New York (CUNY) is the Lead Institution in two AGEP alliances that partners with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Polyte ... read more

• Dynamics of behavioral shifts in human evolution: brains, bodies and ecology IGERT
George Washington University (Lead), Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
The Human Evolutionary Biology (HEB) graduate training consortium is a collaboration between The George Washington University, Howard University, The ... read more

• Dynamics of Communication in Context IGERT
University of Pennsylvania
The LCS program brings together students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and expertise who share an interest in understanding the computational a ... read more

• Electronic Security and Privacy: Technological, Human, Enterprise and Legal Considerations IGERT
University of Illinois, Chicago
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award aims to make scientific, technological and educational advances in Electron ... read more

• Emergent Functions of Neural Systems IGERT
Stanford University
One of the main goals of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation is to train future scientists to investigate the emergent functions of neural sys ... read more

• From Data to Solutions: A New PhD Program in Transformational Data and Information Sciences Research and Innovation
Columbia University (Lead), City University of New York (CUNY) System
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) provides Ph.D. students with the unique interdisciplinary training necessary to e ... read more

• Great Lakes Alliances for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (GLASS)
Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin, Madison
AGEP (Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate) is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation designed with a two-fold purpos ... read more

• IGERT: Smart Grids: Technology, Human Behavior and Policy
University of Vermont
This award supports the interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. scientists and engineers working in the development of modern, smart-grid power systems th ... read more

• Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This program encourages students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged bac ... read more

• INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An Interdisciplinary, Research and Education Program
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the development of a graduate training program in information securit ... read more

• Integrative Training in Health-Assistive Smart Environments IGERT
Washington State University
This project supports the development of a multi-disciplinary doctoral training program focused on designing and studying health-assistive smart envro ... read more

• Intramural and Extramural Loan Repayment Programs
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
You do the research. NIH will repay your student loans. That is the idea behind the National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). ... read more

• Language plasticity - Genes, Brain, Cognition and Computation
University of Connecticut
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award establishes a unique interdisciplinary training program that prepares Ph.D. ... read more

• Linking Individuals, Families and Environments in An Aging Society
Oregon State University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the development of an interdisciplinary, cellular to societal, gradua ... read more

• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
U.S. Department of Defense
As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Departme ... read more

• National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Lead)
National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences include Summer Internship Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, Postbac ... read more

• New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology IGERT
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center (Lead), American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, New York University, Wildlife Conservation Society
NYCEP is a graduate training consortium in physical anthropology that unites the resources of the American Museum of Natural History, the City Univers ... read more

• Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
This training grant will bring together scholars of ecology, civil engineering, and the earth sciences to study the interplay between landscape change ... read more

• Perceptual Science IGERT
Rutgers University
Interdisciplinary Perceptual Science combines computer modeling with experimental and theoretical studies of human perception. The training program is ... read more

• Politics, Economics, Psychology and Public Policy (PEPPP)
University of California, Berkeley
The UC Berkeley IGERT program in Politics, Economics, Psychology, and Public Policy (PEPPP) is an inter-disciplinary graduate fellowship program anima ... read more

• Technology Based Learning with Disability IGERT
Wright State University
Technology-based Learning with Disability... a doctoral program designed to provide a broad and comprehensive education, realistic work experiences, ... read more

• The Dynamics of Brain-Body-Environment Systems in Behavior and Cognition
Indiana University, Bloomington
The goal of our program is to train doctoral students to think across traditional levels of analysis in the cognitive, behavioral and brain sciences. ... read more

• The Survey Research Center Summer Internship Program
University of Michigan
The SRC Summer Internship Program is a 10 week, 20 - 40 hour per week paid position for students with an interest in social science research. Interns ... read more

• Unifying the Science of Language IGERT
Johns Hopkins University
What computational and biological structure in the human brain makes language possible, and where does this structure come from? What mental represent ... read more

• Usable Privacy and Security
Carnegie Mellon University
The CUPS doctoral training program will help prepare the next generation of usable privacy and security researchers through an interdisciplinary progr ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career

• Biology & Biomedical Sciences Postdoctoral Positions
Washington University School of Medicine (Lead)
Take your science to the next level - consider a postdoctoral position at Washington University in St. Louis! WU is recognized as one of the leading ... read more

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more

• Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity Grant, an NIH Training Grant
Indiana University, Bloomington
An NIH training grant that addresses reproductive diversity in humans and other animals with a particular focus on sex differences, parental effects, ... read more

• CUNY Globalization and Social Change PostDoc Position
City University of New York (CUNY) System
The Committee on Globalization and Social Change at the CUNY Graduate Center is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship search fo rthe academic ... read more

• Current Listing of Post Doc Openings
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Stony Brook and Stony Brook University anticipate postdoctoral positions to be available in v ... read more

• National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Lead)
National Institute of Health Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences include Summer Internship Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, Postbac ... read more

• NIH Postdoctoral Traineeships in Speech, Hearing, and Sensory Communication
Indiana University, Bloomington
POST-DOCS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY - Bloomington <p>NIH Postdoctoral Traineeships in Speech, Hearing, and Sensory Communication <p>In ... read more

• Post Doc in Clinical and Translational Developmental Neuroscience
University of Colorado, Denver
The Department of Psychiatry in conjunction with the Developmental Psychobiology Research Group at the University of Colorado Denver offers postdoctor ... read more

• Post Doctoral Position in Functional Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Washington University
Applications are invited for a post doctoral position within the Departments of Neurology and Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Researc ... read more

• Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows Program
Boston University (Lead)
The Boston University Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience is seeking two qualified candidates for its Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows (PFF) program, su ... read more

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Global HIV/AIDS
University of California, Los Angeles
The UCLA Program in Global Health maintains its Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Research to prepare physician, ... read more

• Post-Doctoral Position in Health Psychology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The fellow would have an opportunity to become an integral part of several federally funded community-based participatory research projects and cent ... read more

• Postdoctoral Positions Available: Research Associate, Arizona Research Laboratories- NIH Training Program: Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT)
University of Arizona (Lead)
PERT trainees may select from over 36 faculty research mentors at the University of Arizona, representing a broad range of disciplines in biomedicine, ... read more

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Applied Social Psychology
Wright State University
Seeking highly motivated recent PhD in behavioral sciences (social psychology preferred) to conduct research on a NSF-funded sponsored program, ADVAN ... read more

• Postdoctoral Training Program in Population Studies
Rand Corporation
The RAND Fellows program enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and sociological research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to commu ... read more

• SBS Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Ohio State University (Lead)
The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State Univers ... read more

• Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
National Academy of Education (Lead)
The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will rec ... read more

• Training Program in Integrative Developmental Process
Indiana University, Bloomington (Lead)
The Developmental Training Grant in Integrative Developmental Process is focused on understanding mechanisms of change in human development and provid ... read more

• Two Postdoctoral Research Positions Available in Psychology
University of South Carolina, Columbia
The Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina invites applications for two post-doctoral research positions that are available in ... read more

• Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health
Harvard University
he Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public ... read more


Faculty & Administrators

• Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
Purdue University (Lead), Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The CSoI Channels Program aims to broaden the Science of Information community by providing a pathway or "channel" towards a wide range of o ... read more


Research Centers

• Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Georgia State University (Lead), Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College

• Program in Cognitive and Computational Systems
Georgetown University (Lead), Howard University, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Eberhardt Karls Universitat Tubingen, Helsinki University of Technology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Technische Universität München
Georgetown University and Howard University, as a newly established consortium (Georgetown-Howard Universities Consortium, GHUC), propose a PIRE Progr ... read more

• Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)
University of California, Berkeley (Lead), Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Mills College, San Jose State University, Smith College, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University
The TRUST Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TRUST-REU) in Cyber Security and Trustworthy Systems, was established to promote access to graduate ... read more

• The Children of Immigrants in Schools
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany (Lead), Harvard University, New York University, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), University of California, Santa Cruz, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Amsterdam, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Goteborg, University of Oxford
"The Children of Immigrants in Schools" is a three-year research and fellowship program designed to improve our understanding of the role of ... read more



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