Office of Undergraduate Research and Studies

01/06/2020

Research at UMass!

“In the U.S, about 60% of the available waters for developing wind energy are deep water sites, so it would require floating turbines.” – Matthew Lackner

01/06/2020

Baystate Hospital Summer Academy.
FOR RISING FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, AND JUNIORS.
Must be a resident of Hamden or Hampshire counties.
Deadline: February 27. 2020

https://www.baystatehealth.org/education-research/education/baystate-undergraduate-programs/baystate-summer-academy

01/06/2020

Mass General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine. We are pleased to announce the 2020 Summer Academy Program for undergraduate students studying biology, biomedical engineering, all pre-med and related fields. The program is open to medical students as well. This is an internship program for highly talented students to experience cutting edge research.
Deadline: February 7, 2020

https://www.massgeneral.org/surgery/cem/education-and-training/summer-internships

01/03/2020

UMass Amherst faculty research BRAIN Initiative.

“The goal of the BRAIN Initiative is to really understand the parts of the brain at the cellular level,” says Paul Katz, professor and director of neuroscience. To that end, Katz and his team of colleagues at research centers from Harvard to San Diego are working to create a wiring diagram of an...

01/03/2020

UMass Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences
Core Summer Internship Program
Application opens January 1 and closes Feb 1, 2020

Providing STEM Students Hands-On Training in a Real World Lab SettingThe Core Summer Internship (CSI) Program aims to provide hands-on experiential research & technical training to UMass undergraduate students from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).The key objectives of the CS...

01/18/2019

Undergraduate Research Assistant Position – Professor Lundquist

Sociology Professor Jennifer Lundquist seeks an hourly undergraduate Research Assistant to assist in reference formatting and bibliographic source research for a scholarly project. The applicant will reformat and organize existing references and track down citations from links to online and archival data sources. They should have excellent organizational skills and be detail oriented. The work will be most rewarding to those with interests in social science research.

The position start date is as soon as possible during Spring semester 2019.

Hours will be between 5-10 hours a week and can vary per week.
The pay is $13 an hour.

The applicant should have some familiarity with:
• Google Scholar
• Google docs and Microsoft Word footnotes and endnotes
• UMass Library online article databases
• Citations in Chicago Manual style

Please email a letter of interest, 2-3 names of references and a resume by January 31, 2019 to [email protected]

01/14/2019

Columbia Business School Summer Research Internship
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Final deadline March 1, 2019

Now accepting applications for Summer 2019 This highly-selective program provides the interns with the opportunity to work on a research project with CBS’ leading faculty and researchers in finance, economics, marketing, management, decision sciences, operations, accounting, and data analytics.

12/20/2018

Open for spring applications!

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Program helps prepare the next generation of clean energy workers by providing paid internships for students and recent graduates at Massachusetts clean energy and water innovation companies. The program's Spring Session is currently open for enrollment, and will officially begin on January 1, 2019.

Since its inception in 2011, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Program has placed thousands of students and recent graduates at clean energy companies across the Commonwealth, with hundreds of those interns going on to receive full-time job opportunities at their host companies.

The program helps provide Massachusetts clean energy businesses with a talented pool of young professionals, with MassCEC providing stipends for interns during fall, spring and summer sessions.
https://www.masscec.com/clean-energy-internship-program

12/03/2018

We are here to help you search for spring or summer research. To set up a meeting go to the OURS website. If you have a question about finding a meeting time that works for you, please call the Learning Resource Center at 413 545-5334.

The Office of Undergraduate Research & Studies (OURS) is a branch of the Learning Resource Center and is a resource for all undergraduates in all majors and at all stages of experience. OURS helps students find research and scholarly opportunities on and off campus, throughout the year. Students are...

07/31/2018

Pratt & Whitney 2019 Summer Internship - Global Supply Chain
Applications open now. Majors: Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
Location: East Hartford, Connecticut

Learn more about applying for 2019 Summer Internship - Global Supply Chain at Pratt and Whitney

07/16/2018

Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship: Fall 2018 applications open July 15
2018 Fall Session: September 1, 2018 – December 15, 2018

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Program helps prepare the next generation of clean energy workers by funding internships for students and recent graduates at Massachusetts clean energy and water innovation companies.

03/08/2018

Summer 2018 Technician Positions in Aquatic & Fisheries Ecology. Deadline March 19. See link below for complete information.
We are looking for multiple student technicians for aquatic and fisheries ecology research projects in the Roy and Jordaan labs (described below). Preference will be given to rising sophomores and rising juniors from UMass Amherst.

To apply, email cover letter (with name, email address, and phone number for two references, including at least one academic reference), resume (with your local contact information, pertinent experiences, relevant coursework, etc.), and unofficial transcript to Allison Roy [email protected].

If you are interested in more than one project, please indicate your preferred order of consideration in your cover letter. Also indicate if you have work study or have any restrictions on summer availability. Review of applications will begin on 19 March 2018, and interviews will take place the week of March 26th.