A number of exciting opportunities are available for both undergraduate and high school psychology students to get hands-on learning and valuable research experiences in the science of psychology over their summer breaks. The deadlines for many of these programs are fast approaching.
Undergraduate students
- Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Summer Research Programopens in new window
- McGill University: Summer Research Fellowshipsopens in new window
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Science Education Programsopens in new window
- Pace University: Undergraduate Psychology Summer Internship Programopens in new window
- UCLA: Summer Programs for Undergraduate Researchopens in new window
- University of Miami: Summer Researchopens in new window
- University of North Carolina: Karen M. Gil Internship Program in Psychologyopens in new window
- University of Virginia: Summer Undergraduate Research Programopens in new window
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Psychology Research Experience Programopens in new window
High school students
- Brown University: Summer@Brownopens in new window
- Cornell University: Summer Collegeopens in new window
- Eastern Kentucky University: Camp Inner Spaceopens in new window
- Emory University: Pre-College Programopens in new window
- Gettysburg College: Camp Psychopens in new window
- Harvard Summer School: Secondary School Programopens in new window
- Ithaca College: Summer College for High School Studentsopens in new window
- Johns Hopkins University: Summer Programs at Johns Hopkinsopens in new window
- Messiah College: Psychology Campopens in new window
- Stanford University: High School Summer Collegeopens in new window
- University of Maryland: Terp Young Scholarsopens in new window
- University of Southern California: Summer Programs for High School Studentsopens in new window
- Wake Forest University: Summer Immersion Programopens in new window
About the author
Prairie Fiebel is currently serving as an intern in APA’s Office on Precollege and Undergraduate Education. She is currently a freshman at American University in Washington, D.C. pursuing a BS in neuroscience.

