Summer research
Thinking about doing research over the summer? Explore a selection of summer research programs, awards and internship opportunities related to physics.
These opportunities span different areas of physics and may take place at universities, research institutes or other organizations in Canada or abroad.
Visit the websites below for the most up-to-date deadlines and application details.
- Volunteer or paid positions in our department and elsewhere at Concordia or in Montreal
How to apply: Browse webpages and contact professors.
- Next-Generation Scholar Program
Location: Montreal, Canada
How to apply: Contact professors by email
Deadline: early February
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC): Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
Location: Canada
How to apply: Contact professors by email or meet them if they are in Montreal.
Deadline: mid-February
- Supplements of the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (BPCA)
Deadline: late April
- Perimeter Institute: Summer program
Location: Waterloo, Canada
Deadline: early January
- Mitacs Globalink Research Award
Location: Various countries
Deadline: Any time
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech): Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
Location: California, United States
Deadline: late February
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Location: Germany
Deadline: mid-December
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Research internship program
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Deadline: December
- Society of Physics Students (SPS): Summer internship program
Location: United States
Deadline: mid-January
- University of Southern California: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Location: United States
Deadline: early March
- University of Tokyo: Research internship program
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: early January
- Weizmann Institute of Science: Kupcinet-Getz International Summer School
Location: Rehovot, Israel
Deadline: late December
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Location: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: late January
- Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx): Summer internship
Location: Mont-Mégantic (Canada), Hawaii (United States)
Deadline: mid-November
- European Space Agency (ESA): Student internships
Location: Europe
Deadline: mid-October
- Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME): Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP)
Location: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: early March
- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics: Summer Student Program
Location: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: late January
- TRIUMF Undergraduate Student Program
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Deadlines: January, May and September
- CERN Summer Student Programme
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: mid-January
- Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC): Undergraduate Research Award
Location: Waterloo, Canada
Deadline: early January