Undergraduate Student Opportunities
This resource lists opportunities for undergraduate students of which we have been made aware. We do not necessarily endorse them.
Contests, Competitions and Fellowships
- Student Astronaut Contest - Xploration Station
- Application deadline - July 29, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.xplorationstation.com/%23StudentAstronaut-Contest
- Horizons Fellowship - Horizons School of Technology
- An immersive software engineering bootcamp for college students and recent graduates. Learn how to code, build modern web & mobile software, and land top jobs & internships.
- For more information, please refer to https://www.joinhorizons.com/fellowship
Current Job Opportunities
- Students of Strength Tutors
- Looking for tutors for middle and high school students
- For more information, please refer to https://studentsofstrength.com/interested-in-becoming-a-tutor/
- NSA Summer Internships 2019 - National Security Agency
- Application deadline - October 15, 2018
- More information available here.
- Research Specialist - Center for the Economics of Human Development, The University of Chicago
- Full time position
- Bachelor's degree required
- For more information, please refer to https://uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Hyde-Park-Campus/Research-Specialist_JR01573
- Second position available here: https://uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Hyde-Park-Campus/Research-Professional_JR01930
- Research Specialist - Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago
- Full time position
- Start date - August 1, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Hyde-Park-Campus/Research-Professional_JR01715
- Volunteer Opportunity - Elementary School Math Days
- Pasadena Educational Foundation is looking for mentors for elementary-aged students on Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 pm.
- Please contact Allison Pultz (apultz@pasedfoundation.org) if you are interested.
- John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Assistant Program Manager - Mount Washington Campus, Baltimore, Maryland
- Full-time position
- For more information, please refer to https://jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-CTY-Assistant-Program-Manager-MD-21209/459942000/?locale=en_US
- Research Coordinator - Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Full-time, 1 year position
- For more information, please refer to https://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/postings/34739
- John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Summer Program at Multiple Sites
- Looking for instructors, teaching assistants and administrators
- Rolling application deadlines
- For more information, please refer to https://cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/index.html
- Summer Immersive - Horizon School of Technology
- 12 week immersive course teaching technology and software
- For more information, please refer to https://www.joinhorizons.com/
- Math Internship - Bakpax
- For more information, please refer to https://www.bakpax.com/jobs/math-internship/
- D.E. Shaw and Co. - Global Investment and Technology Development Firm
- Accepting applications for full-time and summer intern positions
- For more information, please refer to https://www.deshaw.com/Careers.shtml
- Grading and Online Classroom Assistants - The Art of Problem Solving
- To apply, please refer to aops.com/applications
- Program to help students find interships in the US and internationally in a wide-range of fields
- For more information, please refer to https://www.city-internships.com/
Upcoming Conferences
Funding to attend conferences is available from Caltech through the George W. Housner Student Discovery Fund. Information about applying to this fund is available here.
- Nexus and Latitude Fellowships - D.E. Shaw, New York City
- 3-day educational program
- Application deadline - July 1, 2018
- Program takes place in August 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://www.deshawnexusfellowship.com/ and https://www.deshawlatitudefellowship.com/
- Conference - August 1 - 4, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest
- Undergraduate Session information, please refer to https://www.maa.org/node/1320215/
- Young Mathematicians Conference - The Ohio State University
- Conference - August 10 - 12, 2018
- Application deadline - July 11, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://ymc.osu.edu/
- Heidelberg Laureate Forum - Heidelberg, Germany
- Applications Deadline - February 9th, 2018
- Conference - September 23 - 28, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/
- Maria Mitchell 2018 Women in Science Symposium - Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Conference - October 6 - 8, 2018
- Early bird registration deadline - August 1, 2018
- Scholarships Available
- For more information, please refer to https://www.mmwiss.org/
Graduate Schools
- Discover UChicago - Chicago, Illinois
- All expense paid visit weekend for students tradionally underrepresented in their fields
- Application Deadline - August 15, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://grad.uchicago.edu/admissions/discover/
- Modern Math Workshop - San Antonio, Texas
- Workshop - October 10 - 11, 2018
- Application deadline - June 30, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://www.samsi.info/programs-and-activities/2017-2018-education-and-outreach-programs-and-workshops/modern-math-workshop-2018-october-10-11-2018/
Archived Opportunities
Association of Women in Mathematics Essay Contest
For more information, please refer to https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/programs/essay-contest
- Berkeley Undergradute Number Theory Conference
- Conference - April 14 - 15
- Registration deadline for financial support - March 23
- Registration deadline - April 1
- For more information, please refer to https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/ugconf2018/
- Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Reserach Program - UCLA
- Application deadline - February 1, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://qcb.ucla.edu/big-summer/
- Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics - Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California
- Conference - January 12-14, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.aps.org/programs/women/workshops/cuwip.cfm
- Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory and Research Conference - University of Connecticut
- Summer School - May 28 - June 1
- Summer Schole Registration Deadline - March 25
- Research Conference - June 1 - 3
- Research Conference Funding Application Deadline - March 25
- Research Conference Registration Deadline - April 30
- For more information, please refer to https://ctnt-summer.math.uconn.edu/
- Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program (FUSRP) - Ontario, Canada
- For more information, please refer to http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/18-19/2018-fusrp
- Full Time Economics Research Assistant - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Future of Physics Days at the American Physical Society March Meeting - Los Angeles, California
- For more information, please refer to:
- Graduate Studies in Mathematics - The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- PhD and Master's of Mathematical Science
- Application deadline - December 17, 2017
- For more information, please refer to https://math.osu.edu/grad/future
- Graduate Studies in Mathematics - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- For more information, please refer to http://math.unc.edu/graduate/information-for-applicants/
- Graduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering - University of Texas at Austin
- For more information, please refer to http://www.me.utexas.edu/graduate-admissions/graduate-program/graduate-admissions-faq
- GROWTH SURF - International SURF in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Caltech Program
- Summer opportunity at observatories at internation network of observatories
- For more information, please refer to http://growth.caltech.edu/undergrad-internships-overview.html
- Injury Science Research Experience (REU) - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- For more information, please refer to https://injury.research.chop.edu/training-opportunities/reu#.WiciO0qnHIW
- Investment Science Associate - Wellington Management Company
- More information is available here.
- Joint Mathematics Meeting (AMS and MAA) - San Diego, California
- Includes poster sessions, talks and a graduate student fair aimed at undergraduate students.
- Conference - January 10-13, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2018/2197_intro
- Leadership Development Program - Artistocrat Technologies
- Analysis and development of gaming systems
- Program for recent graduates
- Low-dimensional topology and Symplectic Geometry Three-Week Program - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
- Program - June 11 to 29
- For more information, please refer to https://www.math.princeton.edu/news/three-week-program-undergraduate-and-graduate-students
- Marine Physical Laboratory Summer Internship Program - Lo Jolla, California
- For more information, please refer to https://scripps.ucsd.edu/mpl/mpl-summer-internship-program
- Masters in Mathematical Science - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- New program for 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/msc-mathematical-sciences-omms
- Masters of Science in the Physical Science Division - University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- For more information, please refer to https://mspsd.uchicago.edu/page/prospective-students
Mathematical Competitive Game 2017-2018 - Distribution of Goods
- Entries accepted for teams and individuals
- Submission deadline - April 30, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.scmsa.eu/archives/SCM_FFJM_Competitive_Game_2017_2018.pdf
- MSc in Biostatistics - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- New non-thesis based, 18-month program
- For more information, please refer to http://www.biostat.washington.edu/program/degrees/ms/capstone
- MSc, PhD in Mathematical, Computational & Systems Biology - University of California, Irvine
- New interdisciplinary option
- For more information, please refer to http://mcsb.uci.edu/admissions/overview-application
- MSc in Physics at Cal State University, Northridge - Northridge, California
- For more information, please refer to https://www.csun.edu/science-mathematics/physics-astronomy/graduate-programs
- Multifunctional Materials REU - Texas A&M College Station, Texas
- For more information, please refer to http://engineering.tamu.edu/materials/reu/about
- New York Yankees - New York
- 2 positions available - 1 year position as a quantitative analysis associate, 1 as a summer intern in quantitative analysis
- Open Source Macroeconomic Laboratory - University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- 7-week computation macroeconomics summer boot camp
- For more information, please refer to https://bfi.uchicago.edu/osm18
- PhD in Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics - Columbia University, New York City
- For more information, please refer to http://physics.columbia.edu/applying
- PhD in Bioinformatics - UCLA
- For more information, please refer to http://bioinformatics.ucla.edu/introduction-to-the-program/
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering - Arizona State University
- More information available here.
- PhD in Biostatistics - University of California, San Diego
- For more information, please refer to https://healthsciences.ucsd.edu/som/fmph/divisions/biostat/education/phd-program/Pages/default.aspx
- PhD in Demography - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- For more information, please refer to http://demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-students
- PhD in Industrial Engineering - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- For more information, please refer to https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/prospective/gradrequirements/westlafayette/ie.html
- PhD in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology - University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
- For more information, please refer to https://iqbiology.colorado.edu/
- PhD in Management Science and Operations - London Business School, UK
- For more information, please refer to https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/subject-areas/management-science-and-operations/phd-programme#.WfeFtltSxaR
- PhD in Mathematics at the Cambridge Center for Analysis - University of Cambridge
- For more information, please refer to http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/mapmpdmal
- PhD in Mathematics - Duke, Durham, North Carolina
- For more information, please refer to http://math.duke.edu/graduate/prospective-students
- PhD in Mathematics - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- For more information, please refer to http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/doctor-philosophy-dphil
- PhD in Ocean Science and Engineering - Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
- New interdisciplinary graduate program
- For more information, please refer to http://ocean.gatech.edu/home
- PhD in Operations Management - NYU Stern
- PhD in Physics and Astonomy - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- For more information, please refer to http://www.physics.purdue.edu/academic-programs/future_students/admissions.html
- PhD in Quantitative Biosciences - Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
- For more information, please refer to http://qbios.gatech.edu/prospective-student/overview
- The Physics of Life Summer School - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
- Program - June 11 to 22, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://biophysics.princeton.edu/summer_school
- Research Assistant in Economics - The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
- For more information, please refer to http://www.nber.org/jobs/Micro_RA_NBER2017.pdf
- Research Assistant in Economics - Booth School of Business, Univeristy of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Full-time, 1 year position starting July 1, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.nber.org/jobs/Yannelis_NBER.pdf
- A second position is available with a deadline of March 1, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.nber.org/jobs/WeberNBERposting.pdf
- A third position is available, with a deadline of March 5, 2018
- For more information, please refer to http://www.nber.org/jobs/NZZNBERposting.pdf
- A fourth position is available, with a deadline of April 16, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Hyde-Park-Campus/Resarch-Professional_JR00937
- Research Exerience for Undergraduates - Michigan State University
- Physics and Astonomy
- For more information, please refer to https://www.pa.msu.edu/academics/reu-program/
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates - University of Montana, Bozeman, Montana
- Observing our world with sight and sound - Electrical and Computer Engineering
- For more information, please refer to http://ece.montana.edu/research/ece_reu/index.htm
- Research Experience for Undergraduates - University of Montana, Bozeman, Montana
- Solar Physics - Astronomy and Space Physics
- For more information, please refer to http://solar.physics.montana.edu/reu/
- Southern California Datathon - Caltech
- Saturday November 4, 2017 - 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) - Undergraduate Workshop - Durham, North Carolina
- Primarily focussed on Monte Carlo Methods
- For more information, please refer to https://www.samsi.info/programs-and-activities/2017-2018-education-and-outreach-programs-and-workshops/2017-18-eo-undergraduate-workshop-february-26-27-2018/
- Student Competition Using Differential Equations Modeling
- Registration closes April 1, 2018
- Competition date - April 13 - 21, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://www.simiode.org/scudem/2018
- Summer Internship at Fermilab - Batavia, Illinois
- For more information, please refer to http://ed.fnal.gov/interns/programs/index.shtml and http://diversity.fnal.gov/sist/
- Summer Intern in Investment Science - Wellington Management company - Boston
- Summer School in Logic and Formal Epistemology - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Program - June 11 to 29
- For more information, please refer to https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/philosophy/undergraduate/summer-school/
- Women in Mean Curvature Flow - Stanford University
- July 5, 2018
- For more information, please refer to https://sites.google.com/site/professorsormani/home/conferences/women-in-mean-curvature-flow-2018