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• Wesleyan Affiliated External Internships

AMGEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM at UCLA (full time support for summer research at UCLA): https://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/programs-and-scholarships/amgen-scholars/

Invitation to apply for 2027 visit   Cancer Research Career Explorations Program: Applications open! Applications are now open for the University of Florida Health Cancer Institute's annual Cancer Research Career Explorations Program! Please share this flyer with your undergraduate students and encourage them to apply. This visit will allow students to learn about the wide range of Ph.D. options at the University of Florida and discover the groundbreaking cancer research at the National Cancer Institute-designated UF Health Cancer Institute. The program provides cancer research highlights by UF trainees, information on Ph.D. pathways, and a career panel. Attendees will be invited as special guests to the UF Health Cancer Institute's annual Research Showcase on Feb. 4, featuring more than 150 trainee research posters. Program Dates: Feb. 3-5, 2027 Program Location: University of Florida Health Cancer Institute Gainesville, FL Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2026 Learn more and apply Download flyer

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Green Corps Organizer Program - The Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

Learn more and apply on our website!

Protecting the environment is the most important challenge facing our world. To win now and build a strong foundation for lasting progress, we need people who know how to organize: to run organizations and campaigns that will inspire the support and action we need to save our environment. 

Green Corps Paid Training Program 

Our program starts with intensive classroom training. You learn about issues and campaigns, organizing theory and principles, and skills from recruiting volunteers to staging a media event. Then, you move to a more hands-on experience. You make a difference on important campaigns to transition our country to clean energy, protect wildlife, and more. For example, Natalie Woodland, an organizer from the Green Corps Class of 2023, brought together a coalition of more than 100 beekeepers and farmers that helped create a new policy to reduce pesticide use in Colorado. 

We’re accepting the top 20 candidates for our 2027-2028 program. Graduates will join our nearly 450 alumni who are leading environmental campaigns and organizations across the country. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing after graduation, apply today!

Undergraduates can also explore future career opportunities through our other training and internship opportunities. 

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Charlotte Houghton
choughton@greencorps.org

 

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Position Title

Summer Intern – Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery

Job Overview

We are seeking an undergraduate chemistry major to execute synthetic routes for target compounds/drug candidates; the successful candidate will further develop synthetic organic chemistry skills in the lab, develop analytical and instrument techniques, learn medicinal chemistry, and gain further understanding of the drug discovery process by participating in an industrial medicinal chemistry department.

Responsibilities

• Use reaction and reagent databases and synthesize small molecule targets for drug discovery programs.
• Apply suitable purification and characterization techniques to purify and characterize target compounds and intermediates.
• Develop/apply analytical techniques for structural characterization and interpretation (NMR and LCMS).
• Learn to register compounds in corporate database
• Maintain electronic laboratory notebooks according to SOP, provide detailed experimental procedures of laboratory work.
• Utilize internal databases and tools to understand SAR around project data
• Collaborate with other team members to design/synthesize target compounds which address project challenges.
• Continue to learn from literature, meetings and personnel to solve chemistry and medicinal chemistry challenges.
• Communicate and interact with other staff/team members in a professional and courteous manner.
• Operate in the lab in a safe and efficient manner according to HSE guidelines and adhere to all mandatory company compliance requirements.

 

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• En route to bachelor’s degree with organic chemistry and organic chemistry lab courses completed.
• Experience with execution of synthetic organic chemistry and purification techniques such as silica gel chromatography
• Experience in the use of various analytical instruments (e.g., NMR, LCMS) to interpret analytical data and fully characterize novel target compounds.

 

Questions? Email anastasia.saar@sanofi.com

Apply!

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Position Title

Summer Intern – Computational Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery

Job Overview

We are seeking an undergraduate student majoring in chemistry, biology, or a related field to support computational investigations of protein dynamics. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of molecular dynamics simulations, machine learning, and drug design. This position offers hands-on experience with a variety of computational techniques and the opportunity to gain further understanding of the role of computational chemistry in the drug discovery process.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to data visualization and interpretation of complex structural and dynamical information.
• Maintain organized computational workflows and documentation of methodologies and results.
• Generate and analyze protein structure predictions and conformational ensembles using computational tools.
• Apply machine learning and statistical methods to analyze simulation data.
• Support molecular dynamics simulations and conformational sampling to investigate protein structural dynamics.
• Continue to learn from literature, meetings, and personnel to solve chemistry and medicinal chemistry challenges.
• Communicate and interact with other staff/team members in a professional and courteous manner.

 

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• En route to bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, or related field.
• Experience running molecular dynamics simulations using GROMACS or similar software.
• Basic experience with programming for data analysis and visualization.

 

Questions? Email anastasia.saar@sanofi.com

Apply!

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

NSF funds a large number of research opportunities for undergraduate students through its REU Sites program. An REU Site consists of a group of ten or so undergraduates who work in the research programs of the host institution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/she works closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are granted stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel. Undergraduate students supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location. Read more about this program here.

 NSF REU · Summer 2027 · New Orleans, LA

Spend your summer doing real research at Xavier.

A paid, 10-week research experience where undergraduates work side by side with Xavier faculty on original projects, build lasting mentorships, and present their findings. READ MORE AND APPLY HERE.

Trail Guide Internship

The City of Middletown is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student to assist with the update of the Middletown Trail Guide, a comprehensive guide to trails and publicly accessible open space properties throughout the community. The current guide was last revised in 2016.

The project will include four primary components:

1. Collecting and organizing updated information about existing and new trails and open space properties, including information gathered through public outreach.
2. Reviewing existing Trail Guide information and helping determine what should be updated, corrected, removed, or added.
3. Assisting with trail and property mapping, including field verification, GPS data collection, and coordination with City staff on the preparation and refinement of maps.
4. Assisting City staff with organizing maps, text, photographs, survey results, and other materials needed to prepare the final Trail Guide, including coordination with any graphic design or other contractor used to complete the document.

This is a grant-funded internship supported by a $3,500 award to the City of Middletown from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association through the Diana Donald Scholarship-Internship Program. The work schedule and total hours will be established based on project needs and the availability of the selected intern. The project must be completed no later than May 2027, although earlier completion is encouraged. 

The intern will work with City staff and members of the Commission on Conservation and Agriculture and will have regular interaction with the public and community volunteers. 

Preferred qualifications include strong writing and organizational skills, the ability to work independently, and an interest in public outreach and community planning. Experience with ArcGIS, GPS data collection, mapping, graphic design, trails, environmental issues, or public engagement is helpful but not required. The successful candidate should be comfortable communicating with City staff, appointed commission members, volunteers, and members of the public and be willing to learn new technical and organizational skills as the project progresses. 

Please submit a cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications, along with a resume identifying relevant coursework, employment, volunteer work, or other experience, by November 13, 2026 to Marek Kozikowski, AICP, Director of Land Use @ Marek.Kozikowski@MiddletownCT.gov. Questions may be submitted by email. Responses to questions may be shared with all applicants, as appropriate.

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Dear Colleague:  
                                                                                                                                                                
I write to ask for your help in identifying qualified students in your institute who would be interested in applying to the PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The BPH program emphasizes interdisciplinary basic research spanning from molecular biology to human populations. BPH students develop individualized research projects focused on defining the molecular underpinnings of human health and disease by employing cutting-edge approaches in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, genomics, metabolic biology, physiology, immunology, biophysics, computational and systems biology, and bioengineering. A central goal of the research in this program, whether basic or translational, is the improved understanding, prevention, and treatment of the most common and impactful global health threats.
 
The program encompasses laboratories and faculty mentors in the Departments of Environmental Health, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Molecular Metabolism, and Nutrition. Major areas of investigation include: 

• The Metabolic Basis of Health and Disease
• Immunology and Infectious Diseases
• Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences

While the program roots cut across the entire range of biological sciences, the research also employs core quantitative disciplines (e.g., biostatistics and epidemiology), as well as approaches that bridge biology, chemistry, engineering, and computation. Students attracted to this program generally share this interdisciplinary interest and a desire to confront the most pressing health issues of our time.

All students admitted into this training program are provided full tuition, health insurance and stipend support. Our graduates hold distinguished positions in academia, industry, government, and other arenas of life science research, consulting, communications and policy. The application deadline for the 2027-28 Academic Year is December 1, 2026. 
 
Please note: The BPH program does not require or consider the GRE as part of its application process. In addition, applicants who are non-native English speakers and who received their undergraduate degree from an academic institution where English is not the primary language of instruction now have the option to submit scores for the International English Language Testing System - Academic test (IELTS) as proof of English proficiency.
 
More information can be found on our website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biological-sciences/ or through these upcoming recruitment events:

BPH Virtual Open House – November 3, 2026, 10:00-11:00 am EST: Register now to join the discussion

HILS Virtual Open House – Thursday, November 12, 3:00-4:00pm EST: Register here

BPH Attendance at National Conferences:

National Diversity in STEM  (SACNAS) Conference
October 29-October 30, 2026 – Long Beach, California

ABRCMS Conference
November 18-21, 2026 – Seattle, Washington

For additional information about the BPH Ph.D. and Summer Intern Program, please contact us at bph@hsph.harvard.edu. I would greatly appreciate it if you would encourage your best students to consider applying to our programs.

Dear Faculty Member,

Dear Colleagues,

If you have a program or opportunity to share, please send it to Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu). 

Wesleyn Affiliated Full Time Jobs

https://simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/simonsfoundationcareers

The Simons Foundation is a private foundation in New York City whose mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences. Founded in 1994 by Jim and Marilyn Simons, the foundation supports transformative science through grantmaking, in-house research and public engagement. The Simons Foundation provides grants in autism science and neuroscience; life sciences; mathematics and physical sciences; and science, society and culture. The foundation’s in-house research division, the Flatiron Institute, develops and deploys computational methods to advance basic scientific research. Visit the Simons Foundation career page to learn more

Salary and Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, the Simons Foundation provides employees with an outstanding benefits package.

Our Commitment to Expanding Pathways to Science & Opportunities for All:

Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences. The Simons Foundation is committed to advancing basic science and mathematics to benefit humankind and expand our collective understanding of our world. As part of our mission, we support partners, programs, and initiatives that seek to broaden the scientific community and open pathways to science and mathematics careers.

The Simons Foundation provides equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local law. 

If you have a conference or opportunity to share, please send it to Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu).

 Passionate about research? Want to share your work with students from across the country?

The Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association (HCURA) invites you to apply to the National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC), the largest student-run undergraduate research conference in the U.S.

  - Dates: January 22–24, 2027
  - Location: Northwest Labs, Harvard University
  - Application Link: https://ncrc2027.paperform.co/ 

At NCRC, you will have the opportunity to:

  - Present your research through oral presentations and poster sessions.
  - Learn from keynotes and panels featuring distinguished researchers and representatives from scientific journals.
  - Connect with undergraduate researchers from colleges and universities nationwide.

Whether you are deep into a project or just starting out, NCRC is a great opportunity to grow as a researcher and join a national community of peers who share your curiosity.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at publicity@hcura.org.

The New University in Exile Consortium Online Seminar Series for Fall 2026

The Consortium’s Co-Led Online Seminars are taught by two endangered scholars – one who is hosted by a Consortium member institution, and the other a colleague of their choice. The seminars connect exiled and stranded scholars to the academic community they have lost, give voice to their expertise which has been silenced by circumstances, reconnect students and professors, and offer free, online learning opportunities to learners around the world who might not otherwise have access. These seminars introduce our scholars to a very wide global audience and cover many subjects that are often of current geopolitical relevance. Since 2019, Consortium seminars have attracted over 15,000 registrants from 156 countries.