Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
Source: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/research-opportunities-undergraduates Parent: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program
Research @ the CfA
- CFA Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (pdf) - 2025-2026 list of research projects (updated August 2025)
- Faculty Research Areas
Astronomy Related (most deadlines are between January and March)
- American Astronomical Society List of Internships, Summer Jobs, Fellowships, and more
- NASA SubLIME Lab Summer Internship
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Simons - National Society of Black Physicists Scholars Program
- LASP UC Boulder - Solar and Space Physics
- CALTECH Wave REU Program
- AstroTech Summer School
- Chalmers Astrophysics and Space Science Science Summer (CASSUM) UofVa Includes in person visit to Sweden!
- NSF-REU Internship in Astronomy @ Maria Mitchell Observatory
- American Museum of Natural History, NY
- Space Astronomy Summer Program (SASP)at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
- UT Austin Astronomy NSF REU Program
Harvard Programs
- Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
- Radcliffe Research Partnership Opportunities
- Harvard-wide research and work study job information
- Summer Residential Research Programs (PCER, PRISE, and SPUDS programs)
- Origins of Life Undergraduate Program Summer 2022 Description (pdf) Deadline March 11, 2022
- Yun Family Research Fellows Fund for Revolutionary Thinking *NEW*
Programs for External Undergraduates
SAO REU Summer Intern Program @ the CFA
Undergraduate Links
- Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
- STAHR, Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe
- Harvard College Handbook, FAS summary of important deadlines in the undergraduate year
- Astrobites, Astrobites is a daily literature journal summarizing new astrophysical research posted to astroph. Astrobites is written by graduate students for undergraduates.
- Math Department Course Offerings
- Academic Resource Center, the ARC supports Harvard’s students in developing reading strategies, time management skills, and metacognitive approaches to learning
- Harvard Science Education Office
- AstroSoc - undergraduate concentrators club (email list: https://groups.google.com/g/harvard-astrosoc/about)
- Astro email list - includes emails about the concentration, research opportunities, department events and activities
- Harvard Observing Project (HOP)