There are a wealth of research opportunities for Yale students both at Yale and elsewhere. Here's some ideas for summer work of all kinds in mathematics: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Research Experiences for Undergraduates are summer programs funded by the NSF in a variety of sciences, including pure mathematics. They vary a great deal as to style, duration, topic, and location. There are REUs for people of all backgrounds and ability levels--browse the NSF website and you're sure to find one that's a good fit. Note that some of them (Williams in particular) will provide funding for non-citizens as well. NSF REU list: Math Selected Programs Duluth: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Discrete Math Williams (SMALL): Diverse topics http://math.williams.edu/small/ Cornell: Analysis on Fractals and other topics (vary year to year) http://www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/REU/REU.htm Wisconson-Madison: Modular Forms and Number Theory ETSU: Probability and Discrete Math Rutgers DIMACS: Discrete Math http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/REU/ Fairfield REU: Geometry and Combinatorics http://faculty.fairfield.edu/srafalski/reu/index.html The Fields Institute runs a program in Canada similar to REUs on varying topics http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/summer-research12/ Lewis Prize A Yale prize providing money for many undergraduates to pursue some kind of summer math activity (usually under supervision of some faculty member here). Applications are easy (a one page proposal), but come very late in the year (ie May). Analysis Cornell offers a program teaching analysis which includes a small research component as well. http://www.math.cornell.edu/~smi/ Finance Hedge funds like to hire the brightest young minds, but can be hard to find. DE Shaw (http://www.deshaw.com/) is known for liking math people (especially Putnam competitors), and Goldman Sachs hires quants (try the recruiting database thru UCS). Some statistics/programming skills are probably be useful. Physics Caltech's SURF program hires tons and tons of undergrads to do all kinds of research projects, some which are pretty math-y (http://www.surf.caltech.edu/). You can also look at REUs in physics (just google). Math Summer Camp Counselor Be the awesome mentor that you looked up to as a wee high school mathlete. Teaching at a summer camps is a rewarding and relaxing way to give back. Though some programs require that their counselors be alums of the specific, e.g., Hampshire (http://www.hcssim.org/) and Canada/USA Mathcamp (http://www.mathcamp.org/), many would welcome a smart Yalie even if you never left your house during your high school summers. Some of the ones in the latter category would be CTY (http://cty.jhu.edu/) and PROMYS (http://www.promys.org/). The AMS list of summer programs for high school students can be found here: http://www.ams.org/programs/students/high-school/emp-mathcamps. Cryptography and Communications The NSA (http://www.nsa.gov/careers/students_1.cfm) and the Centre for Communications Research (http://www.plambeck.org/oldhtml/cv/ccrp.htm) run summer programs in communications and cryptography. Deadlines are early (October) since these jobs require background checks. Summer Research at Yale Email the DUS, Andrew Casson, for more information on Yale's summer opportunities |