•  US Dept of Energy(DOE) Community College Paid Internships:

This one is great. BCC has had multiple interns at LBNL. It is a federal program, but one of the primary research facilities is at LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) here in Berkeley with various facilities around the bay.

There are multiple cohorts throughout the year (summer, fall, spring). It is a full time position paying ~$9K for the semester, essentially a full-time job. Contact Randy to help you through the application process.- US Dept of Energy(DOE) Community College Paid Internships: https://science.osti.gov/wdts/cci/ 

• UC Berkeley SURE  - started in 2022, not sure if will continue (let me know if this is gone)

Location: UC Berkeley & Field Work (potentially)

About: Summer Research Experience. Targeted to upper level undergraduate students with emphasis on underserved communities.

• UC Berkeley Transfer-toExcellence  - Engineering but includes the Sciences

https://engineering.berkeley.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/junior-transfers/transfer-to-excellence/

Location: UC Berkeley 

About: 9-week Summer Research Experience. 

FOR Community College Students. 

PAID - $3,600 + Room and Board + $300 travel (Summer 2023)

• First Carbon Solutions  - Environmental Consulting Company

Location: Walnut creek

About: sounds Biology, but there is A LOT more to it. For example, they do cultural (anthropology), geographical (topographical mapping), geological, and many more assessments, along with the ecological and microbiological impacts you might traditionally associate with environmental biology.

• Federal Internship Finder:

Unfortunately hard to navigate but many internship opportunities
for example CA Bureau of Land Management

There are also jobs in the Dept of Interior

• HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) - Federal Internship program:

- OPEN TO EVERYONE - you don't need to be Hispanic
- The often have USDA (food and agriculture at the USDA site in Albany, CA)

• Genetech Community College Internship Program 

Location: Mostly SouthBay

About: MOSTLY biotech related, but there are other opportunities too
Unfortunately, Genetech seems to mostly do their Community college internships on yearly google docs (it's newish), so I don't have a permanent link yet. The link above is for all internships.

Science Education - YOU teach the sciences

• California College Corps - Examples below. They don't always require you to be a student at that institution, so you can try emailing the contact about oppporunities for BCC Students.

- Learning Lab at UC Merced  - has both semester long internships and a 2-week program over the summer (we've had BCC participants here).

- UC Berkeley College Corps

- CSU East Bay

Oakland Zoo Animal Care Internships (NOT PAID) 

• Animal Care Internship: managing care & health of zoo animals alongside zoo keeper

• Zoological Commissary Internship: work alongside Commissary Keeper to develop skills in making diets for animals 

• Welfare Research Internship: Hands-on experience in active research program observing animal behavior, data analysis, & more

• $50 Fee to join

• Sessions: Fall (Sep-Dec) 

  Winter (Jan-Apr)

  Summer (May-Sep)

MSRI Undergraduate Program 2023 - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/education/for-undergraduates/msri-up 

• About: Participate in math research program, attend workshops, learn techniques 

• Stipend of $3,600, lodging, meals, and roundtrip to Berkeley, CA   

• Location: Berkeley, CA East Bay Regional Park District Internships (Check regularly for updates): https://www.ebparks.org/jobs/internships 

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Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program - https://orise.orau.gov/mlef/applicants/default.html 

•  About: Complete a research project about environmental impacts of energy resource recovery while working towards net-zero emissions 

• Location: either Berkeley or Livermore (closest) 

• Pay: depends, based on academic level  

Disney Internship Jobs - https://jobs.disneycareers.com/search-jobs?acm=ALL&alrpm=ALL&ascf=[%7B%22key%22:%22is_manager%22,%22value%22:%22Disney+Internships%22%7D] 

Out-Of-State

• NASA - Primarily Engineering, CompSci and Data Sciences, but all fields

- Direct link to a list of NASA undergrad internships

• STEM SEAS - Biology / Astrobiology

6-10 day experiences aboard ships

• FBI - Honors Internship Program - Summer Program

- Many disciplines - ex: Biology for Crime Scene invstigation

- HIGHLY competitive

- More opportunities at FBI Jobs

Brookhaven National Laboratory-Science Communication Internship https://www.bnl.gov/education/programs/program.php?q=118 

• Location: If on-site, New York (Housing provided)

• About: learn to write science news, contribute to projects 

• Pay: FULL TIME- $650/week for undergraduates; $750/week for graduate students

  PART TIME- stipend will be reduced 

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Internships: https://orise.orau.gov/internships-fellowships/undergraduates.html 

2023 DOE Scholars- Internship- Nuclear Energy  https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-Scholars-2023-NE?contractdesignation=1 

• Location: Washington, D.C. (Travel one-way up to $1000 for students who live more than 50 miles away)

• About: Apply critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and be involved in Nuclear Energy research 

• Pay: $700/week undergraduates (may be full time or part time)

2023 DOE Scholars- Internship- Environmental Management https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-Scholars-2023-EM?contractdesignation=1 

• Location: Washington, D.C. OR other (Travel one-way up to $1000 for students who live more than 50 miles away)

• About: Involved in projects focused on engineering, science, research, technology, & more

• Pay: $700/week undergraduates (may be full time or part time)

The Clorox Company Summer Intern Program- 

• About: 10 week internship to develop new skills 

Find your own:

• REUFINDER.com - 

• Pathways to science.org

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SETI Institute - https://www.seti.org/research-experience-undergraduates

• STEM SEAS - Biology / Astrobiology

6-10 day experiences aboard ships

In-State

• California Academy of Sciences -  Summer Systematics Institute (SSI)
  Paid $6,500/ 10 weeks + Housing (as of 2025)
  Location: SF
  Topic: Systematics (= Evolution / Diversity)
  Application Due Date: Jan
  
  

• USC Wrigley Institute - Oceanography - https://dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu/education/undergraduate-internships/reu/

• UC Riverside Center for Plant Cell Biology - https://cepceb.ucr.edu/research-training/reu

• UC Berkeley Integrative Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) 

  • • The Integrative Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is intended to support scholars who demonstrate passion to engage in original, hands-on research and explore graduate school opportunities with IB faculty. The IB SURE is built around three pillars: (1) a sense of community among scholars; (2) engagement with original research; and (3) mentorship 

    • Application deadline for Summer 2024: April 1st, 2024

    • https://ib.berkeley.edu/SURE 

• UCSF Summer Research Training Program  https://graduate.ucsf.edu/srtp

Location: UCSF & Bay Areas

About: PAID with additional housing and transportation, Research Internships in biomedical fields.

• - PUMAS - (Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences) 

Gladstone Institutes   PUMAS Summer Internship Program | Gladstone Institutes

Location: San Francisco

About: 8-week summer program funded by NIH (National Institute of Health). The NIH is the premier funding source for the majority of research in the U.S.

Hands-On lab experience

For: underrepresented community college student planning on transferring to STEM major programs at 4yr

Application: ~beginning of March

• SETI Institute - https://www.seti.org/research-experience-undergraduates

• SCRIPPS (UC San Diego) - Ocean & Atmospheric - https://scripps.ucsd.edu/undergrad/surf

• SENS Research Foundation (SRF) - Summer Scholars Program 

Location: Multiple - Mountain View, CA & Nationwide

Area: Biomedical

Duration: 10-12 wks paid (housing may not included)

• • San Francisco State University BREED Program - hosted by the SFSU Estuary & Ocean Science Center
    Paid summer research opportunity in Ecology and Evolutionary Development
    (last updated 5/2/2024)

  • Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

Location: Local only (ie - UC Davis)

Duration: 30 week part time 10hrs/week - $25/hr (as of Summer 2025)

• MANO Project 

Location:multiple / Nationwide

About: Lots of stipended (paid) Forestry / Wildlife / Park services internships http://manoproject.org/internships . 

 Hispanic Access Internship and fellowship programs.

• Stanford Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine (LCGM) - Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing summer internship program  https://med.stanford.edu/lcgm  

Location: LCGM facility, Stanford

About: 10-week Summer Internship Program. Process Development & Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control. This is mostly about wood practices and documentation on the manufacturing side rather than on the research side.

Targeted to undergraduate or masters STEM students.

• Buck Institute of Aging

• HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) - Federal Internship program:

- OPEN TO EVERYONE - you don't need to be Hispanic
- The often have USDA (food and agriculture at the USDA site in Albany, CA)

• Genetech Community College Internship Program 

Location: Mostly SouthBay

About: Unfortunately, Genetech seems to mostly do their Community college internships on yearly google docs (it's newish), so I don't have a permanent link yet. The link above is for all internships.

• • J. Craig Venter Institute Summer Internship Program - https://www.jcvi.org/careers#internships 

Location: San Diego, CA 

About: Participate in research projects, develop skills in technology equipment 

Pay Range: $16.50-$18.00 (depending on grade)

• NEHA (National Environmental Public Health)  - 

• East Bay Regional Park District Internships (Check regularly for updates): https://www.ebparks.org/jobs/internships 

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has a lot of different ones. Each of the following are different branches of the NIH:

• Various Opportunities

• Community College Summer Enrichment Program (CCSEP) at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

• NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) - Clinical research & Mentorship

Locations: Bethesda, Maryland & Framingham, Massachusettes

About: 6-8 weeks

high school, college, medical and graduate levels (18 yrs or older)

• College Summer Opportunities to Advance Research (C-SOAR) at National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)

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Out-Of-State

• NIH Summer Enrichment Program  https://www.training.nih.gov/ccsep_home_page 

The N.I.H. is the premier funding source for the majority of biomedical research in the U.S. If you go to work in a biology lab, it is probably being funded by the N.I.H.

Location: Maryland (Bethesda), Washington DC, & North Carolina (Research Triangle Park), other?

About: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary US agency for biomedical & health research.

Paid Internship - the above links to community college specific internship program, but there are others.

• NIH National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute (NHLBI)

- Eligibility: 17 years or older - current high school, college, graduate etc.

- minimum GPA 3.0/4.0

• CDC Internships (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Undergraduate Opportunities

• STEM SEAS - Biology / Astrobiology

6-10 day experiences aboard ships

• NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Computational Biology  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

• NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Mechanistic Biology  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing   - Mechanistic = what you normally think of as biology research

  • NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Chemical Biology  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

  • NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Engineering & Imaging  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

Argonne National Laboratory Internship Opportunities https://www.anl.gov/education/undergraduate-internship-opportunities 

-SULI (Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship)  https://www.anl.gov/education/science-undergraduate-laboratory-internship 

• Location: Illinois (Housing provided, travel expenses paid for if student lives more than 50 miles away) 

• About: Research 

• Fall 2023 applications are closed (check regularly for applications)

-Seasonal Internship Program  https://www.anl.gov/education/seasonal-internship-program 

• Location: Illinois (Housing provided, travel expenses paid for if students lives more than 50 miles away)

• About: Research 

• Fall 2023 application deadline June 16, 2023

-Community College Internship https://www.anl.gov/education/community-college-internship 

• Location: Illinois (Housing provided, travel expenses paid for if student lives more than 50 miles away) 

• About: Research 

• Fall 2023 applications are closed (check regularly for applications)

Jobs & Internship Searches

• Biospace - has been used for decades by the bay area and a good resource to search for jobs. 

Biotech Bay (SF Bay Area was the original), but you may also want to check out other hotspots in the red bar. There are many now but the older more heavily populated areas are Biotech Beach (San Diego) and Genetown (Boston area)

Biospace Generic Job Search - https://www.biospace.com/jobs/ 

Biospace Search for Intern with 50 miles of Berkeley- https://www.biospace.com/searchjobs/?LocationId=5870754&keywords=internship&radialtown=94704%2c+Berkeley&radiallocation=50&countrycode=US

• Bio-Hire 

• Biocom California

• Genetech - https://careers.gene.com/us/en/search-results?keywords=intern

These are not so much internships as prep programs. Most of these have opportunities to shadow health professionals though

• UCSF Center for Science Education and Outreach (i.e. disadvantage populations) hosts a Free annual program geared towards students interested in pursuing careers in health and science: http://cseo.ucsf.edu/programs/inside-ucsf

• UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium website  - Med School Admission assistance program geared towards students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• UCLA - Summer Health Professions Education Program - https://medschool.ucla.edu/education/pre-health-opportunities/ucla-summer-health-professions-education-program

• NEHA (National Environmental Public Health)  - 

• Mentoring in Medicine & Science (MIMScience) - Paid (based on need only though)  Summer Internship, Shadowing, Mentoring Program for underrepresented populations

- also have Pre-Apprenticeship programs and mentorship programs through the year with rolling applications and more

• National Institute of Health (NIH) Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) - Clinical research & Mentorship

Locations: Bethesda, Maryland & Framingham, Massachusettes

About: 6-8 weeks

high school, college, medical and graduate levels (18 yrs or older)

• UC Davis / Kaiser's Prep Medico 

Location: Sacramento Kaiser, UCSD Sacremento branch

About: Prep Medico is a paid summer internship program. Much of it is geared toward study and professional school preparation, but there is also shadowing of medical professionals. It is for multiple types of medical fields from Nursing, to Med school, to public health. It is paid, and boarding costs are also covered.

Prep Medico is a program with a mission toward advancing under-represented and under-served communities. However anyone may apply.

Application: due early March

• UCSF Pre-Health Undergraduate Program (UCSF PUP) 

Location: San Francisco

Paid: ~$2K

About: 5 week summer program giving a research experience in mostly Epidemiology (how diseases spread) and Biostatistics. A larger part is career counseling  and mentorships for health professions from nursing to med school.

• Kaiser - KP Launch  - PAID Summer Internship program for diverse population. Mostly administrative, but with job shadowing too.

Kaiser Permanente Summer Intern: 

• Locations: Los Angeles CA , Riverside CA, 

• About: High School Diploma/GED required, no additional requirements 

• Pay Range: $15-$20.76/hour

https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/job/riverside/summer-intern/641/48958912512 - Riverside, CA

https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/job/los-angeles/summer-intern/641/47904465216 - Los Angeles, CA

• UCLA - Summer Health Professions Education Program - https://medschool.ucla.edu/education/pre-health-opportunities/ucla-summer-health-professions-education-program

• Health Career Connection (HCC) -  paid, full-time, in-person & virtual. NorCal (Bay Area & Sacremento).
  Applications: due Early December
  Partners include: UCSF Health, Kaiser, La Clinica, Rezolute, Asian Health Services, NAMI, Zuckerberf San Francisco General
  Internships is: hospitals, health systems, community health centers, policy advocacy organizations, public health departments, behavioral health agencies, biotech companies

• Emory Health PREP - 8 week health-related graduate / professional school preparation (networking, MCAT/GRE, seminars, etc) for first-gen college and or low-income scholars.  Hybrid(?) - 2 weeks on-site (Atlanta, Georgia). Comes with $1,000 stipend (goes to you). Former students rave about this experience.)

• Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

Location: Local only (ie - UC Davis)

Duration: 30 week part time 10hrs/week - $25/hr (as of Summer 2025)

• UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium website  - Med School Admission assistance program geared towards students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

 Argonne National Laboratory Internship - Professional Career Internship https://www.anl.gov/education/professional-career-internship-program 

• Location: Illinois (Housing not provided)

• About: Science writing experience REQUIRED, poster presentation at end of internship

• Applications: General applications OR specific position applications (check regularly for updates on open positions)

• Prep Medico https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/prep_medico/Prep_Medico.html ) 

Location: Sacramento Kaiser, UCSD Sacremento branch

About: Prep Medico is a paid summer internship program. Much of it is geared toward study and professional school preparation, but there is also shadowing of medical professionals. It is for multiple types of medical fields from Nursing, to Med school, to public health. It is paid, and boarding costs are also covered.

Prep Medico is a program with a mission toward advancing under-represented and under-served communities. However anyone may apply.

Application: due early March

UC Davis Chem REU ( Research Exp for Undergrads) - https://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/reu-program

USC REU - http://chem.usc.edu/undergraduate/summer_prog.html

Out-Of-State

• NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Chemical Biology  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

• UC Berkeley - Supporting Undergraduate Engineering & Science Education - Community College Students - https://e3s-center.berkeley.edu/education-diversity/education/undergraduate/

• UC Berkeley - EECS (Electircal Engineering and Computer Sciences) - https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/research/superb

• NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Computational Biology  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

• RosettaCommons Research Opportunities for Undergrads

Genentech 2023 Internships - https://careers.gene.com/us/en/internship-opportunities 

• 2023 Fall Paid Internship- Machine Learning Research (6 months) 

  • Link: https://careers.gene.com/us/en/job/GENEUS202304110100EXTERNALENUS/2023-Fall-Intern-Machine-Learning-Research-Vision-and-Language-Learning-6-months 

  • Location: South San Francisco 

  • Start dates in September 2023

UC Berkeley - EECS (Electircal Engineering and Computer Sciences) - https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/research/superb

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Internships - https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/find-your-job/all/internship 

Computing Undergraduate Student Intern https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/find-your-job/all/internship/3743990001643136 

• • Location: Livermore, CA

  • About: Work with scientists, engineers, & more to provide research support on computational science, mathematics, etc. 

  • Pay: $21.40-$29.00 hourly

Google Summer Of Code Organization Contributer Opportunities-https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizations  

Computing Undergraduate Student Intern https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/find-your-job/all/internship/3743990001643136 

• • Location: Livermore, CA

  • About: Work with scientists, engineers, & more to provide research support on computational science, mathematics, etc. 

  • Pay: $21.40-$29.00 hourly

UC Berkeley - EECS (Electircal Engineering and Computer Sciences) - https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/research/superb

Cal Poly - UAV Technologies - https://www.cpp.edu/cppuasreu/

UC Berkeley - Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) - https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/research/superb

UC San Diego Engineers for Exploration - https://e4e.ucsd.edu/

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) -

Department of Defense (DOD) 

Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA):

• Mechanical Engineering Intern $20-$25  https://careers.bio-rad.com/jobs/mechanical-engineering-intern-hercules-california-united-states?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic 

Bio-Rad Laboratories (Benicia, CA):

• Test Engineering Intern $20-$25  https://careers.bio-rad.com/jobs/test-engineering-intern-benicia-california-united-states?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic 

Lawrence Livermore National Lab HPC Cluster Engineer Academy: https://computing.llnl.gov/hpc-cluster-engineer-academy 

• 2023 applications are closed (check regularly for 2024 applications) 

• About: 9 week PAID internship, hands-on experience with running and maintaining HPC systems

CE&G Internship Opportunities: https://www.caleng.com/careers/ 

• Not sure how to apply (might have to contact them)

• About: prepare design plans, complete tasks assigned by engineers, engineering calculations, etc. NEED DRIVER'S LICENSE 

• Location: San Jose, Hayward, or Walnut Creek 

California Transportation Foundation- LA Metro Internship Program - Info: https://www.the-ctf.org/career-development 

• link to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLPaom6kY9oUrw04PYwfyCZgJQMgfY5xTZSyB7ZmCHT5SUXw/viewform?fbzx=-4240477858076634961 

California Transportation Foundation- Fehr & Peers College Internship - https://www.fehrandpeers.com/job/internship/ 

Chevron Refinery- Not much info, but link to apply: https://careers.chevron.com/ 

Out-Of-State

• • National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Internship Programs 

- Current Listings

- One link higher with more opportunities - but requires more searching

• • NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Engineering & Imaging  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

Brookhaven National Laboratory Internship Opportunities

-Community College Internship https://www.bnl.gov/education/programs/program.php?q=223 

• Location: New York (Housing, one round trip visit, on-site transportation provided for students who live more than 50 miles from lab)

• About: 10 week internship during Spring, Summer, and Fall of hands-on experience in engineering 

• Pay: Weekly stipend of $650 

-SULI  https://www.bnl.gov/education/programs/program.php?q=188 

• Location: New York (Housing, one round trip visit, on-site transportation provided for students who live more than 50 miles from lab)

• About: 10 week internship during Summer, 16 week internship during Spring and Fall. Participation in research programs. 

• Pay: Weekly stipend of $650 

Booneville Power Administration Internship (3 options): https://www.aises.org/students/internships/bonneville-power-administration 

• Location: Vancouver, WA (Roundtrip airfare to internship site up to $900 provided, housing provided)

• About: 10 week full time internship. Assist senior engineers with drawings, planning functions, design, equipment testing, etc.

• Pay: Weekly stipend of $750 

• Feb 28 was the due date (check regularly for new dates)

Southern California Earthquake Center - https://www.scec.org/internships

UC Santa Barbara - MATH Summer Research Program - http://web.math.ucsb.edu/REU/general.html

San Diego State - Math Research Experience for Undergrades - https://www.sci.sdsu.edu/math-reu/index.html

Cal Tech - SURF (Summer Undergrad Research Fellowships) - https://sfp.caltech.edu/undergraduate-research/programs/surf

UC Davis REU ( Research Exp for Undergrads) Program - https://london.ucdavis.edu/~zieve/REU/reu.html

SRI International REU ( Research Exp for Undergrads) Program - NSF (National Science Foundation) - REU ( Research Exp for Undergrads) Program

Out-Of-State

• • NYU - Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center - Engineering & Imaging  - Stipend (Paid)  + Housing

Oakland Zoo Animal Care Internships (UNPAID) 

• Animal Care Internship: managing care & health of zoo animals alongside zoo keeper

• Zoological Commissary Internship: work alongside Commissary Keeper to develop skills in making diets for animals 

• Welfare Research Internship: Hands-on experience in active research program observing animal behavior, data analysis, & more

• $50 Fee to join

• Sessions: Fall (Sep-Dec) 

  Winter (Jan-Apr)

  Summer (May-Sep)