Internship opportunities

A summer internship is an excellent way to develop skills and experience and to showcase these skills to a possible employer. If you are a biotechnology major, you are required to complete an internship or research experience. While you may find options on-campus, here are some off-campus opportunities to which you might apply that will help you get your foot in the door.

Company Field Notes
Pathways to science All A comprehensive listing of many summer undergraduate research opportunities, that can be searched by discipline or institution, with web links to each program. 
AbbVie Biomedical  
Amgen Biomedical  
Cornell University Agricultural Microbial Friends & Foes Research Experience for Undergraduates
Covance Biomedical  
Genentech Biomedical search all jobs for "internships"
Genzyme Biomedical  
GSK Biomedical  
J. Craig Venter Institute Genomics  
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Biomedical  
Merck Biomedical search all jobs for "internships"
Michigan State University Genomics (plant)  
Monsanto Agricultural  
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Biology  
National Institutes of Health Biomedical http://www.jobs.nih.gov/vacancies/student/default.htm
Pioneer Dupont Agricultural  
Procter and Gamble   search all jobs for "internships"
University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute Biochemistry Perrigo Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
University of Tennessee at Knoxville Biochemistry “Sensing and Signaling” Research Experience for Undergrads
Van Andel Research Institute Biomedical  
Vertex Pharmaceutical  
Wayne State University School of Medicine Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)