Undergraduate Research Internships
There are many paid internship opportunities that enable undergraduate students to engage in research. Here are some of them.
General
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NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
(at York or another Canadian university) -
Research at York for credit
PHYS 4310 3.0 and BPHS 4310 3.0 offer the means to engage in research for a semester, but with "payment" taking the form of university credits. Details can be found in the Undergraduate Handbooks (at the link) or by contacting the departmental office. -
Society of Physics Students Summer Internship Program
(mostly outreach) -
Physics for U.S. citizens
(mostly)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), run jointly with the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics (University of Toronto) and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA). -
Laser Interferometry Gravitational Observatory (LIGO)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).
Biological Physics
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TRIUMF
They also have an Awards, Fellowships, and Exchanges program. There are opportunities in High Energy and Particle Physics here as well.
High Energy and Particle Physics
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Canadian Institute of Particle Physics (IPP)
Summer Student Program: Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN and in Canada. -
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI)
There are opportunities in Astrophysics here as well. -
TRIUMF
They also have an Awards, Fellowships, and Exchanges program. There are opportunities in Biological Physics here as well.
