Research
Additional Opportunities
Student Design Teams
Viterbi student organizations compete in a number of different competitions regionally and nationally showcasing what they learn in the classroom. There is something for just about every major!
Visit our Student Organization page for more information about the following design teams and links to their contact information:
- AeroDesign Team
- ASCE Concrete Canoe
- ASCE Steel Bridge
- Biomedical Engineering Associated Start Up Team
- IEEE Micromouse
- USC Aerial Robotics
- USC Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team
- USC Racing
- USC Rocket Lab
- USC Solar Car Team
USC Research Programs
The University has a variety of programs supporting undergraduate research efforts:
USC Research & Discovery Information
USC Discovery Scholars
Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work
USC Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
USC Rose Hills Fellowships
USC Provosts Undergraduate Research Fellowships
USG Academic Research Fund
Additional Summer Research
You are welcome to utilize the list below as a starting point; this list is not comprehensive. We separated each list by the approximate timeframe for application submission, however please check the website for the program you are interested in for the deadline. Some programs have early bird or priority deadlines.
In addition to the below, please check the following resources:
- Tsinghua Summer Research Program
- Paid summer undergraduate research placements via Pathways to Science
- NASA-supported internships, fellowships, and scholarships
- Research opportunities specifically in engineering
- Tips for applying to summer research and associated resources
Applications typically due in January
- Center for Energy Efficient Electronic Sciences – E3S Summer Research Internship
- Colorado School of Mines – Research Experience for Undergraduates in Renewable Energy
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute – Janelia Undergraduate Scholars
- NanoJapan – International REU
- Rutgers University – DIMACS/DIMATIA U.S./Czech Internation REU Program
- University of Michigan – Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
- University of Minnesota – School of Physics and Astronomy REU Program
- UW Madison Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) and REU
Applications typically due in February
- MU Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Amgen Scholars – Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnolgy
- California Institute of Technology – NSF-REU Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) - Case Western Reserve University NSF – Molecular Science and Engineering and Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS)
- Clarkson University – Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
- Iowa State University – Human Computer Interaction Program REU
- Texas A& M – Undergraduate Summer Research Grant
- UCLA – Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS)
- UCSC – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT)
- University of Alabama – Fluid Mechanics with Analysis Using Computations and Experiments (Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics)
- University of Maine – REU Fellowship in Sensor Science and Technology
- University of Maine – Sustainable Forest Bioproducts Summer Research Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh – Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- University of Maryland - Women in Engineering Summer Internship Program
- Worcester Polytechnic – Integrated Bioengineering Research REU
Applications typically due in March
- Cornell Center for Materials Research Programs
- Georgia Tech – Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program (SURE)
- Mississippi State University – Summer REU
- Quality Education for Minorities – Science Education Summer Internship
- Oakland University – Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship Program Ohio State Summer REU Opportunity
- Tennessee Technological University – REU in Manufacturing and Techno-Entrepreneurship
- University of Alabama – Empirical Software Engineering (Computer Science)
- University of Arkansas – Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Summer Research Program
- University of Houston – Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program – Innovations in Nanotechnology
- University of Maine – Forest Bioproducts Research Institute Summer REU
- University of Tennessee – CURENT REU