Co-op/Internship Opportunities
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Microbiology

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All of the Organizations listed below that have already updated their sites for 2009, or offer opportunities on an annual basis will be indicated by a (2009) after the co-op link

This website has selected co-ops/internships from the larger Biology & Biotechnology Co-op Opportunities on the Web website that specifically offer experiences in Microbiology or any related field (e.g., virology, infectious diseases, etc)

In addition to the valuable experience and good pay that a Co-op or Internship will give you, very many of the Opportunities listed on this website also provide Travel Reimbursement, Housing and Meals. So, don't let concerns about living expenses or the location of an organization posted on this website prevent you from checking out an exciting and challenging Co-op or Internship position!! If travel support, housing and meals are provided, this information will almost always be included in the details about the Co-op or Internship that can be found by clicking on the co-op website next to the organization's name and location.


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Albany Medical College, Albany, NY - co-op, application (2009) Faculty drawn from Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Sue Golding Graduate Division, (10 participating departments) Bronx, NY - co-op (2009) 10 participating departments, including Microbiology and Immunology
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Boulder, CO, Student Summer Work Experience Program - co-op (2009) to explore potential careers with the following orgnaizations: National Science Foundation - Washington, D.C.; Bonneville Power Administration: Environment, Fish and Wildlife - Portland, OR; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Atlanta, GA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, D.C; Central Intelligence Agency - Washington, D.C; AMERIND Risk Management Corporation - Santa Ana Pueblo, NM; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Federal Holding Company (no web site available) - Greenbelt, MD
American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. - co-op (2009) with Faculty in various universities who are members of ASM
American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. - co-op (2009) Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowships with Faculty at their home institution or at a host institution who are members of ASM

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX - co-op, application (2009) Summer Medical And Research Training (SMART) Program - Microbiology is one research field area that can be selected on application
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME - co-op (2009) Research Experience for Undergraduates: Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean - Current Mentors and Project Opportunities include Environmental Microbiology

Case Western University, Cleveland, OH - co-op (2009) many departments are participating, including Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Case Western University, Cleveland, OH - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Minorities - Molecular Biology & Microbiology is one participating department
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA - co-op, co-op, co-op (2009)
Clemson University, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson, SC - co-op (2009) need to scroll down to find information - includes plant and animal pathogens
Colgate-Palmolive Co, Piscataway, NJ - co-op (2009) 2009-Colgate-Palmolive - Research & Development Summer Internship Program - "Preference will be given to students in their junior and sophmore year in one of the following disciplines: ....Microbiology, ...."
Columbia University, Biological Sciences, New York, NY - co-op (2009) Amgen Scholars Program - includes Mentors from the Department of Microbiology
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY - co-op (2009) Microbiology is one of the Summer Research Program Departments
Cornell University, Food Science Department, Ithaca, NY - co-op (2009) Some projects are microbiology-related (e.g., Food Microbiology)

Dartmouth College, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Graduate Program, Hanover, NH - co-op (2009) participating departments include Microbiology and Immunology
Delaware State University, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Dover. DE - co-op (2009) Molecular Genetics & Genomics - can select Microbiology as Primary Area of Interest on application
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - "Research ...in various disciplines including ... microbiology.."
Duquense University, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA - co-op (2008 information) (2009) Application is for 2009 - "Students who are interested in working in the areas of biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology pharmacy, and physics will be considered for a variety of available funds."

Emory University, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, GA - co-op, application (2009) Current Mentor List includes Microbiology

Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, WI - co-op (2009) for Microbiology students only

Harvard Medical School, Division of Medical Sciences, Boston, MA - co-op (2009) "Summer research opportunities will be available in...microbiology...
Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA - co-op (2009) "Positions will be available for one student in each of the following areas..Microbiology/Virology"
Hope College, Holland, MI - co-op (2009) projects for 2009 are listed (includes Modeling of Microbial Metabolism) - very little other information is provided - not sure if this is a paid opportunity

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID - co-op, more details, on-line application process (2009) Two active internship projects are: Microbial Observatories: Viruses in Yellowstone (all life sciences); and Microbially-facilitated Precipitation of Minerals in the Subsurface (all life sciences)
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - co-op (2009) "Opportunities for research are expected to be available in basic science disciplines (includes Microbiology and Immunology)
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France - co-op (2009) Paul W. Zuccaire Undergraduate Internships - "Specific fields include...bacteriology..."

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA - co-op (2009) "apply on-line at the Department of Energy's SULI site: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ERULF/about.html" - Undergraduate Research Opportunities - Academic Majors include Microbiology
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA - co-op, application (2009) Opportunities include Biology and biotechnology, genome biology, microbiology
Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA - co-op (2009) Biological Sciences includes microbiology
Loyola University Health System, Stritch School of Medicine, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Chicago, IL - co-op (2009)

Marquette University, Department of Biology, Milwaukee, WI - co-op (2009) "Participants conduct independent research projects in faculty laboratories in the areas of microbiology.."
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI - co-op (2009) Summer Research Internship in Epidemiology and Public Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA - co-op (2009) "Research in such areas as.infectious diseases, ...microbiology..."
Medical College of Wisconsin, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Milwaukee, WI - co-op (2009) "Applications for Summer 2009 program will open week of October 6, 2008"
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Graduate Studies, Charleston, SC - co-op (2009) Research Areas include Microbiology and Immunology
Mt Sinai Graduate School of Biological Sciences, New York, NY - co-op (2009) Application is for 2009 - Areas of Research include microbiology

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (and other locations) - co-op (2009) application for the 2009 summer program - Includes the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University, The Graduate School, Evanston, IL - co-op (2009) "The 2009 SROP application will be available on this web page after November 30, 2008" - Summer Research Opportunity Program - Past faculty mentors include four in Microbiology-Immunology

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH - co-op (2009) "2009 Dates Coming Soon!" - one project mentor is Dr. Jack Blazyk, Ph.D. - potent and selective compounds for clinical use against antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
Oregon Health & Science University, Graduate Studies Program, Portland, OR - co-op (2009) Equity Summer Research Program includes Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, Geomicrobiology Lab, University Park, PA - co-op (some 2008 information) (2009) "Application deadline is April 1, 2009" - "Seeking undergraduate students interested in microbial evolution, biogeochemistry, environmental microbiology, early earth history, molecular biology, and/or organic geochemistry" - not much detail provided, but contact info is given
Portland State University, Department of Physics, Portland, OR - co-op (2009) "Research opportunities in the following fields are available: ..., Biology, ... and Environmental Science", with one projects in Microbial ecology, geomicrobiology, and astrobiology

Rockefeller University, New York, NY - co-op (2009) "a broad range of areas including ... virology and microbiology"

Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Studies, New York, NY - co-op, application (2009) "Students may work with faculty in the disciplines of....microbiology.."
San Jose State University, Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose, CA- co-op (2009) Research by Undergraduates using Molecular Biology Applications - "Faculty members with expertise in the areas of ....environmental microbiology...will mentor students"
SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA - co-op (2009) Research Experience for Undergraduates program for highly motivated students interested in astrobiology research; "spanning the field of astrobiology from microbiology to ..."
South Dakota Department of Health, - co-op (2009) Microbiology Intern
North Dakota State University, Center for Protease Research, Fargo, ND - co-op, more details, application (2009) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students - Project Description disciplines (scroll down) include Microbial Pathogenesis
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA - co-op (2009) Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program - Participating programs include Microbiology and Immunology
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Center for Science and Mathematics Education, Stony Brook, NY - co-op (2009) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Scholars Program - participating researchers include those in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, College of Science & Technology, Corpus Christi, TX - co-op (2009) One SURF Research Mentor, Joanna Mott, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology, performs research in environmental microbiology focusing on water quality relating to public health
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, Philadelphia, PA - co-op (2009) Research program options include Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Tufts University, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Medford, MA - co-op (2009) follow instructions just below Application, instructions and information: Complete our online application form; then select "I'd like to access a more current version of the Tufts University Graduate and Professional Schools application." You will arrive at Welcome to the official online application for Tufts University Graduate and Professional Schools 2009. - Academic Programs include Molecular Microbiology

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Genetics, Birmingham, AL - co-op (2009) Faculty members' research topics areas include Bacterial Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Birmingham, AL - co-op (2009) involves "multiple departments and centers at UAB, including the Department of Microbiology"
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - co-op (2009) Amgen Scholars Program - Plant & Microbial Biology/Microbiology is one Research Areas/Faculty Resaerch Interests
University of California at Los Angeles, Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, Los Angeles, CA - co-op (2009) "work with faculty from a wide variety of UCLA departments, including the life sciences departments (,... Microbiology,...).."
University of Chicago, Division of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL - co-op (2008 dates) (2009) "All materials must be submitted at the same time, no later than March 3, 2009 - Summer Research Training Program - can select Microbiology as Summer Research Preference on application.
University of Florida, Microbiology & Cell Science, Gainesville, FL - co-op (2009)
University of Georgia, Department of Microbiology, Athens, GA - co-op (2009)
University of Iowa, Graduate College, Iowa City, IA - co-op (2009) Summer Research Opportunities Program - Research opportunities include Microbiology
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Iowa City, IA - co-op (2009)
University of Kansas, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Lawrence, KS - co-op (2009) "Areas of research include .... Microbiology...."
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE - co-op (2008 information) (2009) Application is for 2009
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Graduate College, Oklahoma City, OK - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - Microbiology & Immunology is one Participating Programs & Research Areas
University of Pennsylvania, Biomedical Graduate Studies, Philadelphia, PA - co-op (2009) Microbiology, Parasitology, and Virology are areas of research
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, Pittsburgh, PA - co-op (2009) " The program will run Tuesday, May 27 through Friday, Aug. 1, 2009." - "You may choose a faculty scientist from one of the following programs in which to conduct a SURP research project: Molecular Virology and Microbiology
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Pittsburgh, PA - co-op (2009) " The program will run Tuesday, May 27 through Friday, Aug. 1, 2009."
University of Rochester Medical Center, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, NY - co-op (2009) Summer Scholars Program - Immunology, Microbiology & Virology is one participating department
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Program - "Faculty and Departments participating in the Summer Research Program" include Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Medical Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Galveston, TX - co-op (2009) "offering research opportunities for students interested in almost any area of biomedical research. These include...microbiology......"
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Dallas, TX - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program "in the areas of:.....Microbiology..."
University of Toledo, Health Science Campus, College of Graduate Studies, Toledo, OH - co-op (2009) "The due date for application, transcripts and 2 letters of recommendation is February 2, 2009" - Infection, Immunity and Transplantation projects offered by the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Institute for Biomolecular Sciences, La Crosse, WI - co-op (2009) "investigating questions in many fields including... microbiology"
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology, Madison, WI - co-op (2009)
US Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C. (with opportunities is several other locations listed under Application Procedures) - co-op (2009) Application deadline is November 30, 2008 - Summer Intern Program - "currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program..in biology, microbiology, ..."

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN - co-op (2009) application

Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI - co-op (2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Biomedical Sciences "The program provides a dynamic look into careers available in the field, including: Microbiology
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA - co-op (2009) "biomedical research institution dedicated to discovering the causes and cures for major diseases, including ..infectious diseases."