Research & internships
Maryland students have the best of both worlds.
ON CAMPUS: Terps have opportunities to do undergraduate research in world-class laboratories under the mentorship of renowned faculty researchers.
BEYOND MARYLAND: Terps are only a short commute from one of the nation’s largest concentrations of biotech firms, federal research labs, and research hospitals.
Research internships and clinical internships are the most common among chemistry, biochemistry, and biological sciences majors, but students also find opportunities to apply their classroom learning to industry, science education, and community service. Most students do more than one internship during their undergraduate years.
Getting started
Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR)
OUR’s website offers a premiere toolkit for students to prepare for, obtain, and succeed in undergraduate research experiences. Terps are highly recommended to explore and review their resources to get started.
Want to meet with someone in person? OUR’s team also hosts office hours, where they can discuss strategies for locating and applying to research opportunities, amongst other related topics. Learn more here.
Bookmark. Explore. Apply.
introducing Bsop
The Biological Sciences Undergraduate Program administers a centralized database for BSCI Terps to find and explore research, internship, and scholarship opportunities in the Biological Sciences, both at Maryland and BEYOND.
Learn more about BSOP (the Biological Sciences Opportunity Portal).
Earned Research credit
BSCI Terps completing extracurricular research can request to apply their experience as Earned research Credit
To learn how this is done, start by reviewing this webpage.
Forms for Off-campus research, internship
—(due by the end of the schedule adjustment period)
