Summer Opportunities

Below, we've compiled several of the research and funding opportunities Harvard has to offer for undergrads over the summer. We encourage you to browse the Summer Funding Opportunities Office's portal to view the breadth of programming available over the summer. We've also included a few non-Harvard opportunities that Psychology students might be interested in!

Psych Department Research Opportunities - Summer 2026

Some Psychology department labs may have space for undergraduate summer research assistants. Please reach out directly to any labs you are interested in working with to ask about summer research opportunities.

Harvard-Wide Research Opportunities - Summer 2026

MMHRSP - McLean Mental Health Research Summer Program – Deadline is February 13, 2026. This is 10-week in-person research experience for undergraduate students interested in conducting research in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, or other mental health-related fields. MMHRSP provides access to basic and clinical neuroscience research to students little to no prior research experience. In addition to a hands-on, mentored research experience and scientific networking at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School’s primary psychiatric teaching hospital, students participate in community engagement activities during the program and receive an $8000 stipend.
The Joey Hanzich Memorial Fellowship – Applications due February 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. The Joey Hanzich Memorial Undergraduate Travel and Research Fellowship provides up to $5,000 to a rising junior or rising senior enrolled in the Secondary Field in Global Health and Health Policy (or another field) who pursues a summer internship, project or research in health policy or global health, either in the United States or abroad. The Fellowship honors the memory of Joey Hanzich (AB 2006) and his passion for studying and improving health care policy in the United States and around the world.
Harvard Summer School Proctor Program – Deadline is January 30, 2026. Each year Harvard Summer School hires approximately 100 Harvard University students as proctors who live in the Summer School residences. Proctors may apply for either the Secondary School Program (SSP), General Program (GP), or Pre-College Program.
Harvard Amgen Scholars Program – Deadline is February 1, 2026. A 10-week faculty-mentored residential summer research program for undergraduates in biotechnology. Amgen Scholars will be paired with world-renowned faculty mentors and a director supervisor (postdoctoral scholar or graduate student) in the laboratory, following an interview selection process. While participating in the program, Amgen Scholars will reside in one of Harvard’s historic River Houses as active members of Harvard’s Summer Undergraduate Research Village community.
PRISE - Program for Research in Science and Engineering – Deadline is February 1, 2026. Provides Harvard College students conducting research in the sciences (including neuroscience) and engineering with housing, possible stipend, and earnings requirement. Do not need to have summer plans finalized by mid-Feb but must be in the process of finding a lab position.
SHARP - Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program – Deadline is February 1, 2026. A 10-week immersive summer program that aims to build community and stimulate creativity among a small cohort of Harvard undergraduate researchers in the humanities and arts. SHARP fellows work on research projects with Harvard-affiliated faculty, researchers, and senior library and museum staff. Fellows live together in one of the Harvard College houses and participate in rich evening programming that includes both social and academic activities. To participate in SHARP, you must apply and be selected to work on one of the available SHARP research projects.
SPUDS - Summer Program for Undergraduates in Data Science – Deadline is February 1, 2026. A 10-week summer program that aims provide a formative and substantive data science research experience and to promote community, creativity, and scholarship amongst Harvard College students. SPUDS will support Fellows who are interested in data science applications across the arts, humanities, sciences and more. Prospective fellows should seek a research collaboration with a Harvard faculty host, and apply to SPUDS directly through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. It is not necessary to have secured a research position by the SPUDS application deadline. Fellows will work with Harvard-affiliated researchers and live in one of the Harvard College houses with other fellows in the Summer Undergraduate Research Village.
KRANIUM - Kempner Research in Artificial and Natural Intelligence for Undergraduates with Mentorship – Deadline is February 2, 2026. A 10-week summer program sponsored by the Kempner Institute as part of the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village (HSURV). Fellows will live in one of the Harvard College houses with other fellows in the Summer Undergraduate Research Village. As part of KRANIUM, fellows will participate in rich programming, including both social and academic activities, and become members of a vibrant intellectual and social summer community.
PRIMO - Program for Research in Markets and Organizations – Deadline is February 2, 2026. A 10-week summer program that aims to build community and stimulate creativity among Harvard undergraduate researchers in business and related fields. To participate, you must apply and be selected to work in one of the research areas which span diverse topics (finance, organizational behavior, marketing, etc.), disciplines (Psychology, Economics, Sociology), as well as methods (quantitative or qualitative). Successful fellows will be placed with pre-designed faculty projects at Harvard Business School. PRIMO fellows are offered Harvard campus housing, a partial board plan, and modest research support.
SURGH - Summer Undergraduate Research in Global Health Program – Deadline is February 2, 2026. SURGH offers Harvard undergraduates the opportunity to research critical issues in global health under the direction of a Harvard faculty or affiliate mentor. The program includes housing and a stipend.
Herchel Smith Undergraduate Science Research Program – Deadline is February 3, 2026. Supports undergraduates who are conducting a promising summer research project in mathematics, engineering, life, physical/natural or computer sciences. The project can be based anywhere in the world (including US), but must be affiliated with a university, lab or research enterprise and be highly substantive: at least 10-weeks in duration, full-time in commitment, and exhibiting some degree of autonomy and input by the applicant in its design and execution.
BLISS - Build Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences – Deadline is February 9, 2026. This is a nine-week program that provides housing, full board, and a $3000 stipend to work in a social science laboratory on an established project. This program is NOT meant for independent projects or thesis research. It is a great way for students to try out working in a lab for the first time or to try out a new lab topic. Several labs are from the psychology department or work on related topics in other schools or departments.

Non-Harvard Opportunities - Summer 2026

The American Psychological Association maintains a list of Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Internships; check it out for additional non-Harvard summer research opportunities!

Summer Undergraduate Research Internship with the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) Project - The Rhode Island MIDAS project, directed by Mark Zimmerman, M.D., is looking to hire research assistants (RAs) for an unpaid summer internship, with a potential start date of May 2026. Candidates should be undergraduate students with a background in psychology. In the SCP outpatient psychiatry and intensive outpatient services, we have integrated research assessments into clinical practice. The MIDAS project is one of the largest clinical epidemiological studies using semi-structured diagnostic interviews ever conducted and has published more than 300 papers from its database
Summer Volunteer Research Assistant in the Adolescent Risk Prevention Lab at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center/RI Hospital - The Adolescent Risk Prevention Lab at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center (BHCRC) is seeking motivated research volunteers to support three NIH-funded projects focused on emotion regulation: 1. Project LIVE, a Virtual Reality (VR) study aiming to understand physiological measures of emotional regulation as predictors of sexual and drug risk behavior during early adolescence, 2. Project ONTRAC, a web-based intervention program to prevent substance use among early adolescents in the child welfare system by teaching emotion regulation skills, and 3. Project iTRAC-HERO, a web-based intervention program to prevent sexual risk behaviors among adolescents by teaching emotion regulation skills. This is a valuable opportunity for anyone interested in careers in psychology, public health, sociology, social work, or medicine. Applications from individuals of all backgrounds, communities, and identities are welcome!
Neuroscience and Society Summer Internship Program at Baylor College of Medicine in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy - Applications due February 13, 2026 by 11:59 PM CT. The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine offers two internship options that are open to undergraduate students enrolled in a degree-granting program. The Clinical Ethics Internship provides students with hands-on experience in the fast-paced field of clinical ethics
within hospital-based ethics consultation services. The internship is in-person, hospital based at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX. The BCM-Dana Foundation Neuroscience and Society
Summer Internship is research-focused and offers students the opportunity to engage in scholarly work on topics in neuroscience, ethics, and society. This can be done in-person or remotely. Both internships are paid and typically require up to 20 hours per week.
Neuroscience and Society Summer Internship Program at Baylor College of Medicine in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy - Applications due February 13, 2026 by 11:59 PM CT. The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine offers two internship options that are open to undergraduate students enrolled in a degree-granting program. The Clinical Ethics Internship provides students with hands-on experience in the fast-paced field of clinical ethics
within hospital-based ethics consultation services. The internship is in-person, hospital based at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX. The BCM-Dana Foundation Neuroscience and Society
Summer Internship is research-focused and offers students the opportunity to engage in scholarly work on topics in neuroscience, ethics, and society. This can be done in-person or remotely. Both internships are paid and typically require up to 20 hours per week.
APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research (SUPER) Fellowships - Applications due March 1, 2026. Undergraduate students who are enrolled in the Fall 2026 term and committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion are encouraged to apply for the APA SUPER Fellowship, which provides a $4,000 stipend to the student to conduct summer laboratory research and $1,000 to their faculty host. Projects must be student-driven and supervised by a faculty member with sufficient resources to support the proposed work, although collaboration with postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other research staff is encouraged.
Summer Treatment Program with the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University - Applications accepted on rolling basis. The Center for Children and Families' Children's Summer Treatment Program (STP) is an award winning, evidence-based program for children ages 3-12 with ADHD and related behaviors. Counselors are assigned to groups of 10-15 children, with 4-5 counselors per group and will receive extensive clinical training. Counselors will provide feedback to children and parents and record behavioral data for children in their groups while also receiving daily performance feedback from experienced staff members who provide live supervision.
Training Opportunities at Camp Baker - Applications reviewed on rolling basis. Camp Baker is a therapeutic summer program based off of the Summer Treatment Program (STP) model and is specifically designed for 6-12 year-old children with ADHD. Summer trainees will receive extensive training and experience implementing a research-based intervention, as well as gain over 200 hours of direct clinical experience. Camp Baker runs from July 6 through August 21, 2026.
MindCORE Summer Research Fellowship Program - Applications due January 11, 2026. The MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program is a paid 10-week program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from May 31 - August 7, 2026. Summer Fellows are matched with select MindCORE faculty in interdisciplinary mind and brain studies based on student research interest and mentor preference. With their mentors, students embark on a research project shaped as much as possible by their interests.
Summer Internship Program in the Social Origins Lab at UC Berkeley - Applications due February 2, 2026 by 9:00 AM PST. The Social Origins Lab at UC Berkeley explores how social and cognitive abilities arise and interact with one another in human development and across species and cultures. The lab hosts an 8-week summer internship for enthusiastic undergraduates looking for research experience. Interns will spend their time in Berkeley working alongside graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and fellow undergraduates to develop and run research studies. This will include data collection at local museums and camps, learning to analyze and code data, and helping pilot and improve ongoing projects. Interns are expected to commit to the entirety of the internship and will work approximately 30 hours/week and are granted a $2400 stipend. The summer internship takes place from June 1st - July 24th in Berkeley, CA.
Summer Internship Program in the Language and Cognitive Development (LCD) Lab at UC Berkeley - Applications due February 9, 2026 by 10:00 AM PST. The LCD Lab at UC Berkeley explores how linguistic, cognitive, and social abilities arise during human development. The lab hosts an 9-week summer internship for enthusiastic undergraduates looking for research experience. Interns will work with the lab manager, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and each other, and will meet with Professor Srinivasan to discuss their research. They will also participate in many facets of the research process, such as assisting with data collection, working on stimuli creation and preparation of study materials, reading relevant theoretical and empirical papers, recruiting participants, and processing or analyzing data. Lastly, Interns will attend weekly lab meetings and reading groups to discuss the theory behind research projects, and will have the opportunity to present on the projects they are assigned during the internship. Interns are expected to commit to the entirety of the internship and will work approximately 30 hours/week and are granted a $2700 stipend. The summer internship takes place from June 1st - July 31st in Berkeley, CA.

Harvard Summer School

CERTAIN Psychology courses offered by the Harvard Summer School will automatically count for concentration or secondary field credit if you have not already taken the equivalent course during the academic year. Please see the "Certain Harvard Summer School Courses" section of our Departmental Advanced Courses page for a list of these courses and for other important information regarding departmental credit.