A significant number of summer employment opportunities for undergraduate students exist in the Department of Chemistry. Whether you are interested in graduate studies and would like to experience the world of scientific research before making a decision, or are just looking for a summer job, it is important that you plan ahead. Here are some different types of opportunities available and application deadline information.
Application deadlines are usually early in the Winter Term.
Check this page often as information and application deadlines will be updated.
Internal Opportunities
- Location of Tenure: Queen's
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- Application forms available at: https://careers.sso.queensu.ca/home.htm
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- View more details on the Career Services website
There are 140-150 on-campus summer positions available, with a number of positions available within the Department of Chemistry. Please see the Career Services website for more details.
External Opportunities
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- Application forms available at: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/careers/
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- Full Award details at: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/
Grand Challenges Canada’s Summer Student Program offers meaningful, hands-on work experience in the interdisciplinary field of global health.
- Location of Tenure: France
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- Application forms available on the ORA Exchange Program website
- Application form submitted to: International Programs Office, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B206 (Website)
- View full award details on the OUI Exchange Programs website
The Ontario Rhône Alpes Summer Research Program (ORA/SRP) offers undergraduate and graduate students in sciences, engineering, and health science disciplines the opportunity to do research in a French lab over the summer months.
- Location of Tenure: Germany
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- Application form submitted to:International Programs Office, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B206
- View full award details on the International Programs Office website
The Ontario Baden-Württemberg (OBW) programs provide students with an opportunity to learn about German language and culture in the South West corner of Germany. Short-term independent study abroad programs include the International Lake Constance Summer School (Internationale Bodensee Hochschule) and the Summer Research Program.
- Location of Tenure: Université de Montréal
- Application deadline: December 5, 2022
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- Full award details at: https://www.iric.ca/en/education/submit-your-application/soumettre-votre-candidature-pour-un-stage-concours-bourses-iric-scientifiques-de-demain
This internship award program offers students a unique and enriching opportunity to receive a 12-week or 16-week internship project in one of IRIC’s 29 research team working to advance science in the area of cancer research. The many internship projects offered explore a variety of topics and techniques related to systems biology, molecular biology, immunology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, etc.
- Location of Tenure: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
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- Application forms available at: http://chemistry.ua.edu/research-experience-for-undergraduates-program-reu/
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- Location of Tenure: University of Toronto
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- Location of Tenure: Ontario Cancer Institute, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto
- Application deadline: January 24, 2022
- Application forms available at: https://summerstudent.medbio.utoronto.ca/
- Application form submitted to:
- Full award details at: https://medbio.utoronto.ca/how-apply-summer-student-program
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- Full award details at: http://iaestecanada.org/
Open to students in Applied Science, Sciences or Technical Sciences.
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- Full award details at: http://www.risecanada.ca/
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- Full award details at: https://www.torontomu.ca/ice/
- Location of Tenure: Germany
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- Application form submitted to: https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/find-an-internship/application-portal/
- Full award details at: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/rise-globalink-research-internship?utm_source=Mitacs+Calls+for+Proposals+Professors+ENG&utm_campaign=70cc1c1295-Mitacs-RiseDAAD-Call-Profs-ENG-Nov102020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a91f0968a9-70cc1c1295-129179721
RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) gives undergraduate students in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, geology and physics the chance to spend a summer working with German doctoral students on research projects.
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- Full award details at: http://www.triumf.ca/studentaward
- Location of Tenure: McGill University
- Application deadline: January 4, 2023
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- Full award details at: McGill Biomedical Research Accelerator (MBRA) | School of Biomedical Sciences - McGill University
- Location of Tenure: Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
- Application deadline: January 2, 2024
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- Full award details at: Undergraduate Research Awards | Institute for Quantum Computing (uwaterloo.ca)
- Location of Tenure: University of Toronto
- Application deadline: February 1, 2023
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- Full award details at: Amgen Scholars Program at the University of Toronto | Graduate & Life Sciences Education (utoronto.ca)