Undergraduate Research Internships
Discover research opportunities on Handshake, Career Success’ online portal for UC Santa Cruz students. With thousands of job and internship postings—including many focused on research—academic departments, labs, and local, state, and national companies regularly share paid and unpaid positions.
View current research job and internship postings in Handshake:
- Employer: UCSC Anthropology Expires: 06/09/2025 Undergraduate students with GIS training required to georeference historical aerial photographs for ongoing research project in Santa Cruz mountains. Possible travel to do rephotography. Summary of […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 04/21/2025 Position Description:The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for the position of California Institute for Biodiversity (CIB) Curation Assistant. Under […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 05/25/2025 WORK-STUDY PREFERREDDuration: open-endedPay: $17.50/hour Hours/week: 10-15 depending on availability of preferred candidate PI: Christina Ravelo Position description: Lab assistant in paleoceanography, working with deep sea […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 04/28/2025 The Polito lab is seeking an organized and dependable student employee for Fall 2025. This position is open to currently enrolled UCSC undergraduates […]
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