Undergraduate Research Internships
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- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 11/16/2025 We are looking for a laboratory assistant to help with a number of projects in the lab, the greenhouse, and the field.40% Greenhouse […]
- Employer: UCSC Education Department Expires: 12/06/2025 This research position includes transcribing, synthesizing, and interpreting archival materials about Indigenous presence, dispossession, and agriculture on the Tejon Reservation in Southern California. It […]
- Employer: UCSC Humanities Division Expires: 12/01/2025 Hiring an undergraduate student for the development of Punjabi Folklore and Popular Literary Forms Winter 2026Job Overview: The student assistant will help with the research […]
- Employer: UCSC Center for Economic Justice and Action – Social Sciences Expires: 11/20/2025 Job descriptionThe Research Assistant (RA) will work on a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded research study […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 11/15/2025 – Basic Linux knowledge (10%)- Python programming (20%)- knowledge of basic astrophysics (20%)- experience analyzing VERITAS gamma-ray data (40%)- Ability to condense […]
- Employer: UCSC Economics Department Expires: 11/24/2025 The Small Farm Economics Lab is a new applied research group being established by Dr. Adauto Rocha at UC Santa Cruz. The lab aims […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 02/26/2026 The student will support research personnel in the laboratory. Duties include general laboratory upkeep including basic maintenance and testing of equipment, reagent […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 12/31/2025 Job Duties:65% Building prototype electrical components and making electrical measurements of devices25% Maintaining detailed records of laboratory results. 10% Participating in weekly laboratory […]
- Employer: UCSC Politics/Legal Studies Expires: 12/30/2025 Air Quality & Pesticides or Water & Mental Health (TBD)25% – Attend promotora training sessions 25% – Practice delivering trainings in Spanish for other promotoras 20% […]
- Employer: UCSC Physical & Biological Sciences Expires: 11/27/2025 On campus laboratory assistant to work in Radiogenic isotope lab. Requirements include familiarity with geologic sample preparation and acid dissolution, ion chromatography, […]
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