Undergraduate Research Opportunities Database
Institute of Medical Science
Join the Institute of Medical Science this summer to gain valuable research experience. For more information, visit the IMS Summer Research Undergraduate Research Program webpage.
2025 Cycle
Applications due February 25, 2025.
Lab Instructor for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's Youth Summer Program (Med YSP)
Do you love to teach science and medical concepts? Are you the next Bill Gal/Guy? Join the MED Youth Summer Program (YSP) to teach university-level science classes to youth from across Canada and the world. Visit the MED YSP webpage to learn more and apply.
Contact Info
Medical Biophysics Summer Student Program
Join the Department of Medical Biophysics this summer and gain experience in biomedical research. To learn more, visit the Summer Student Program webpage.
2025 Cycle
Applications due January 15, 2025.
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) for Black Students and Indigenous Students
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada offers awards for Black and/or Indigenous students to pursue research work experiences within the respective fields. For additional information, please review the NSERC USRA webpage.
RHSE Research Shadowing Program
Join RHSE and experience the Research Shadowing Program. The program gives current undergraduate students a glimpse into the research environment and the opportunity to ask questions they may have about the graduate student experience. Programming takes place during the winter term.
2025 Cycle
Applications are due January 13, 2025.
Contact Info
For any questions regarding this program, please email medicine.hse@utoronto.ca.
Sinai Health Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Summer Research Program
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health offers undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in research during the summer. For more information, including eligibility and application details, please visit the LTRI Summer Research Program webpage.
2025 Cycle
Applications due January 3, 2025.
Sunnybrook Research Institute Hurvitz Brain Sciences Summer Student Research Program
Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in a hospital-based research program. For more information, please visit the SRI Hurvitz Brain Sciences Summer Student Research Program webpage.
2025 Cycle
TBA.
Sunnybrook Research Institute Summer Student Research Program
Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) offers undergraduate students a unique hospital-based research opportunity. For more information and to apply, visit the SRI Summer Student Research Program webpage
2025 Cycle
March 28, 2025.
Transform HF Undergraduate Summer Research Program
TRANSFORM HF’s 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Program is now accepting applications!
Students in the TRANSFORM HF Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) will have the opportunity to train alongside our multidisciplinary community of researchers to help address the grand challenge of inequity in heart failure care. Students will gain firsthand experience in the development of innovative technologies and the co-creation of proactive, personalized, and decentralized models of heart failure care.
Students participating in the USRP will receive an award of up to $6,000, which must be supplemented by a $2,000 contribution from their research supervisors to ensure a minimum total stipend of $8,000 for a period of 16 weeks.
To be eligible to apply, students must:
- Be registered at a Canadian academic institution as a full or part-time undergraduate student at the time of application.
- Be supervised by two faculty supervisors within TRANSFORM HF, one of which must be Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE) affiliated, to apply for this program.
Up to two USRP awards will be reserved for Indigenous students.
The deadline to apply is March 9, 2025. The application form and general information is available on our website.
Contact Info
Augusta Lipscombe (she/her)
Program Manager
TRANSFORM Heart Failure Strategic Initiative
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
University of Toronto
University Health Network (UHN) Summer Student Training and Research Program
The Office of Research Trainees at UHN offers students a chance to engage in a summer research project under the supervision of a UHN scientist. For more information, visit the Summer Student Program webpage.