Opportunities and Resources to Develop the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders
The Heel Hub is a centralized, easy-to-use directory designed to democratize access to internships for students pursuing careers in health care. Offering dozens of internship opportunities across various sectors—including medicine, public health, STEM research, shadowing, and dental—this resource caters to high schoolers, undergraduates, graduate students, and medical students. By providing a broad range of opportunities across the country, the platform simplifies the search process, making it easier for students to find the health care internships they need to advance their careers.
Undergraduates
APHA Public Health Policy Internship
DC
Public Health Research, Health Policy
American Heart Association Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences (AHA SURE)
Tennessee
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Amgen Scholars Program
California, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, DC, Maryland, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut
STEM Research
February
Aspirnaut™ – Undergraduate Discovery Science Experience in Renal Biology and Disease
Tennessee
STEM Research
January
Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Iowa
STEM Research
February
Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences for Undergraduates
Massachusetts
STEM Research
February
Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa
Iowa
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Cancer Research Summer Internship Program
Michigan
STEM Research
Cancer Undergraduate Research Experience
Oklahoma
STEM Research
January
Center for Precision Medicine Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
North Carolina
STEM Research
January
Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP)
Illinois
STEM Research
January
Department of Pediatrics Summer Training Program
New York
STEM Research
February
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Summer Program
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Duke-Margolis Summer Experience Program
Multi-State
Health Policy
February
Enhancing Undergraduate Education and Research in Aging to Eliminate Health Disparities (ENGAGED)
North Carolina
STEM Research
Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences (EICS)
North Carolina
STEM Research
Feinstein Institutes’ Summer Visiting Scholar Program
New York
STEM Research
March
Feinstein Summer Research Internship Program
New York
STEM Research
January
Frankel Cardiovascular Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Michigan
STEM Research
January
GEMS- Graduate Experiences for Multicultural Students
Colorado
STEM Research
February
Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program
New York
Shadowing, STEM Research
February
Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) Undergraduate & High School Summer Research Program
Texas
STEM Research
March
Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine
Massachusetts
STEM Research
January
Health Sciences Research Training Program
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Pennsylvania
STEM Research, Public Health Research
January
Johns Hopkins Summer Internship Program
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research
Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (LSSURP)
Minnesota
STEM Research, Pre-Dental
February
Lurie Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
Illinois
STEM Research, Public Health Research
January
MUSC Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
South Carolina
STEM Research
January
MaineHealth Summer Research Internship
Maine
STEM Research
January
Mass General Summer Research Trainee Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Wisconsin
STEM Research
February
Mays Cancer Center Summer Research Mentorship Program
Texas
STEM Research
March
Mechanistic Biology Summer Program
New York
STEM Research
Medical Education Development (MED) Program
North Carolina
Pre-Dental, Pre-Med
January
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
New York
STEM Research
Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases (M-SURE)
Michigan
STEM Research
January
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Clinical Research Internship Program
Minnesota
STEM Research
January
Mount Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underserved Scholars
New York
STEM Research
January
NCI Cancer Research Intern
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
January
NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)
Multi-State
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program
New York
STEM Research, Public Health Research
Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Student Development Program
Oklahoma
STEM Research, Public Health Research
January
Native American Summer Research Internship
Utah
STEM Research, Shadowing
Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Texas
STEM Research
February
Northwestern Medicine Pre-Med Internship Program
Illinois
Shadowing
January
Northwestern Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
Illinois
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
OK-INBRE Paid Research Programs
Oklahoma
STEM Research
January
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine American Heart Association - Undergraduate Student Fellowship
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
February
Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)
Illinois
STEM Research
January
Profile For Success
Michigan
Pre-Dental
March
Rutgers Undergraduate Summer Research Program
New Jersey
STEM Research
March
SSRP-Amgen Scholars Program
California
STEM Research
February
STEP-UP Summer Internship Program Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
February
SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (SROP)
Illinois
STEM Research
February
SUPER | Summer Undergraduate Pharmacology Experience in Research
Louisiana
STEM Research
February
San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS)
Texas
STEM Research
January
South Texas Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (STUROP)
Texas
STEM Research
February
Student Training And Research (STAR) Program
Georgia
STEM Research
January
Summer Accelerated Biomedical Research (SABR) Program
Texas
STEM Research
March
Summer Child Health Research Internship
Colorado
STEM Research
Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
New York, DC, New Jersey, Kentucky, Texas, Washington, Nebraska, Iowa, Florida, California, Alabama
Shadowing, STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Dental
February
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
Massachusetts
STEM Research
Summer Physiology Undergraduate Researcher (SPUR) Program
Texas
STEM Research
March
Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Summer Program in Cancer Research
Texas
STEM Research
January
Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
California
STEM Research, Public Health Research
March
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Kentucky
STEM Research
February
Summer Research Fellowship
Wisconsin
STEM Research
Summer Research Internship Program
Virginia
STEM Research
February
Summer Research Internship Program, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
January
Summer Research Program
Texas
STEM Research
February
Summer Research Training Program
California
STEM Research, Shadowing
February
Summer Scholars
New York
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Summer Training as Research Scholars Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Fellowships in Genetics
Georgia
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP)
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research (SUMR) Program
Iowa
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Shadowing
February
Summer Undergraduate Research
Iowa
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
California, Remote
STEM Research
April
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Oklahoma
STEM Research
January
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Mississippi
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
January
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
California
STEM Research, Shadowing
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Texas
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP)
Pennsylvania
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
North Carolina
STEM Research
March
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
New York
STEM Research
February
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Ohio
STEM Research
January
Summer Undergraduate Research Training (SMART) Program
Texas
STEM Research
Summer in Biomedical Sciences (SIBS) Undergraduate Research Program
Alabama
STEM Research
Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Alabama
STEM Research
February
The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program
Wisconsin
STEM Research
February
Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program
New York
Shadowing, STEM Research
UI Premed Student Summer Research Internship
Iowa
STEM Research, Public Health Research
April
UM-SMART Undergrad Summer Program
Michigan
STEM Research
January
UMass Chan Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research
March
UW Genome Sciences Summer Research for Undergraduates
Washington
STEM Research
February
Undergraduate Biomedical Research Program
Nebraska
STEM Research
March
Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship Program
Tennessee
STEM Research, Shadowing
February
Undergraduate Clinical Scholars Program
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
Undergraduate Pipeline Network
New Mexico
STEM Research
February
Undergraduate Pipeline Network Summer Research Program (UPN)
New Mexico
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Connecticut
STEM Research
February
Undergraduate Summer Research Program in the Cardiovascular Sciences
Kentucky
STEM Research
University at Buffalo Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
New York
STEM Research
February
University of Kansas Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Kansas
STEM Research
February
University of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Nebraska
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Research Program
Nebraska
STEM Research, Public Health Research
March
VCU School of Medicine Medical Science Internship Program
Virginia
STEM Research
March
Vanderbilt Program for LGBTQ Health Summer Internship
Tennessee
Public Health Research
February
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Tennessee
STEM Research
February
WFIRM Summer Scholars Program in Regenerative Medicine
North Carolina
STEM Research
January
WVU Cancer Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program
West Virginia
STEM Research
March
Yale Summer Undergraduate Medical Research (SUMR)
Connecticut
STEM Research
March
High Schoolers
Apprenticeship in Medicine (AIM)
Wisconsin
March
Diversity Summer Health-Related Research Education Program (DSHREP
Wisconsin
STEM Research
February
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Summer Program
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Feinstein Institutes’ Summer Visiting Scholar Program
New York
STEM Research
March
Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) Undergraduate & High School Summer Research Program
Texas
STEM Research
March
Health Sciences Research Training Program
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
High School Community-Based Program
Nebraska
Public Health Research
April
NIH High School Summer Internship Program (HS-SIP)
Maryland, North Carolina, Montana, Arizona
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Pediatric Student Research Program
Missouri
Shadowing, STEM Research
February
Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM)
Alabama
STEM Research
February
Project SEED Biomedical Research
Nebraska
STEM Research
April
Project STRIDE I
California
STEM Research
March
Research Opportunity for Academic Development in Science (ROADS)
Wisconsin
STEM Research
March
Research Science Institute (RSI)
Massachusetts
STEM Research
Samuels Family Latino and African American High School Internship Program (LA-HIP)
California
STEM Research
February
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program
California
STEM Research
February
Summer Child Health Research Internship
Colorado
STEM Research
Summer Research Internship Program, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
January
Summer Student Research Program
California
STEM Research
February
Surgery Clinical Research Continuum: High School to College Program
Wisconsin
STEM Research
March
The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Academy
Pennsylvania
STEM Research
February
Graduates
APHA Public Health Policy Internship
DC
Public Health Research, Health Policy
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Summer Program
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Duke-Margolis Summer Experience Program
Multi-State
Health Policy
Feinstein Institutes’ Summer Visiting Scholar Program
New York
STEM Research
March
Mass General Summer Research Trainee Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
NCI Cancer Research Intern
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
January
NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)
Multi-State
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Vanderbilt Program for LGBTQ Health Summer Internship
Tennessee
Public Health Research
February
Medical Students
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Summer Program
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
Mass General Summer Research Trainee Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research, Public Health Research
February
NCI Cancer Research Intern
Maryland
STEM Research, Public Health Research, Pre-Nursing
January
Summer Child Health Research Internship
Colorado
STEM Research
Summer Training as Research Scholars Program
Massachusetts
STEM Research
February
