Caltech Summer Research Program 2025 (Fully Funded)
Caltech Summer Research Program 2025 is a fully funded and well packaged 10-week internship opportunity for researchers and those passionate about research.
The Caltech Summer Research Program gives a prestigious platform for students to collaborate with top researchers on groundbreaking projects.
This amazing offer is open to both international students and U.S. citizens and it is a great way to gain high-level research experience at one of the world’s leading institutions.
Caltech Summer Research Program 2025
Host Country: USA
Location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date: Mid-June 2025
Financial Coverage: Fully Funded
Financial Benefits: $7,950 award for the ten-week period.
Application Deadline: February 22, 2025
Eligibility Requirements for Caltech Students
To be eligible for SURF you must:
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- Be a continuing undergraduate student
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0
- Complete the third term at Caltech, or at another school under a program approved by a Dean
- Be eligible for fall term registration before beginning your SURF project and no later than July 1
- Not be under any academic or disciplinary sanction
Eligibility Requirements for Visiting (Non-Caltech) Students
To be eligible for SURF you must:
- Be a continuing undergraduate student and eligible for fall term registration*
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5/4.0
- Complete the second semester or third quarter at your college or university**
- Not be under any academic or disciplinary sanction.
Additional Information:
- Students need to be matriculated in a degree-granting undergraduate program.
- High school students who are co-enrolled in college courses are not eligible.
- Students from the University of Iceland or from one of the following Cambridge colleges:
- (St. John’s, St. Catherine’s, Corpus Christi, or Pembroke) may only apply to SURF through the established exchange programs with these schools.
Please contact your school to find out more information.
Additional Requirements for Visiting (non-Caltech) International Students
- International students are eligible to participate in SURF on the Caltech campus;
- Only U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents are eligible for SURFs at JPL.
- If a SURF award is made, international students will be given instructions on how to apply for an F-1 or J-1 student visa abroad prior to participation in SURF.
- International students currently attending a college or university in the U.S. must secure special off-campus employment authorization prior to participation in SURF. F-1
- students must apply for either Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Optional Practical Training (OPT); J-1 students must apply for Academic Training.
For more information please visit the official website here.
