The Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison offers the Waisman Summer Research Opportunity Program (WSROP), a learning-focused experience for undergraduate students. This is an unpaid educational internship designed to provide hands-on exposure to research.
Students will work closely with faculty mentors and graduate students from a broad range of disciplines focused on human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases. Scholars can gain valuable research skills in a biological or behavioral lab that may enhance or shape vocational opportunities.
Participants will spend 10 weeks with a faculty mentor at the Waisman Center to explore and build on their research interests in human development, intellectual and developmental disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
We especially welcome applications from students with lived experience of disability. Students from any postsecondary institution—including universities, colleges, or vocational schools—are eligible to apply.
Please note: This is an unpaid, educational opportunity focused on learning and skill development. Participants are responsible for their own expenses, including housing, meals, and travel.
Applications for summer 2026 have closed.
For further information, contact: director@waisman.wisc.edu