Undergraduate Physics Research Internships

One of my roles at the University of Leicester is to manage the SURE Programme (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience), which provides opportunities for paid summer jobs working with our researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.  Typically, we're able to offer 5-6 positions each year to 3rd-year undergraduates from the UK.  However, I receive something like 100 applications, meaning that I have to turn some 95% of applicants away.  I've never found a decent list of internship opportunities (maybe to whittle down to the most persistent undergraduates!).  But I'll do my best to keep a list here - no promises to keep it up to date!

UK-Based

• University of Leicester:  Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE):  https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/workopps/sure [This is the one I currently manage.]
• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC):  Opportunities to work at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus), Daresbury Laboratory (Warrington), The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (Edinburgh) or the STFC Headquarters in Swindon https://www.stfc.ac.uk/about-us/work-with-us/vacation-student-scheme/
• Ogden Trust Teach Physics Internship, 6 weeks in schools straight after exams, with the aim of finding out whether teaching is for you.  http://www.ogdentrust.com/promoting-physics/teach-physics-internships
• Cockcroft Institute:  Summer internships managed through Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster and Strathclyde to provide opportunities working with particle accelerators:  https://www.cockcroft.ac.uk

Overseas and Open to UK Undergraduates:

• Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI): Space Astronomy Summer Program  http://www.stsci.edu/institute/smo/students [I benefited from this as an undergraduate in 2003, working alongside Dr. Frank Summers on an outreach project.]