The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) is an 11-week summer program to develop students' research potential. Students participate 40 hours per week during the summer break conducting research activities and attending professional development seminars all on the Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana campus.

A list of research topics is published at the end of each fall semester. Students will need to apply to the SURF program in January of the spring semester and will work with their assigned SCALE mentor to help select the topic. Once the SURF begins, students will interact with others who are part of the SCALE program, receive mentoring, work collaboratively with a wide range of participants, and will have the opportunity to interact with nationally and internationally recognized experts in microelectronics.