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Summer Opportunities and other Programs of Interest Often, students want to know what they can do to gain experience and really gain experience when pursuing an interest in science. One of the best experiences that one can have outside of the school day and year is to work in a research laboratory and participate in the research process. There are many programs that one could choose from. Some are shorter in time and have a very limited amount of time that students spend in a laboratory. Often, these experiences are composed of tours, speakers, and introductory lab work. These programs are good for sophomores moving into their junior year. The summer of the junior year is the time when one would want to target a significant research experience. The student would have a better background to draw upon and could make a bigger impact on the research lab that they will spend time in. Below are links and summaries of some of the research programs that are offered.
U.C. Davis Young Scholars Program The major goal of the UCD - Young Scholars Program is to expose and engage forty high achieving and high potential high school students in a variety of research experiences within the fields of the biological, agricultural, environmental and natural sciences. To be eligible to apply a student must be currently enrolled as a sophomore or junior in high school. A major emphasis of the program is giving students the opportunity to gain an understanding of biological science research and its interdisciplinary impact on other fields via an in-depth research experience in state-of-the-art laboratories. Each student will undertake a six-week research project in a university laboratory under the mentorship of university research faculty. In addition, students will participate in a two-week lecture series designed to reinforce foundational biological concepts and weekend excursions to the Pacific Ocean, Lake Tahoe, and the Sierra Nevada. To fully participate in all academic and social aspects of the program and to insure adequate study time, participants will reside on campus (including most weekends). U.C. Santa Barbara Summer Research Mentorship Program The Research Mentorship program is a hands-on program for highly motivated high school students interested in participating in the conduct of academic research in the social, life or physical sciences. Here's how it works. You will enroll in the two UCSB interdisciplinary courses described on the next page (which provide the academic credit for the program). During the first week, about twenty potential projects will be presented to the whole class by UCSB researchers. From these, you will nominate five preferred projects. One of the researchers you nominated will be assigned as your research mentor; he or she will act as your faculty advisor as you work on a group or individual research project for the rest of the program. You will work in the lab, library and/or in the field, and be guided in research techniques, learning how to collect and analyze data, how to write a research paper and how to present your findings in a research symposium. http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/rmp.html Baylor High School Summer Science Research Program The purpose of the High School Summer Science Research Program
(HSSSRP), an annual program established in 1991, is to give superior high school
students hands-on research experience by working on research projects with
Baylor University science professors in many disciplines. The research program
occurs during the University's first session of summer school and is open to
students the summer between their junior and senior year of high school. http://www.baylor.edu/summerscience/ Boston University Summer Research Internship in Science and Engineering The Research Internship in Science & Engineering provides academically motivated rising high school seniors the opportunity to conduct university-level research in state-of-the-art laboratories, alongside some of the sharpest scientific minds in the country. This six-week honors program provides full immersion in the laboratory environment. Under the guidance of a Boston University research mentor, students work on a new or ongoing research project forty hours a week for six weeks. Students conduct research in a discipline of their interest, gaining valuable technical and analytical skills, as well as insight into the scientific process http://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/research-internship/ Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program The program is an eight-week program in which high school students from diverse backgrounds are invited to perform basic research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students and researchers on a medically-oriented project. The goals of the program include increasing interest in biological sciences and medicine in high school students, helping students to understand how scientific research is performed, and increasing diversity of students and researchers in the sciences. Stanford Medical Youth Science Program The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program works to increase knowledge about the sciences and health professions, and offer guidance about the college admissions process to low-income and/or underrepresented minority students. To meet this goal, SMYSP offers a university-based five-week Summer Residential Program and school-based academic year health disparities curriculum. SMYSP also assists parents, teachers, counselors and mentors by offering them educational resources and training. http://smysp.stanford.edu/education/summerProgram/ Decision Medicine DECISION Medicine is a 2 week program designed to introduce students to the field of medicine through personal mentoring opportunities and site visits with behind-the-scenes access to some of our regional hospitals, clinics and public health centers. Participants will be challenged with real world decisions as they explore the many facets of a career as a physician. The program is limited to a small group of 24 participants each year for maximum impact. Throughout the program you will work in various team configurations, including a one-on-one mentoring opportunity with a local physician in their personal practice. http://www.decisionmedicine.com/application.htm U.C. San Francisco Biomedical Health Sciences Internship for HS Students BHSI for High School StudentsTo promote interest in science,
medicine, and health among young people, the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of California, San Francisco has created a research-intensive summer
internship program for entering senior high school students. The goal of the
program is to introduce students to the professional world of science, broadly
defined, and get them excited about science-related fields. UCLA Engineering High School Summer Research Program The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) in
conjunction with the Engineering Science Corps Outreach Program offers an
eight-week summer program where it encourages all of its high school
participants to consider a future in engineering. We offer research
opportunities in all areas of Engineering and partner our students with a UCLA
Engineering Professor and a graduate team (program mentors). Students conduct
their research on the UCLA campus in UCLA Engineering Labs and Facilities.
Individual research or a group project will be assigned to the students for the
eight-week program. The High School Summer Research Program is funded by the
Nicholas Endowment, and there is no out-of-pocket cost to any student
participating in this program. http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/high-school/high-school-summer-research-program Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Research Science Institute (RSI) Each summer, 80 of the world's most accomplished high school students gather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Research Science Institute (RSI). Invited students enjoy a six-week, cost-free program designed to kick-start their careers of leadership in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Participants experience the entire research cycle from start to finish. They read the most current literature in their field, draft and execute a detailed research plan, and deliver conference-style oral and written reports on their findings. RSI projects are open-ended and relevant, fitting into the larger work of the host laboratory. The experience gives many their first taste of work at the creative edge of science http://www.cee.org/programs/rsi Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) Program is an intensive six-week residential academic enrichment program for about 80 promising high school juniors who intend to pursue careers in science, engineering and entrepreneurship, especially those from minority backgrounds and other underrepresented segments of the population. The program is free of charge to participating students, not including transportation. http://web.mit.edu/mites/MITES_Home.html Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a four-week summer academic and residential experience where 60 female high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes (taught by female MIT graduate students), labs, and team-based projects in the summer after their junior year. Students attend WTP in either Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) or Mechanical Engineering (ME). Louisianna State University Health Science Center School of Medicine at New Orleans Summer Research Internship The Summer Research Internship Program was started by Dr. Paula Gregory to provide research experiences for medical students, undergraduates, and high school students in Louisiana. The program works to cultivate students’ interest in pursuing research careers in either the basic or clinical sciences . Students spend 8-weeks in the program during the summer. Interns are matched with mentors in laboratories or clinics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Ochsner Hospital or Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/genetics/summer_student_program.aspx Cornell University Engineering Experience If you're skilled in math and science and would like to use your talents to
improve the world, come to Cornell this summer to explore the diverse and
exciting field of engineering. In 2011, the Cornell Engineering Experience will
focus on energy issues. Guided by faculty experts, you'll learn about some of
the latest developments in research and technology. You'll see what engineers
really do and how they solve problems, and you'll explore some of the specialty
areas in which they work, such as: http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=136&s=Overview Morehouse School of Medicine Vivien Thomas Summer Research Program (VTRSP) The Vivien Thomas Summer Research Program (VTRSP) of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a six week program established in 2002 to recruit high school students to serve as apprentices in biomedical research laboratories. Students are mentored by an MSM research faculty and they conduct research by learning the content, process, and methodology involved in inquiry science. This immersion into authentic biomedical research coupled with being mentored by research faculty dramatically increases the transfer of knowledge, skills, and application of science. The long-term goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering primary care medicine, biomedical research, and allied health careers. Rensselaer Polytechnic University Chemistry and Medicine Summer Scholars Program
This two-week residential academy, on the campus of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York for high school students
will show how chemistry plays a central role in discovering new
medicine. During this hands-on program students will solve problems
mainly on organic chemistry related to the synthesis of medicine,
will synthesize and purify a medicinal chemical (e.g. aspirin) under
the supervision of Rensselaer faculty members and college teaching
assistants, will analyze synthesized samples using chemical
instruments, and give a presentation on what they had learned about
the role of chemistry in medicine.
http://summer.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=112 The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (Bar Harbor Maine) The nationally renowned Summer Student Program provides high school and college students with an opportunity to conduct independent research under the guidance of staff scientists. More than 2,000 students, including three Nobel laureates, have participated in the program. http://education.jax.org/summerstudent/index.html National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) Summer programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. The NIH consists of the 240-bed Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center and more than 1200 laboratories/research projects located on the main campus in Bethesda, MD and the surrounding area as well as in Baltimore and Frederick, MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Hamilton, MT; Framingham, MA; and Detroit, MI. Awards cover a minimum of eight weeks, with students generally arriving at the NIH in May or June. The NIH Institutes and the Office of Intramural Training & Education sponsor a wide range of summer activities including lectures featuring distinguished NIH investigators, career/professional development workshops, and Summer Poster Day. https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS) The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science, COSMOS, is a 4-week summer residential program for high achieving math and science students. Students live on campus and attend subject specific classes taught by UC faculty and researchers. The program is open to 9th-12th grade high school students. This intense academic program is intended to inspire and encourage young people to pursue future study in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related field. Students will participate in related academic outings to places such as the Novozymes, Genentech, and Bodega Bay Marine Lab. http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/cosmos/ National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers
competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged
backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical,
behavioral, and social science health-related research.
This program is only available for seniors that have already been accepted to a four year university. https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/ugsp
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