The Undergraduate Summer Internship is our headline program for bringing new minds into our scientific community. Each year, we recruit a vibrant cohort of undergraduates with a passion for science and a curiosity about what doing a PhD might look like. The program is held-in person, with interns working in Quantitative or Systems Biology labs either on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, MA or the Harvard Medical School Campus in Boston, MA.  Interns learn together as a cohort through interactive journal clubs and workshops, and participate in Harvard seminars and activities. In 2024, the program will run June 10- August 9. Interns are paid a competitive stipend ($700/ week, paid in 3 installments during the program) and provided with housing and a meal plan. A free inter-campus Harvard shuttle will be available to all interns. For all admitted students, we will offset the costs of traveling to and from Harvard at the start and end of the internship.

Participants in our summer program can expect to emerge with: (i) increased confidence in scientific research, writing, and communication; (ii) increased awareness of the research opportunities and career paths a PhD offers; and (iii) connections with the Harvard faculty, students, and researchers who make our university great. Participants will also gain a group of peers who are also embarking on an exciting adventure into higher education in science, medicine, engineering, and mathematics.

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• US citizens or permanent  residents
• currently a freshman, sophomore, or junior enrolled  full-time in good standing working towards a bachelor's degree at an  accredited public or private college or university in the United States  or a US territory (students in programs conferring graduate degrees,  including combined programs, are not eligible), and
• 18 years or  older by the start of the program (June 10, 2024).