SHURP is a ten-week summer research program primarily for college students belonging to groups that are under-represented in the sciences. SHURP presently has over 600 alumni from colleges across the country, and over 90% are continuing or planning to continue training and careers in the sciences. SHURP is one of the summer research programs participating in the Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) of the Leadership Alliance, a consortium of over 30 colleges and universities dedicated to improving the participation of historically underrepresented students in graduate programs.

To be eligible for SHURP, applicants must:

• Be currently enrolled full-time in an accredited public or private college or university in the United States or its territories, as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Will not have completed their BA/BS degree by June 2024.
• Be in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 or better.
• Are strongly considering careers in biological or biomedical research sciences.
• Have already had at least one summer (or equivalent term-time) of experience in a research laboratory.
• Have taken at least one intro-level or upper-level biology course that covers fundamental concepts in molecular biology.
• Are U.S. citizens or permanent residents (due to requirements of our federal funding).
• *SHURP 2024 will be 10 weeks from Sunday, May 26 to Saturday, August 3.
• *Due to the academic schedule of those students on the quarter system, dates may be modified for those students.
• Students who are interested in pursuing an MD-PhD are invited to apply to the MD-PhD track within the SHURP program: Harvard/MIT Equitable Access to Research Training MD-PhD Summer Program (HEART). For more information about how to apply to HEART, please visit this website: Harvard/MIT MDPhD Program