Resources for Students & Young Professionals

We collected these resources for alumni of our Youth Neurology Education & Research Program, but think that they will be useful to many people who want to pursue a career in neuroscience or another STEM field, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds.

Internships and Research Opportunities

• MGH MAPP Scholars Program

• Harvard Women's Sports Medicine Summer Internship Program

• Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Undergraduate Summer Internship

• MGH Semester-long Orthopaedic Internships

• MGH Digestive Disease Summer Research Program

• Brigham Research in Infectious Disease and Global Engagement (BRIDGE) Summer Fellowship Program

• Research Scholars Program at MIT

• Harvard Research Scholar Initiative

• NU Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (NU PREP)

• Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program at UPenn

• OHSU Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

• Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Awards Program through the NIH

• Postbaccalaureate Program at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

• Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) through the NIH (see also: list of participating organizations)

• Inclusive Excellence Summer Research Experience @ UC Berkeley
• McLean Hospital Post-Bacc Child and Adolescent Clinical Fellowship Program
• McLean Mental Health Research Summer Program (scroll down!)
• NYU Langone Undergraduate Summer Research Training in Neuroscience
• UT Southwestern Post-bacc to PhD Program (PB2PHD)
• Stanford ChEM-H/IMA Postbaccalaureate Program in Target Discovery
• MGH Covid Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program
• Summer Neuroscience Internship Program (SNIP)
• Pre-Med/Grad School Summer Program Spreadsheet with Requirements
• Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program at UPenn
• The Ohiyesa Premedical Program (3-week summer internship + longitudinal support)
• AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Summer Fellowship
• Post-bacc mentored research experience at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Bridging the Gaps Summer Research Program at USC Keck School of Medicine
• Summer Program in Diabetes and Obesity Research at USC Keck School of Medicine
• Mass General Summer Research Trainee Program
• Irvine Summer Institute in Neuroscience
• Genomes 2 People Diversity in Genomics Research Trainee Program
• Packard Center Scholars Program for Undergraduates
• NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute Disparities Research Programs
• T. H. Chan School of Public Health Non-degree Programs
• Mass Life Sciences Internship Challenge

Jobs/Co-ops

• Biogen Internships & Co-Op Programs
• Bristol Myers Squibb Internships

Scholarships

• Fulbright Scholar Program

• Fulbright US Student Program

• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships – $27,000/year stipend during graduate education
• BSCP COVID relief grant and scholarship – Expanded eligibility
• NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program – Undergraduate funding for people with financial need
• Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships – Graduate funding for immigrants and their children

Volunteer Opportunities

• Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair Mentoring Program

Courses

• UChicago Marine Biological Laboratory: 8-week lab/lecture course on the neural basis of behavior

Graduate/Professional School  Resources

• Harvard guide to writing personal statements
• The MV3 Foundation Mentorship in Health and Biomedical Sciences
• Khan Academy MCAT Prep