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Project Success for High School Students
APPLICATIONS OPEN January 9, 2023
Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers
Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers is a program for BOSTON and CAMBRIDGE high school students only, particularly underrepresented and/or disadvantage students, to participate in paid, mentored, summer research internships at Harvard Medical School and its affiliated institutions. The program is augmented by seminars and workshops given by faculty and administrators, site visits, and career counseling.
Project Success follows all Harvard COVID 19 policies. Please visit Keep Harvard Healthy for the latest updates. Project Success is excited to announce the return of in-person research lab mentoring.
Project Success 2022
Project Success 2022: Our Biomedical Journey
Program Description
Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers is a program for BOSTON and CAMBRIDGE high school students only, particularly underrepresented and/or disadvantage students, to participate in paid, mentored, summer research internships at Harvard Medical School and its affiliated institutions. The program is augmented by seminars and workshops given by faculty and administrators, site visits, and career counseling.
These are some features of the Project Success Program:
Summer Internships: Paid in-person research mentoring and seminars for 8 weeks, from the last week in June to August 18th, 2023.
Educational Opportunities: Placement and Mentoring in a Harvard Medical School or affiliated institution research lab; seminars with researchers and physicians; site visits to hospitals and biotechnology firms; computer training; development of writing and speaking skills; academic year seminars and special programs.
Student Support: Assigned mentors and research advisors; information about the college application process; career counseling; networking with students in other summer programs.
Program Goals
- To identify, recruit and nurture talented students from Boston and Cambridge, particularly students from groups underrepresented in medicine and/or disadvantaged, who are interested in pursuing biomedical careers.
- To link students with scientists and physicians. Students will assess their interest in and aptitude for biomedical careers; engage in hands-on research to enhance their technical skills and scientific knowledge; and be encouraged to become critical thinkers.
- To provide continuing support and resources for students in developing academic and professional career paths.
Eligible Students Must:
- Reside in Boston or Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Be a Boston or Cambridge high school student, particularly a student from a racial or ethnic background underrepresented in medicine and/or from a disadvantaged background.
- Have completed the junior or senior year of high school and be at least 16 years of at the time of application.
- Have demonstrated an interest and ability in science, interest in pursuing a biomedical science or health-related career, and commitment to attending college.
- Have maintained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least B-, and have completed biology, algebra, and chemistry.
- Be willing to complete all required formal oral and written reports; attend all Project Success-sponsored seminars; and maintain good attendance and performance on required research projects.
- Be committed to participating in selected Harvard Medical School Educational Outreach Programs for a year after completing the program.
- Have parental/guardian commitment.
Application Process
Application Deadline: February 13, 2023
For more information contact:
Please email us at projectsuccess@hms.harvard.edu.