Programs at the Harvard Chan School
High School Students
- StatStart – A High School Summer Program in Biostatistics: This intensive, one-month program gives students from underrepresented backgrounds an immersion in statistics and programming and connects them with mentors who are pursuing PhDs in biostatistics.
- Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) Program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC): This full-time summer program gives Massachusetts students from underrepresented backgrounds hands-on experience in cancer research and opportunities to network with leading scientists working to prevent and treat cancer.
Undergraduate Students & Recent Graduates
- Fostering Advancement & Careers through Enrichment Training in Science (FACETS): This six-week virtual course offers interdisciplinary coursework in fields including environmental science, global health, and statistics. The program includes courses, research guidance, professional development, and networking.
- Summer Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health: This intensive, eight-week research program focuses on laboratory research in the biological sciences. Participants pursue their own research under the direction of a Harvard faculty member.
- Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology: This six-week program introduces undergraduates to biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health research, with a focus on quantitative methods.
- Summer Program in Epidemiology: This hybrid program gives students from underrepresented background a foundational understanding of epidemiology and prepares them for PhD and Master of Science degree programs.
Summer Research Opportunities across Harvard University
Undergraduate
- Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH)
- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP) at Harvard Medical School
- Systems & Quantitative Biology Summer Internship Program
- Cell Biology Research Scholars Program (CRSP)
- Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Summer Scholars Program
- Summer Undergraduate Program in Immunology at Harvard Medical School
- Summer Institute in Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School
- The Four Directions Summer Research Program
- Newborn Medicine Summer Student Research Program
- Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine
Programs at Harvard’s Affiliated Hospitals and Institutions
- Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
- Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship (STARS) Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC)
- Brigham Research Institute Undergraduate Research Summer Internship Program
- Broad Summer Research Program
Other Harvard Programs
- Harvard-Amgen Scholars Program
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Internship Program (HIP)
- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Center for Astrophysics (CFA) Solar Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- The Banneker Institute Summer Program
- Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
