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MIT Summer Research Program

Location: MIT, Massachusetts
Agency: MSRP
Due Date: February 1, 2021
GPA: 3.50
Description: The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT. MSRP began in 1986 as an institutional effort to address the issue of under representation of African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans in engineering and science in the United States. Today, this program’s goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and undeserved (e.g. low sociology-economic background, first generation) students in the research enterprise. MSRP seeks to identify talented sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors who might benefit from spending a summer on MIT’s campus, conducting research under the guidance of MIT faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. Students who participate in this program will be better prepared and motivated to pursue advanced degrees, thereby helping to sustain a rich talent pool in critical areas of research and innovation. MSRP participants receive a weekly stipend, round trip travel, and university housing during the nine-week program. Food costs are not covered, although there are several program meals each week.


Contact Information
Phone: 617-324-8453
Email: msrp@mit.edu
Web Site: https://oge.mit.edu/graddiversity/msrp/


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Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Neuroscience, Postbachelor Programs