HSCI Internship Program (HIP)

The HSCI summer internship program (HIP) for undergraduates is a 9-week experience dedicated to hands-on research in the laboratory of an HSCI faculty member. The program is an open door; an invitation to learn and do as much as you can to develop your own interests within the overarching topic of stem cell science. Our interns arrive from a wide variety of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Some have extensive prior academic and research experience with stem cell science while others have little or even none. This diversity is part of what makes our program rich and unique but also presents occasional challenges as some students are perhaps further along than others are in certain areas.

Applications are reviewed by committee members beginning in February with final decisions communicated via email by mid-late March to selected students. Selected interns will be assigned to projects submitted by HSCI faculty members.

HIP is delighted to provide 10 selected students with housing and a daily meal plan at Harvard University for a 9-week internship beginning on June 8th and concluding August 6th.  Move-in is available between June 3rd and June 5th. All students in the cohort must depart Harvard University housing by August 10th at 8am EST. 

Travel expenses to and from Harvard University for the stated move-in and move-out dates are the responsibility of the student to arrange, communicate, and finance. Harvard Stem Cell Institute does not provide reimbursement for travel expenses. Local travel accommodation to and from the student’s host laboratory will be provided by the HIP Program. 

Harvard College and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships arrange numerous events, activities, and seminars covered by HIP.  Traveling to explore Boston and the New England areas are permitted during the weekend duration of the program. 

Please note that 35-40 hours per week in a laboratory setting is required for the full 9 weeks of the program, which includes a weekly mandatory all-HIP Intern Seminar. This program follows the Harvard University academic calendar; program dates cannot be altered per individual requests. 

Each student will be asked to present their work in a scientific talk 10 minutes in length with 5 minutes for Q&A to conclude HIP.

Please send your questions to hsci@harvard.edu.
With apologies, inquiries from ineligible high school or graduate students will not receive a response.

Harvard University, Cambridge & Boston, Massachusetts.                                          
Each intern is placed, at the discretion of the program administrators, in one of Harvard’s 8 affiliated hospitals and research centers (see maps of community)

If you, or your company, are interested in supporting HIP, please contact hsci@harvard.edu.