The ACS-BCCC-CURE Summer Internships for Undergraduate Underrepresented Students (summers of 2024, 2025, and 2026) is a supplement grant to the generous BCCC-CURE American Cancer Society Cancer Research Grant (2023-2026). Selected students will get:
- Cancer research experience with a BCCC-CURE Principal Investigator during the summer (10 weeks, full-time, $5,000 stipend)
- Mentoring and support throughout the summer and academic semesters afterward
- Professional development and career advice opportunities during the internship and afterward
- Application requirements:
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- Be a full-time Brooklyn College student
- GPA of at least 2.70
- Be a United States citizen or permanent resident (documents will be required if selected for the positions)
- Be a member of a group that is under-represented in biomedical research, including, but not limited to: a racial or ethnic minority group; individuals with disabilities; individuals from a family below the established low-income threshold; or individuals from an underperforming urban high school. (details included in the application form)
- Identify a BCCC-CURE mentor willing to mentor the student (cancer research project) *List of potential mentors:
- Biology: Murat Cevher, Mara Schvarzstein, Anjana Saxena, Shaneen Singh,
- Chemistry/Biochemistry: Maria Contel, Emilio Gallicchio, Ankit Jain, Aneta Mieszawska, Ryan Murelli
- Psychology: Cheryl Carmichael, Laura Reigada, Florence Lui (Clinician Scientist – must be a Mandarin-Speaker)
- Health and Nutrition Sciences: Garumma Feyissa, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Xinyin Jiang
- Computer Sciences: Devorah Kletenik, Sheena Philogene
APPLICATION DOCUMENT:
To check eligibility please complete this questionnaire by January 30th of 2026 (application form). This is needed before submitting applications!
Application deadline is March 15th of 2026. Please send a complete application package as a single PDF to Prof. Jennifer Basil (Biology Department) at JBasil@brooklyn.cuny.edu
For questions, please contact the grant principal investigator Prof. Maria Contel (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) at MariaContel@brooklyn.cuny.edu