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 Diversity in 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 Manderin-Speaker)
- Health and Nutrition Sciences: Garumma Feyissa, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Xinyin Jiang
- Computer Sciences: Devorah Kletenik, Sheena Philogene
APPLICATION DOCUMENT,
(email all as a single PDF file named: surname-acs-summerinternship to BCCC-CURE-Vice-Dir@brooklyn.cuny.edu and BCCC-CURE@brooklyn.cuny.edu)
- Research Project signed by the BCCC-CURE Mentor (max. 3 pages with references)
- Updated CV/Resume of the student
- Official transcript
- Completed Google form (available starting January 2nd)
Applications for the Summer of 2025 will open on January 2nd, 2025 (deadline March 20th, 2025). There are eight competitive internships available. Applications will be reviewed by a team of expert researchers and awards will be communicated by May.