Program Synopsis
We plan to hold our summer program in person in 2023. The program is designed for 10 to 20 outstanding undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in biomedically related sciences. Applicants must be a current freshman, sophomore, or junior and have research experience.
Students in the program have the opportunity to:
- Obtain hands-on research experience in cutting-edge laboratories.
- Interact with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.
- Attend a weekly luncheon/seminar series of presentations by faculty.
- Attend skills development workshops to hone presentation and interview skills.
- Attend and present at works-in-progress sessions with the cohort of SURP students.
Students who are accepted into the summer program will be offered a stipend of $6,000 and housing accommodations. All students deliver research presentations at a poster session at the end of the program. Please note that participants in the program must be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19
Students interested in applying can complete and submit our online application.
Areas of Research
The current explosion in knowledge driving recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of human disease reflects the vitality of ongoing research within the context of laboratory science at the Sloan Kettering Institute.
Students will learn from scientists conducting research in:
- Developmental biology and genetics
- Signals and pathways involved in the control of cell proliferation
- Cell–cell interactions, adhesion, and protein targeting
- Tumor immunology, immunotherapy, and transplantation biology
- Genomic integrity and human cancer genetics
- Drug development, drug resistance, and clinical therapeutics
- Chemical biology and structural biology
- Computational biology
The SURP mentors are drawn from departments and research programs of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. These include the Sloan Kettering Institute’s eight research programs — Cancer Biology and Genetics, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, and Structural Biology — as well as the hospital’s departments of Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics, Radiology, and Surgery, and the hospital-based Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program.
For more information, please email us at surp@sloankettering.edu.