Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) is offering a summer internship program for highly motivated undergraduates, providing education and hands-on research experience in the field of neuroscience. Participants will closely collaborate with students and faculty at PNI on original research projects, and thereby gain invaluable first-hand experience on what it is like to be a neuroscientist.
Each student is placed in a world-class research laboratory – headed by a faculty member – and carries out an original research project. Students are thoughtfully matched to labs based on their research interests as indicated in their application form, recommendation letters, and personal statement. Careful consideration is taken of each applicant’s overall experience, academic background, and objectives.
Summer interns will also participate in group educational activities, including weekly foundational overview lectures from PNI faculty, summer courses in Python and Matlab, lab meetings with the researchers with whom they will work, journal club reading groups, plus special forums on topics such as career advice and graduate school application preparation. Summer students also will participate in an end-of-summer poster session.
This program offers a competitive stipend, travel cost reimbursement to and from Princeton, campus housing, a meal plan, and travel cost reimbursement to attend the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
Eligibility Guidelines
Princeton and non-Princeton students are eligible to apply for this program. Criteria for non-Princeton students include:
- Current undergraduates who have a strong passion for scientific research and are seriously considering graduate studies in neuroscience.
- Future researchers whose participation will add to the diversity of researchers in the sciences, or who are from institutions that do not have large research programs.
- Visiting student applicants must be current undergraduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
PNI welcomes and encourages applications from all undergraduate students including those who identify themselves as belonging to groups that have been historically underrepresented among researchers in the sciences. For the official federal designations of these groups, please see the Frequently Asked Questions.)
Application Details
To apply, you must submit
- The application form within the online system
- A personal statement
- Transcript(s) of all undergraduate courses and grades, including the fall semester (submitted online). Transcripts should be sent as a .pdf, .doc, .docx, .jpg, or .html file. Please do not mail a hard copy of your transcript.
- Two letters of recommendation from faculty members (submitted online by faculty recommenders - separate from the application form)
In your personal statement, briefly describe your academic background, research interests, career goals, reasons for applying to the program, and how your participation in the program may assist in attaining your future ambitions. Please limit your statement to 750 words.
More details about the application and how to apply can be found on the Application Process page.
Details:
Research Offering Type
Independent Research, Internship, Research Assistant
Location
USA
Undergraduate School
College, Engineering, LPS, Nursing, Wharton
Source
External
Contact Information
Non-Princeton Undergraduate Students – Gabby Xu