Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Partners for the Future
A prestigious Long Island program that pairs students, nominated during junior year, with CSHL scientist mentors for original biomedical research from September through March, sometimes leading to co-authorship on published papers.
The program is open to high school students entering their senior year who are nominated by their school science chairperson.
Each science chairperson may nominate two students during their junior year.
Semi-finalists are interviewed by Laboratory scientists and winners go on to spend a minimum of 10 hours per week, September through March of their senior year, doing original research under the watchful eye of a scient…
How to Apply
- Talk to your high school science chairperson for nomination
- Submit an essay
- Interview with Laboratory scientists
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