Broad Institute Biomedical Internship
How would you like to spend your summer conducting biomedical or genomic research at one of the pre-eminent facilities in the world? The Broad Institute started as a collaboration between top scientists at MIT and Harvard and is now a permanent research facility. Each summer the Broad welcomes a handful of high school student to participate in and pursue research in diverse areas. Interns are exposed to some of the top research minds in the world, and are encouraged to learn more about scientific careers and attend scientific talks. For those who are selected it is an exceptionally rewarding and challenging experience.
The Broad Summer Scholars Program (BSSP) invites highly motivated high school students with a strong interest in science to spend six weeks at the Broad Institute. We match students with Broad scientists to conduct original, cutting-edge research projects in areas such as: cancer biology, psychiatric disease, chemical biology, computational biology, infectious disease, and more. In addition to original research, students will get to explore scientific careers; attend interesting scientific talks, including the Midsummer Nights' Science public lecture series; present their research to the Broad community in a scientific poster session; attend a college fair; participate in fun social events; and meet other students who share similar interests.
There is no cost to attend, and those who demonstrate financial need will be compensated at $12/hr.
How do I get started? Check out the Broad Institute’s website for more information.
How do I expand this narrative arc? You may find it’s hard to continue your cutting edge research when you get home. Consider launching an impact project that unites your interest in science and medicine with meaningful engagement in your school or community. For example:
Become a Health Literacy Advocate - pick a topic of interest and importance to you and launch an information and awareness campaign in your school or community.
Help your school develop or refine its Concussion Protocol.
Become a concussion Concussion Epidemiologist by helping your school launch a baseline testing project for kids in contact sports.
Explore other impressive medical internships like the Zuckerman Institute Brain Research Internship, the Cancer Research Internship at Fred Hutch, Children’s Health Research Internship at Colorado Children’s Hospital, a Stanford Medical Research Internship or, most impressively, a NIH Biomedical Research Internship
HOT TIP: This is a really impressive and meaningful internship for the right student. In addition to being ultra-competitive, this program could introduce you to importance mentors or areas of research that could sustain you into college and beyond. But remember that being a superstar academic and having an impressive sounding summer internship may not be enough. Think about extending your work through a self-directed project in your community like the concussion protocol project mentioned above, or broaden or deepen your interest with the help of a teacher mentor back at home.