This research experience provides students with the following:
- The opportunity to participate in summer research early in their academic career
- A paid research experience ($4000 over 10 weeks)
- Close mentoring with a faculty member and graduate mentor
- Preparation for additional research opportunities at WPI and beyond
- Information and advice about future graduate research and career opportunities
- Weekly professional development workshops
Program details:
- The 2021 program will be held in-person in labs on the WPI campus
- The program begins June 7, 2021 and ends the week of August 13, 2021
- Students paid to work 30-hours per week
- Weekly professional development workshops for all cohort team members
- Students will showcase their work in a presentation at the end of the summer
Who should apply?
- Any student who is looking for their first research experience.
- All first or second-year students interested in their first research experience
- Students from conventionally underrepresented groups in STEM are strongly encouraged to apply
- Underrepresented minorities
- First-generation college students (neither parent has a 4-year degree)
- Transfer students
- Women
EREE selection and matching process:
- Faculty submit a project of a size and scope that is suitable for a student's first research experience – submit faculty proposal
- Interested students browse the list of available projects – (list of projects coming soon!)
- Students looking for a paid summer research experience submit an application and indicate three (3) projects of interest
- EREE Steering Committee makes a faculty-student match
