A Research Experience for Undergraduate Students in STEM:
We also call it the Mini-PhD for Undergrads 😊
Fall 2026 Applications are closed! We might be able to re-open for Fall 2027 in May (depending on funding, fingers crossed!). We are looking for students in the following departments:
Computer Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
More information for students!
More information on participating faculty and research labs!
Meet the Organizers
UMass Boston
Daniel Haehn
Kim Hamad-Schifferli
Tori Duong
UMass Amherst
Neena Thota
Shannon Roberts
Nilanjana
Buju Dasgupta
Buju Dasgupta
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of
the
Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education initiative.
Frequent Q&As
Can a student who is already in a lab, apply for this program and be in 2 labs? yesIf a student is in a lab, but their lab is not on this list, can they still be in the program? yes
Can international students apply for this program? Sadly, No!
How competitive is the program? extremely competitive! we recruit 1 single student from each department on each campus