Since 1990, Tufts University's Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, located in the heart of downtown Boston, MA, has offered a summer research program in biomedical science for minority undergraduate students. Research opportunities for eligible applicants are available each summer in the fields of biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, pathogenesis, physiology, public health, and virology. Stipend support and funding for travel costs is available.
Housing is arranged in the university dormitory.
During the course of the program, students conduct research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and present the results of their projects at a special symposium at the end of the summer. Small group meetings are arranged every two weeks at which students meet with a faculty facilitator to discuss each others' work, receive useful feedback, and learn about research being performed in other laboratories. The program also features field trips to local companies in the Boston area, demonstrations of special scientific techniques, several seminars presenting on-going research at Tufts University, as well as social events such as sightseeing tours and pizza parties. Workshops on applying to graduate and medical school are also offered. The program deadline is March 1st each year.