Participants designate the research preferences of their choice from a list of projects by examining research here at the Institute. Click on Current Research Projects and follow the links to the Faculties and Departments of your interest. These choices are then matched, by a scientific coordinator, with ongoing research teams at the Institute. The students work under the guidance of a staff scientist and spend between 10 weeks and 4 months, during their summer holidays, working on the research project to which they have been assigned. A few students from the Southern Hemisphere attend during the winter months, coinciding with these students' university holidays.
Students receive a small monthly stipend.
At the end of the program, students present a 10-minute seminar describing their work and submit an abstract. These abstracts are then combined into a book,which is mailed to each student. Students in their final year may apply for the summer immediately after graduation. Students may not apply if they have already graduated university at the time of application. Students from overseas must have a grade point average of 3.6 out of 4.0 or the equivalent.