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The program will provide housing, travel to and from the program, and a stipend*. Participants are housed and work near Harvard Medical School (HMS). HMS is located in Boston, Massachusetts, easily accessible by public transportation to the downtown areas and nearby Cambridge, home of Harvard's main...

How to Apply to SHURP Apply through the Leadership Alliance. There are two Harvard programs, make sure to select "Medical Sciences." For more information about the Leadership Alliance, including the application process click here. Application Requirements A strong, succinct, and clearly structured...

Sheila Thomas, PhDSHURP Faculty Director Faculty Director of Diversity, Division of Medical Sciences Dean for Academic Programs and Diversity and Interim Dean of Students Graduate School of Arts and Sciences sthomas@fas.harvard.edu Karina Gonzalez Herrera, PhDSHURP Co-Director Director of Equity...

Program Eligibility I’m not a Harvard student. Am I eligible? Yes indeed! A core part of our mission is to give students at schools with limited research facilities the exposure to Harvard’s research environment. I don’t have any research experience. Am I eligible? Competitive applicants have at...

Participants are required to attend and participate in all SHURP activities including Orientation, Peer Mentoring Events, Career and Professional Development Sessions, Research Discussions, the Leadership Alliance National Convention, and the Final Presentations. The schedule below is representative...

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Divison of Medical Sciences The Division of Medical Sciences (DMS), which is located at Harvard Medical School, administers six programs for PhD students in the biomedical sciences and the Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP). You can visit the DMS Diversity website to learn more...

SHURP is a ten-week summer research program primarily for college students belonging to groups that are under-represented in the sciences. SHURP presently has over 600 alumni from colleges across the country, and over 90% are continuing or planning to continue training and careers in the sciences...

Summer research opportunities will be available in a variety of biological and biomedical sciences including (but not limited to): cellular and developmental biology, cell cycle regulation, stem cell biology, studies of blood cells, cancer biology, endocrinology, immunology, microbiology, molecular...