BIDMC is an exciting place to conduct research, and there are often students that reach out to Department contacts, individual PIs/Labs, and/or OSEE directly to inquire about opportunities to conduct research.
OSEE has developed a centralized process to manage student requests for research opportunities, and to support PIs/Research Labs interest in hiring the students that reach out for potential opportunities.
If you are interested in being connected with students (high school-medical school/PhD) that share interests related to your research focus, please add your name to the Student Requests for Research- PI Interest Form, and OSEE will reach out to you when a request is made that matches your research focus.
The process steps for coordinating student requests are outlined below. You can also download a PDF document of these steps here
- There are multiple scenarios involving student requests for research opportunities:
- Scenario 1- Student reaches out to the OSEE directly
- Scenario 2- Research contact receive a direct request from a student for a research opportunity and decide to hire the student
- Scenario 3- Research contact receive a direct request from a student for a research opportunity from a student and are not interested in or able to hire the student, but want to connect them to other, potential opportunities
- Scenario 4- BILH or other contact external to BIDMC research receives a direct request for a research opportunity from a student and want to connect them to other, potential opportunities
Steps 2-4 below are attributed to scenarios 1, 3, and 4. Scenario 2 begins at step 5.
- OSEE and/or contact requests that student complete official Student Requests- BIDMC Research Experiences form, and emails CV to the BIDMC Office of Student Engagement (OSEE)
- Please note that the OSEE will only take action on requests submitted using this form
- The OSEE reaches out to PI/Department contacts that matches student interest to inquire about availability and/or general interest in speaking with the student candidate.
- If PI has interest in connecting with student candidate, the OSEE creates an introduction via email.
- PI/Department contact emails the OSEE if there is interest in hiring the student candidate for a research opportunity, and shares the following information:
- Research Student Position
- A brief description of the project that the student will be supporting
- Students’ supervisor/mentor (name and title)
- If the student is a minor (reminder, student must be at least 16 years of age to conduct research at BIDMC)
- If the student will be working in-person, remotely, or hybrid for the duration of the research experience
- Dates of Experience
- For unpaid research positions- if a stipend will be offered
- OSEE sends student an official offer letter to student to review and sign once this information is provided
- Once student returns signed offer letter, OSEE begins onboarding operations with PI/Department contact, following the streamlined research student onboarding process