Managing Student Requests for Research Positions

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.

The process steps are outlined below. You can also download a document of these steps here

  1. Student completes Student Requests- BIDMC Research Experiences form, and emails CV to the BIDMC Office of Student Engagement (OSEE)
  1. OSEE reaches out to PI/Department contact that matches student interest to inquire about availability and/or general interest in speaking with the student candidate.
  1. If PI has interest in connecting with student candidate, OSEE creates introduction via email.
  1. PI/Department contact reaches out to OSEE if there is interest in hiring the student candidate for a research opportunity, including the following information:
    1. Research Student Position
    2. A brief description of the project that the student will be supporting
    3. Students' supervisor/mentor (name and title)
    4. Dates of Experience
  1. OSEE sends student an official offer letter once agreement form is returned
  1. Once student returns signed offer letter, OSEE begins onboarding operations with PI/Department contact, following the OSEE Student Requests Onboarding Process Flow