Summer Programs

The Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
is offered for college students primarily from groups under-represented in the sciences who are seriously considering research careers in the biomedical sciences. SHURP will be entering its nineteenth year in 2009, and presently has almost 400 alumni from colleges across the country, over 90% of whom are continuing or planning to continue training and careers in the sciences. SHURP is one of the summer research programs participating in the Summer Research Early Identification Program of the Leadership Alliance, a consortium of 33 colleges and universities dedicated to improving the participation of historically underrepresented students in graduate education programs.

The Four Directions Summer Research Program (FDSRP)
is a summer program run for Native American college students by Native American faculty and medical student members of the Native American Health Organization at Harvard Medical School. FDSRP welcomes applicants who are interested in becoming familiar with the medical and research community at Harvard Medical School, and who are seriously committed to helping their Native communities.