Junior Scientist Internships

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Learn more our different internship programs below.

Are you a high school or college student in NYC with a passion for science exploration and an interest in gaining research and teaching experience? BioBus Junior Scientists are high school and college students who receive training and mentorship from research scientists, while developing their own independent projects and co-teaching BioBus programs for younger students! Junior Scientists gain research experience, develop lab skills, and learn science communications. For more details about each Junior Scientist program, check out the yellow buttons above.

Junior Scientists are paid by the hour. Internships are based in Harlem (available to students city-wide), and the Lower East Side (available to Lower East Side and Chinatown students).

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Questions?

Harlem – High School: contact Tessa@biobus.org

College (Harlem and LES): contact Rob@biobus.org

Lower East Side – High School: contact Grace@biobus.org

New England: contact Alice@biobus.org

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Other Programs to Apply For:

For High School Students:

Harlem Educational Activities Fund (Grades 6-12) https://heaf.org/apply/ The DNA Learning Center https://www.dnalc.org/programs/ American Museum of Natural History Lang Science Program https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/children-and-families/amnh-lang-science-program American Museum of Natural History BridgeUp: STEM https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/bridgeup-stem HK Maker Lab at Columbia Summer-long project building https://www.hypothekids.org/hk-maker-lab-application-info-page Bronx River Alliance EELS Program Year-long, Summer through June, rising Jrs and Srs. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxoF5iyPQ7S7GsVULj4bUJPsU-LWNMvhECjXxW3J_Bd0Pr1Q/viewform Columbia SHAPE (Summer HS Academic Program for Engineers) HS Engineering – 3 week program https://outreach.engineering.columbia.edu/content/shape-summer-high-school-academic-program-engineers Cooper Union Engineering Camp Summer Program http://cooper.edu/engineering/summer-stem Wave Hill Internships multiple https://www.wavehill.org/education/youth-internships Bronx River Alliance EELS Program (14 month) https://bronxriver.org/post/internship/bronx-river-eels-application-now-open The Rockefeller University https://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/ Columbia University BRAINYAC https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brainyac American Museum of Natural History Science Research Mentoring Program https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/teens/science-research-mentoring-program NYSci (NY Hall of Science) Explainer Training Program https://nysci.org/learninglab/youth-development/science-career-ladder/ GenSpace https://www.genspace.org/high-school-students/ BioRocket (Feb-May after school, Summer) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcCMUV8nw0IQq2HZtWWr1j0pAoVc_kmpG5EI5i8HPfprez5g/viewform NYU The Aspire Program https://www.sps.nyu.edu/high-school-academy/aspire.html Weill Cornell Youth Summer Program 4 week summer research https://diversity.weill.cornell.edu/opportunities/weill-cornell-youth-scholars-program Code with Klossy Summer https://www.kodewithklossy.com/ The River Project Marine Biology Internship Program https://www.riverprojectnyc.org/internship-opportunities Weill Cornell Catalyst Program Summer Research https://gradschool.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/science-outreach MSKCC Summer Programs Summer Research – HS/College https://www.mskcc.org/education-training/high-school-college Minds Matter at Columbia College Prep https://mindsmatternyc.org/student/howto/ SMRI (Minds Matter) at Columbia Research in Minds Matter https://smri.neuroscience.columbia.edu/content/smri-application-guidelines Mount Sinai MedDocs Medicine https://webcommons.mssm.edu/meddocs/programs-schedule/ Medical Lecture Series MSSM-Lennox Hill https://www.brainterns.com/ MedAchieve Scholars at Touro College Medicine program – lecture and lab https://tourocom.touro.edu/in-the-community/pre-med-pathways/med-achieve/ MSKCC HOPP (Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program) HS Research https://www.mskcc.org/education-training/high-school-college/hopp-summer-student Intrepid Youth STEM Programs Naval programming, open and free https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/education/teen-events Harlem Grown Summer Camp Counselor Must be 18+ Job Opening

For College Students:

LifeSci NYC Internship Placement

Columbia Biostats Epidemiology Summer Training Program

Columbia Bridge to PhD 2-year program

Columbia Black Undergraduate Mentorship Program in the Biological Sciences (BUMP Biology)

Columbia Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics Summer Program

Columbia Summer Health Professionals Education Program

Feinstein Institute Summer Research Program

MSKCC QSURE Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell/Memorial/Rockefeller Tri-I MD-PhD exposure

Weill Community Leader Fellowship NYC

SEA-PHAGES Virus Identification Program (Multi-site)

NYU Courant Mathematics – SURE. NYU Courant – SURE

NYU SURP Biology

NYU Langone SURP

Harvard Forestry

Underrepresented Student Internship Program with the Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (22 sites including NY Genome Center)