Become a CELL-MET researcher for a summer!
Become a CELL-MET researcher for a summer!
CELL-MET research experiences provide unique opportunities to interact with cutting edge biomedical research. These opportunities are available to high school students, undergraduate students, and K-12 teachers. They are funded through the generous support of the National Science Foundation.
Click the plus sign (+) below to learn more about each program. Note: CELL-MET research experience logistics may vary based on the host university.
Undergraduate Students
CELL-MET has offered two types of programs for undergraduate students. The goal of both is to build research experience and explore life as a graduate student. This program is available for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. You do not need to be an engineering major to apply.
Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) is a summer program that brings an undergraduate student into the lab. Students conduct research, get trainings, and the experience culminates in a presentation.
- ~10 week program
- May not be a student at the university you are applying to (e.g., a BU student cannot apply to be a BU REU)
- On-campus housing provided
- Stipend included
Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) is a program that is a longer, more intensive version of the REU program. The longer duration is intended to build a more robust research experience and more embeddedness in the lab and research community. Our EASE IN to Research program is our most recent REM offering.
- ~1 year program
- Must be a student at the university you are applying to (e.g., a BU student must apple to a BU REM)
- Stipend included
Teachers
CELL-MET also hosts Research Experience for Teachers. This program embeds teachers in labs to expose them to engineering, the societal problems engineering tries to solve, and the cutting edge engineering research currently underway in service of solving those problems. Teachers ultimately create activities and lesson plans based on their experience so that they, and their colleagues, can bring engineering to the students in their classroom. You do not need to teach engineering to apply.
Research Experience for Teachers (REU) is a summer program that brings teacher into the lab. Students conduct research, get trainings, and the experience culminates in the development of activities or curriculum to be used in the classroom.
- ~8 week program
- Available to instructors teaching at the K-12 or community college level
- Housing and travel not provided
- Stipend included
High School Students
CELL-MET has offered two types of programs for high schoolers. The goal of both is to provide exposure to engineering so that students can build research experience and explore what it’s like to be an engineering major. This program is available for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Young Scholars is a summer program that brings high schoolers into the lab.
- ~6 week program
- On-campus housing provided
- Stipend included
Research Experience and Mentoring is a program that pairs a high schooler with a mentor to give them a more robust lab experience.
- ~1 year program
- For local students only (no housing provided)
- Stipend included
Learn more!
Program details and applying
Participating labs and past participants
