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Eligibility

Participant Eligibility:

  • Enrolled at Cornell University as an undergraduate
  • Participants of LSAMP must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents
  • Applicants must be in good academic standing
  • Currently majoring in a STEM discipline and seeking a graduate degree, preferably a PhD in a STEM discipline

Additionally, applicants must meet one or more of the following:

  • Experienced situations or conditions that impacted your advancement or ability to advance in a STEM field, including but not limited to:
    • Being from a racial, ethnic, and/or cultural background(s) historically excluded in STEM
    • Being a first-generation college student
    • Managing a disability or chronic health condition
    • Identifying as neurodivergent
    • Experiencing housing, food, economic, and/or other forms of significant insecurity
  • Demonstrated commitment to address the barriers that prevent participation of students from historically underrepresented groups in graduate STEM programs.
  • Demonstrated leadership potential to address the issues of underrepresentation of domestic minorities in STEM fields.

If you are not enrolled at Cornell and are interested in the summer REU, please visit the REU page. More opportunities can be found at our Research Opportunities.