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NSURP WILL RETURN AGAIN IN 2027 THANKS TO AN NIAID R25!!
NSURP 2027 Program Information:
Location: Virtual
Dates: 6/7/2027 – 7/30/2027
Participant stipend: $5,000
The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) is a community-driven initiative that creates rewarding, remote summer research experiences for undergraduate students in the microbial sciences.
The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) is a virtual research program that matches undergraduate students from across the U.S. to laboratory mentors around the world for an eight week, full time, research experience. All NSURP programming (research, seminars, meetings, etc.) takes place remotely.
The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) is designed to:
- Match undergraduate students on a nationwide-level to Microbiology laboratory mentors who can provide a remote summer research project experience.
- Provide a science and professional development seminar series for participants that is authentic to the experiences of undergraduate students in science.
- Provide a platform for participating students to present their research online in an official capacity.
NSURP Program Details
- What: A research experience that matches undergraduate students in STEM with mentors (PIs, or their designated lab members) in the microbial sciences. Mentors will supervise students in a remote-work summer research project. Students in the program will be expected to attend the seminar speakers and online lectures focused on professional development. Students will be expected to work full time (40 hours per week) and will be compensated $5,000 dollars for the eight-week summer program.
- How: Undergraduate students submit applications (application period is March-April) to participate in NSURP. Prospective NSURP mentors apply by submitting project descriptions to the NSURP site. After undergraduate participants are chosen, the NSURP team will connect students with mentors and from there, the research project is in the hands of the student and the mentor. NSURP organizers will arrange weekly seminars and professional development talks that students are also expected to participate in.
- When: The program will be 8 weeks long and will run June 7th – July 30th 2027.
- Where: Wherever you are right now. This experience is meant to be completely virtual.
For more details, including Mentor FAQs, applying for or submit a project, or project ideas and implementation, check out the For Students and For Mentors pages.
Questions? Please send us an email.
