Pre-Health Summer Opportunities for BIPOC, Underrepresented, and Disadvantaged Background Student Populations
Below is a list of summer enrichment opportunities, organized by state, for students from underrepresented populations, disadvantaged backgrounds, and/or who identify as BIPOC. In addition to enhancing your preparation for a career in healthcare, most of these programs provide generous stipends and housing allowance. This list will serve as an excellent starting point from which you can begin your own search for summer opportunities. Keep in mind that the Bates Center for Purposeful Work also has a list of programs that do not target a specific population of students. You may wish to include these programs in your search. Keep in mind that the Bates Center for Purposeful Work also has a list of programs that do not target a specific population of students. You may wish to include these programs in your search.
Alabama
Arizona
California
- Health Career Connection Comprehensive Summer Internship Program
- Loma Linda University Undergraduate Training Program
- Stanford Summer Community College Premedical Program (SSCCPP)
- Stanford Population Health Summer Research Program
- University of California Los Angeles David Geffen Schools of Medicine and Dentistry – UCLA PREP
- University of California Los Angeles Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
- University of California San Diego Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- University of California San Francisco Summer Research Training Program (SRTP)
- Western University of Health Sciences Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
Colorado
Connecticut
Washington, D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
- Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) Focus on Your Future Summer Program
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine CURE Summer Research Program
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Medical/ Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP)
- University of Illinois Graduate College Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- American Cancer Society Alvan T. & Viola D. Fuller Research Fellowships
- Boston University School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Broad Summer Research Program (BSRP)
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship Program (STARS)
- Harvard Medical School Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program (SCTRP)
- Harvard Medical School Four Directions Summer Research Program
- Harvard Medical School Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine Bridge to Dental School
- Health Career Connection Comprehensive Summer Internship Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summer Research Program (MSRP)
- University of Massachusetts Medical School NIH Summer Research Fellowship Program for Minority Students
- University of Massachusetts Medical School Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
- Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship
Michigan
- Biomedical Research for University Students in Health Sciences (BRUSH) program at Michigan State University
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Program – MSU
- Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine Enrichment Summer Program
- University of Michigan Department of Health Management and Policy Health Management Summer Enrichment Program (SEP)
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment Program (PULSE)
- Health Career Connection Comprehensive Summer Internship Program
- Northeast Regional Alliance (NERA) MEDPREP Program
- Rutgers University Project L/earn
- Rutgers Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience (NeuroSURP)
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Academic Enrichment Programs
- Robert Wood Johnson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
- Robert Wood Johnson Biomedical Careers Program (BCP)
- Northeast Regional Alliance MedPrep Scholars Program
New York
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Hispanic Center of Excellence Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
- Columbia University Medical Center Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS)
- Health Career Connection Comprehensive Summer Internship Program
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Global Health Disparities Research Training Program
- New York University School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
- State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center (Multiple programs available)
- Summer of Translational Aging Research for Undergraduates (STAR U) at Columbia University
- University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and Seneca Nation Health System: Native American Pre-Dental Gateway Program
- University of Rochester Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University Weill Cornell/ Rockefeller/ Sloan-Kettering Gateways to the Laboratory Program
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University The ACCESS Summer Research Program
- Zucker Pipeline Program (ZPP) at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine Heart, Lung, and Blood Minority Research Training Program
- Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Scholars Program
- Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
- Texas A&M College of Dentistry SPEP Collegiate II Program
- University of North Texas Health Science Center McNair Scholars Program
- University of North Texas Health Science Center Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART)
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Summer Programs for Undergraduates
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)