Apply for 2017 Summer Scholars Program
The Summer Scholars Program provides undergraduates with the opportunity to conduct funded independent research projects. Students should apply by March 3, 2017.
Undergraduate students
Modeling air pollution in Boston
Senior Jenny Skerker spent the summer studying air pollution around the tunnel system created by Boston's Big Dig.
Defying gravity with an inverted pendulum
Summer scholar Anu Gamage, E18, spent her summer developing an inverted pendulum that could continue collecting accurate measurements and balancing itself in the case of a cyberattack.
A boost for low-income engineering students
The new FAST-TRAC program will provide scholarships and support to low-income students who are earning a B.S. and an M.S. in Tufts' five-year combined degree program.
Filtering clean drinking water
In the Summer Scholars program, junior Grace Aro made membranes and tested their ability to filter contaminants out of water.
Communicating health risks with visualizations
Associate Professor Remco Chang, students, and collaborators at Maine Medical Center created a project to investigate how older men with prostate cancer use visualizations to better understand their own health risk information.
Student startup takes prize at $100k Competition
Mimir Insights creates researcher database for biotech industries.