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Junior Scientist Internships

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To be alerted when applications open for High School Summer 2025 and the 2025-2026 school year, please fill out our interest form. For the summer 2025 college program, please fill out this interest form.

Learn more our different internship programs below.

Are you a high school or college student in NYC with a passion for science exploration and an interest in gaining research and teaching experience? BioBus Junior Scientists are high school and college students who receive training and mentorship from research scientists, while developing their own independent projects and co-teaching BioBus programs for younger students! Junior Scientists gain research experience, develop lab skills, and learn science communications. For more details about each Junior Scientist program, check out the yellow buttons above.

Junior Scientists are paid by the hour. Internships are based in Harlem (available to students city-wide), and the Lower East Side (available to Lower East Side and Chinatown students).


Questions?


Harlem – High School: contact Tessa@biobus.org

College (Harlem and LES): contact college_application@biobus.org

Lower East Side – High School: contact Grace@biobus.org

New England: contact Alice@biobus.org


Other Programs to Apply For:

For High School Students:

Harlem Educational Activities Fund (Grades 6-12)
https://heaf.org/apply/

The DNA Learning Center
https://www.dnalc.org/programs/

American Museum of Natural History
Lang Science Program
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/children-and-families/amnh-lang-science-program

American Museum of Natural History
BridgeUp: STEM
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/bridgeup-stem

HK Maker Lab at Columbia
Summer-long project building
https://www.hypothekids.org/hk-maker-lab-application-info-page

Bronx River Alliance EELS Program
Year-long, Summer through June, rising Jrs and Srs.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxoF5iyPQ7S7GsVULj4bUJPsU-LWNMvhECjXxW3J_Bd0Pr1Q/viewform

Columbia SHAPE (Summer HS Academic Program for Engineers)
HS Engineering – 3 week program
https://outreach.engineering.columbia.edu/content/shape-summer-high-school-academic-program-engineers

Cooper Union Engineering Camp
Summer Program
http://cooper.edu/engineering/summer-stem

Wave Hill Internships
multiple
https://www.wavehill.org/education/youth-internships

Bronx River Alliance EELS Program (14 month)
https://bronxriver.org/post/internship/bronx-river-eels-application-now-open

The Rockefeller University
https://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/

Columbia University
BRAINYAC
https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brainyac

American Museum of Natural History
Science Research Mentoring Program
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/teens/science-research-mentoring-program

NYSci (NY Hall of Science)
Explainer Training Program
https://nysci.org/learninglab/youth-development/science-career-ladder/

GenSpace
https://www.genspace.org/high-school-students/
BioRocket (Feb-May after school, Summer)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcCMUV8nw0IQq2HZtWWr1j0pAoVc_kmpG5EI5i8HPfprez5g/viewform

NYU
The Aspire Program
https://www.sps.nyu.edu/high-school-academy/aspire.html

Weill Cornell Youth Summer Program
4 week summer research
https://diversity.weill.cornell.edu/opportunities/weill-cornell-youth-scholars-program

Code with Klossy
Summer
https://www.kodewithklossy.com/

The River Project
Marine Biology Internship Program
https://www.riverprojectnyc.org/internship-opportunities

Weill Cornell Catalyst Program
Summer Research
https://gradschool.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/science-outreach

MSKCC Summer Programs
Summer Research – HS/College
https://www.mskcc.org/education-training/high-school-college

Minds Matter at Columbia
College Prep
https://mindsmatternyc.org/student/howto/

SMRI (Minds Matter) at Columbia
Research in Minds Matter
https://smri.neuroscience.columbia.edu/content/smri-application-guidelines

Mount Sinai MedDocs
Medicine
https://webcommons.mssm.edu/meddocs/programs-schedule/

Medical Lecture Series
MSSM-Lennox Hill
https://www.brainterns.com/

MedAchieve Scholars at Touro College
Medicine program – lecture and lab
https://tourocom.touro.edu/in-the-community/pre-med-pathways/med-achieve/

MSKCC HOPP (Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program)
HS Research
https://www.mskcc.org/education-training/high-school-college/hopp-summer-student

Intrepid Youth STEM Programs
Naval programming, open and free
https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/education/teen-events

Harlem Grown Summer Camp Counselor
Must be 18+
Job Opening

For College Students:

LifeSci NYC Internship Placement

Columbia Biostats Epidemiology Summer Training Program

Columbia Bridge to PhD 2-year program

Columbia Black Undergraduate Mentorship Program in the Biological Sciences (BUMP Biology)

Columbia Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics Summer Program

Columbia Summer Health Professionals Education Program

Feinstein Institute Summer Research Program

MSKCC QSURE Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell/Memorial/Rockefeller Tri-I MD-PhD exposure

Weill Community Leader Fellowship NYC

SEA-PHAGES Virus Identification Program (Multi-site)

NYU Courant Mathematics – SURE. NYU Courant – SURE

NYU SURP Biology

NYU Langone SURP

Harvard Forestry

Underrepresented Student Internship Program with the Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (22 sites including NY Genome Center)