Summer Research Opportunity for Female Students

NYU GSTEM (http://cims.nyu.edu/gstem/) is a six-week research internship program.  Students live at home and commute to internship sites for 5 weeks; during this time, girls work on a small project alongside researchers in the mathematical and physical sciences.  

Student orientation kicks-off on July 6th with a week of lectures, workshops, and training sessions where girls collect the necessary skills to navigate a professional research setting. For one day during each of the subsequent weeks, students meet on the NYU campus  to reflect on their progress, receive supplemental skills training, and visit other research facilities on field trips.  NYU GSTEM further supports participants by providing tutors that provide intellectual and emotional support, from helping participants adjust to laboratory work, to peer review and editing support for the required communication pieces. The program culminates on August 14th, when students share a brief paper about their work, and deliver a short oral presentation to their parents, mentors, and peers.

Generous funding from the Sloan Foundation covers the cost of this program except for a tuition fee of $2,750 per student.  Need-based scholarships are available for those who qualify. In addition to these scholarships, students interested in data science may apply for a Winston Foundation Data Analytics Scholarship. Data Scholars will work alongside a mentor to assemble, manipulate, and analyze large data sets in disciplines as diverse as music, economics, astronomy, biochemistry, quantum computing, image processing, education, or machine learning.  For example, students may analyze graduation rates from NYC high schools, predict winning teams based on historical sports scores, or predict the weather based on number taxi cab rides on a given day.  (Please note: We cannot guarantee a particular field of study.)

An active application is now available online at http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/visiting-students/nyu-gstem.html.  A copy of the most recent transcript and one letter of reference will be required of all participants. Applications are due by April 15th; students who apply before the priority deadline of March 15th will receive a decision by April 15th.

A digital copy of our 2015 flyer is attached to this email.  If you would like hard copies sent to your office, please contact us with your mailing address. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,

Matthew Leingang, Principal Investigator

Christine Keefe, Program Coordinator