About the Junior Fellowship Program:

Love research? Interested in exploring careers that involve research opportunities in the life sciences? Want to spend the year with like-minded undergraduate researchers? If you are a junior carrying out research in a lab, please apply to this year-long enrichment experience. The Junior Fellowship Program provides an invaluable opportunity for rising seniors majoring in the life sciences to enhance their research experience through professional development activities. Junior Fellows participate in a seminar style course during the spring of their junior year and fall of their senior year. Accepted students will enroll in a 1-credit course for Spring 2022 and Fall 2022, which runs on Fridays from 9:00-10:00 am.

Eligibility:

Students eligible to apply to the Junior Fellows Program include life science majors in their Junior year. You must have a target graduation date of December 2022 or May 2023 to be eligible to apply. You must have already worked in a research laboratory for a minimum of 1 semester by the time you submit this application.

Applications for January-December 2022 are now open.
Deadline for applications: January 25, 2022

How to apply:

1. Complete the Student Application Form.
2. Upload a current CV.
3. Upload a 1-page statement that includes a description of your Junior Fellow's research project, as well as a brief description of your ultimate research/career goals.
4. Request a letter of reference from your Faculty Sponsor. Please provide this URL to your faculty sponsor.

For information about the program, please contact:

Tristram Seidler
tseidler@bio.umass.edu
413-658-5336

Duncan Irschick
irschick@bio.umass.edu
413-545-1696