City College College Now STEM Research Academy

CUNY City College, Manhattan


Anthropology, Stem Cell Research


January - August


Overview

The STEM Research Academy is a two‐semester program, consisting of a spring pre‐college science course and the opportunity to conduct hands-on research with CUNY faculty members in a summer research experience. The Academy is designed to provide students with an opportunity to build essential literacy and numeracy skills by engaging in ‘authentic inquiry’ activities. High schools that lack a strong science research program and serve a population generally underrepresented in the STEM fields are targeted for student recruitment.

The STEM Academy’s spring pre‐college course is a thematic course designed to strengthen basic skills such as formulating researchable questions, designing testable experiments, performing literature searches in library databases, and reading scientific literature including peer‐reviewed journal articles. Upon successful completion of the spring course, a select group of 10 students have the opportunity to apply to participate in a 6-week summer research experience under the guidance of CUNY research faculty with support of CUNY College Now.

Benefits:
A $1000 stipend for participation in both spring and summer components
Lunch vouchers and a MetroCard to cover travel expenses for the duration of the summer program

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Eligibility Requirements


NYC DOE students who are on track to graduate high school


CUNY Eligibility Benchmarks (75+ ELA Regents and/or 80+ Math Regents)


Primarily high school juniors


Application Requirements


Students that attend the specific high schools participating in the program are eligible to apply in the second semester of their junior year of high school


Application deadlines vary by college campus


Students interested in participating in the STEM Academy should contact the College Now office at the CUNY campus associated with their high school


Applications generally are accepted in the fall for the spring semester


Application components include but are not limited to: Regents exam scores, GPA, general interest essay and/or high school transcript


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